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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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673 points dmd | 1 comments | 18 Dec 24 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.365s | source
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drdaeman ◴[19 Dec 24 19:14 UTC] No.42464753[source]▶
Are AirTags actually useful for anti-theft purposes?

I threw one in the trunk of my car (just in case - I ordered a 4-pack and I had a spare one), and every single time I drive somewhere it chirps loudly when I'm exiting my driveway, making its presence immediately obvious without any delays, and despite my phone being with me in the car.

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dmajor2 ◴[19 Dec 24 19:21 UTC] No.42464811[source]▶
No, they have been rendered useless for that purpose through software updates because of the almost 100% overlap of the use cases of 1) stalking someone 2) and tracking a thief.
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ronsor ◴[19 Dec 24 19:33 UTC] No.42464919[source]▶
Wait until they realize the almost 100% overlap between the camera's use cases of 1) spying on people and 2) recording nature
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post-it ◴[19 Dec 24 19:46 UTC] No.42465038[source]▶
Nature cameras are relatively hard to conceal (from humans), whereas AirTags are very easy to conceal.
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theshrike79 ◴[19 Dec 24 21:25 UTC] No.42465824[source]▶
They are also very bad for tracking compared to what you can get on Aliexpress/eBay/Amazon (which are the same tbh).

For about the same price you can get a device with a SIM card and GPS/GLONASS and _zero_ ways to detect it.

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1. throwaway2037 ◴[20 Dec 24 02:01 UTC] No.42467586[source]▶
Can you give a couple of example products? I am very curious.