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Show HN: Undetectag, track stolen items with AirTag

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114 points pompidoo | 2 comments | 15 May 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.469s | source

I developed a device that turns an Airtag on and off at specific intervals. Current Airtags are detectable right away and cannot be used to track stolen property. That device allows you to hide an Airtag in your car, for example, and someone that steals your car will not be able to use some app to detect it. The Airtag will also not warn the thief of its presence. After some hours, the Airtag turns on again and you can find out its location. It’s not foolproof, as the timing has to be right, but still useful.

What do you think?

1. wepple ◴[15 May 25 18:20 UTC] No.43997768[source]▶
Problems: if the thief steals your item while the AirTag is on, they can find and disable it.

Have you experimented with a setup (more complicated to package) where you have two AirTags and alternately power one at a time? Could that bypass apples detection whilst also broadcasting location?

Edit: at sufficiently small time durations to run under apples detection radar, but for long enough to be picked up as a location

I don’t know how Apple detects the tracking; this would easily be solved by them.

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2. pompidoo ◴[15 May 25 18:33 UTC] No.43997903[source]▶
Yes I think having 2 is a good strategy. I'm also considering offering different timings in the future.