AirTag notification

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

But the vast majority of air tags are NOT being used in malicious ways. They ping off nearby cell phones, so it's not a PERSONAL attack on you if you get a ping. It's good to be aware for general safety, but it's highly unlikely you have a stalker.

…what? You aren’t notified if someone near you has an AirTag. You’re notified if one that doesn’t belong to you has been traveling with you.

Here you go, OP: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

But the vast majority of air tags are NOT being used in malicious ways. They ping off nearby cell phones, so it's not a PERSONAL attack on you if you get a ping. It's good to be aware for general safety, but it's highly unlikely you have a stalker.

…what? You aren’t notified if someone near you has an AirTag. You’re notified if one that doesn’t belong to you has been traveling with you.

Here you go, OP: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874

Right, so again, how could these be used to stalk and track and then attack you if you're notified? Please make it make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

But the vast majority of air tags are NOT being used in malicious ways. They ping off nearby cell phones, so it's not a PERSONAL attack on you if you get a ping. It's good to be aware for general safety, but it's highly unlikely you have a stalker.

…what? You aren’t notified if someone near you has an AirTag. You’re notified if one that doesn’t belong to you has been traveling with you.

Here you go, OP: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874

Right, so again, how could these be used to stalk and track and then attack you if you're notified? Please make it make sense.

A notification doesn’t mean that the person who owns the airtag can’t see your location. Which part are you confused about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

But the vast majority of air tags are NOT being used in malicious ways. They ping off nearby cell phones, so it's not a PERSONAL attack on you if you get a ping. It's good to be aware for general safety, but it's highly unlikely you have a stalker.

…what? You aren’t notified if someone near you has an AirTag. You’re notified if one that doesn’t belong to you has been traveling with you.

Here you go, OP: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874

Right, so again, how could these be used to stalk and track and then attack you if you're notified? Please make it make sense.

A notification doesn’t mean that the person who owns the airtag can’t see your location. Which part are you confused about?

Because as soon as I get the notification I'm going to find the air tag and throw it in the trash, how is that not obvious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

But the vast majority of air tags are NOT being used in malicious ways. They ping off nearby cell phones, so it's not a PERSONAL attack on you if you get a ping. It's good to be aware for general safety, but it's highly unlikely you have a stalker.

…what? You aren’t notified if someone near you has an AirTag. You’re notified if one that doesn’t belong to you has been traveling with you.

Here you go, OP: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874

Right, so again, how could these be used to stalk and track and then attack you if you're notified? Please make it make sense.

A notification doesn’t mean that the person who owns the airtag can’t see your location. Which part are you confused about?

Because as soon as I get the notification I'm going to find the air tag and throw it in the trash, how is that not obvious?

Which was the whole point of the first quote in this chain - advising the OP to find the air tag and destroy it. Are you disagreeing with that?

You may think it won’t be effective, but that doesn’t mean criminals won’t try. Oh, and not everyone has a iPhone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP- stalkers/criminals will do this to track a victim and attack at a later time. Find out where it is asap and report it to the police. Try not to bring it into your home. The less the person has on your whereabouts, the better.

Please don't go through your life this paranoid.

NP. The whole reason Apple began notifying users that an unknown AirTag was traveling with them was because these things were happening. Don’t be so naive.

But the vast majority of air tags are NOT being used in malicious ways. They ping off nearby cell phones, so it's not a PERSONAL attack on you if you get a ping. It's good to be aware for general safety, but it's highly unlikely you have a stalker.

…what? You aren’t notified if someone near you has an AirTag. You’re notified if one that doesn’t belong to you has been traveling with you.

Here you go, OP: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874

Right, so again, how could these be used to stalk and track and then attack you if you're notified? Please make it make sense.

A notification doesn’t mean that the person who owns the airtag can’t see your location. Which part are you confused about?

Because as soon as I get the notification I'm going to find the air tag and throw it in the trash, how is that not obvious?

OP was asking about this apparently after they returned home, and still not knowing where the unknown AirTag was, so if someone was trying to track them home…they did.