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Originally Posted by Paul
They do what ?  I hope thats only iphones configured in someway to listen to [specific] tags.
Otherwise that seems an unauthorised use of peoples phones, not to mention a great way to track (stalk) people.  |
I am not quite sure how it works technically. The AirTags have a unique ID that's broadcast to any iPhone which in turn uploads that location of it to the Find My network. I do know the phone that broadcasts it isn't associated with the tag's location, that metadata isn't stored, so all Apple store is that AirTag's location. But it is any iPhone that can receive the AirTag's signal and upload it to the network, it's just that your phone details aren't important or stored when it does.
It would be a good way to stalk people. They added a feature where if your iPhone has been in near proximity to an AirTag for a while that isn't yours then your iPhone will pop up a warning. If you find an AirTag that isn't yours you can press your iPhone against it and it'll pop up details the AirTag owner has left for anyone who finds it (i.e these are my keys, please leave at 'x' or phone 'y').
It's similar to how Tile did it only there are a lot more Apple devices in the wild. Google are looking at add the same feature.