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This. Normal AirTags are just fine for tracking your stuff. > "(thiefs use apps to locate AirTags around, and AirTags will warn the thief if an unknown AirTag
by _QrE 1y ago
This. Normal AirTags are just fine for tracking your stuff.
> "(thiefs use apps to locate AirTags around, and AirTags will warn the thief if an unknown AirTag is travelling with them, for example if they steal your car)"
The reason this was introduced is exactly because people used AirTags to stalk others. Advertising that your product turns that off is basically targeting that specific demographic.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- Ajedi32 1y agoThat's true. But the advertised use case (tracking stolen items) is perfectly valid.
- atoav 1y ago[flagged]
- andygeorge 1y agoyup. it unfortunately works well in the gun industry
- int_19h 1y agoFWIW the vast majority of guns sold to civilians never get discharged at anything other than pieces of paper. (And quite a few never get used at all - "safe queen" is a well-established term for a reason.)
- bigstrat2003 1y agoAnd you can use hammers to brutally murder people as well as to drive in nails. You can use a screwdriver to grievously wound someone besides using it to repair your glasses. The fact that a tool can be used for bad things does not negate the good things it can be used for. Nor does it mean that the maker is responsible if someone chooses to use it for bad things.
- andygeorge 1y ago'the gun' by cj chivers is an excellent read, i suggest checking it out
- fortran77 1y agoA machine that crushes orphrans[sic]? Shut up and take my money.
- RandallBrown 1y agoHydraulic presses are sold and they'll do a marvelous job at crushing orphans.
- thebruce87m 1y ago> The reason this was introduced is exactly because people used AirTags to stalk others. There were anti-stalking features from the start. It didn’t stop the media hysteria however.