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I think if my car is stolen, it's probably a bigger deal for me personally than stalking. I'm not a female, so I don't anticipate a civilian stalking me for re
by sejje 9mo ago
I think if my car is stolen, it's probably a bigger deal for me personally than stalking.
I'm not a female, so I don't anticipate a civilian stalking me for really any reason. A non-civilian wouldn't use an airtag.
Zero stalkers are stopped because of airtag policies, since many other devices exist.
- stephenr 9mo agoThere are infinitely better ways to protect your car from being stolen than putting a fucking AirTag in it, and as a bonus you can buy all of them without sounding self-centred and flippant about real threats to other people.
- sejje 9mo agoIt's not to prevent my car being stolen. It's to find it after it's stolen. People have been stalking each other since long before airtags.
- stephenr 9mo agoWell it's a good thing for you, someone just yesterday told me: > many other devices exist So use one of them?
- sejje 9mo agoI do. I don't own an airtag.
- stephenr 9mo agoSo your complaint is, "This product that I don't own, and isn't designed to do what I want, doesn't do the thing it isn't designed to do.". Do you also post complaints that GE Washing machines don't have a built-in method to cook a fucking chicken?
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- sejje 9mo agoI didn't make a complaint.
- varenc 9mo agoIncreasing the friction and difficulty to stalk someone definitely results in less actual stalking. I'm sure some would-be stalker can figure out AirTags but can't figure out or afford the alternatives. Also, wouldn't this argument apply to the use of AirTags as anti-theft devices? Since AirTag alternatives exist, just use the alternatives devices for anti-theft that also work for stalking. But some people don't do this and just want to use AirTags for anti-theft purposes. Which sort of illustrates my point. Fewer people do a thing when it's harder. No would care that AirTags aren't good for anti-theft if there were alternatives equally as good.
- sejje 9mo ago> Increasing the friction and difficulty to stalk someone definitely results in less actual stalking. No it doesn't.
- varenc 9mo agoIf increasing friction to do something results in zero change in how many people do the thing, then why does anyone care that AirTags don't work for anti-theft purposes? Wouldn't there be no complaints if there were alternatives that were just as easy/cheap/functional?