There never was mention of theft prevention. The release day marketing was about losing your keys in the couch. Day one ios would alert you if a tag was tracking you but it took a while for them to collaborate with Android on it.
replyThe societal harm from allowing cheap silent tracking of people is greater than the benefit of recovering stolen bags.
maybe they could set something up where local pd handles the tracking if/when necessary
replyThat sounds like yet another reason not to use AirTags, since they now give location access to the authorities...
replyNo, I do not want the solution to this problem to be adding AirTags to the government panopticon.
> after someone used it for stalking.
replyMany, many people used them for stalking. I personally know somebody whose estranged husband did. I try to keep myself pretty ignorant of Apple products, and it was the first time I got a detailed explanation of how they worked.
Android 6 and up has in unbuilt support, per that app
reply> Apple even provide a handy Android app for locating them.
replyTook them half a year and public pressure to develop something. 3 years for a joint standard (DULT) with google after google developed something by themselves.
There is always pressure required for those things...