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> Nice solution, but the bigger problem is how AirTags can basically be turned off, which makes it poor for many use cases. Isn't that too late? If you disable
by csomar 2y ago
> Nice solution, but the bigger problem is how AirTags can basically be turned off, which makes it poor for many use cases.
Isn't that too late? If you disabled that AirTag with your phone, you are probably the thief. Now we got you fully I.D.ed.
It seems that the safest bet, for a thief/criminal, is to not take any iPhone (or phone) on him while committing the crime.
- TuringNYC 2y agoThanks for this - I never thought that the act of disabling would create a record, but that makes sense! I wonder if that is something law enforcement can track and act on.
- electroly 2y agoThere is no feature that allows the thief to disable the AirTag at all. In the notification for "an AirTag is following you" the link for disabling the AirTag is simply instructions for removing the battery. It's up to the thief to find the AirTag using the audio ping (which, as mentioned elsewhere, you can deactivate by disconnecting the speaker) and their human eyeballs. Go back to the page you linked -- https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874 https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874 -- the bottom of this page has a screenshot of those instructions.