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Effete Snob

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Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Wed May 5, 2021, 04:02 PM

May 2021

For that, it would need a much more robust power supply.

The way it works is that it pings nearby ios bluetooth devices and THOSE devices report the location to Apple.

In other words, whether you use Airtags or not, if you use a mac or iphone, then you have become part of the network that locates Airtags.

It will not find your device lost out in the middle of the desert.

It will certainly find your device in any population center. You can't be in, say, New York City, without being within two meters of an IOS device.

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So Apple has released air tags to find lost keys and other things, however it only utilizes [View all] JohnSJ May 2021 OP

Doesn't it have a GPS chip? hlthe2b May 2021 #1

When I read the specs it didn't indicate that JohnSJ May 2021 #3

The airtag system uses the GPS in every IOS device within bluetooth range Effete Snob May 2021 #5

Ah, that's the trick. It uses the volume of iPhones out there. Thanks for the methodology JohnSJ May 2021 #7

That's also the anti-trust problem Effete Snob May 2021 #8

Interesting JohnSJ May 2021 #9

No Effete Snob May 2021 #4

I'm sure that a large percentage of the time where something is lost, it is close. Renew Deal May 2021 #2

It does work globally Effete Snob May 2021 #6