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  • Another Find My misfire led to a raid on a suburban family's home

    "The chaotic incident at Brittany Shamily's home stemmed from a flawed search warrant based on inaccurate tracking of stolen AirPods."

    More like flawed interpretation of very accurate tracking of AirPods. 

    The article title could be taken as saying the device was at fault but it was the police's use of the information at fault. 

    Wish they would learn from multiple similar incidents? 
    killroyhecalderwilliamlondondewmewatto_cobra
  • Apple isn't behind on AI, it's looking ahead to the future of smartphones

    At best you can say that Apple is behind but it is attempting to catch up by looking to the future. But if it fails to do that, then it will remain behind. Way behind. 
    nubuswilliamlondon
  • Two good car antitheft measures are AirTags and stick shifts

    AppleZulu said:
    Apple's tracking device has saved others as well. For example, a woman in Australia discovered that her boyfriend was tracking her with an AirTag in February.

    "It wasn't until I told him I was going to the police to report it that he finally confessed," she continued. "I felt so violated and I was in a state of shock. It just blew my mind that someone I trusted so much could do something like this."

    She has since ended the relationship.

    The above is not another example of the AirTag saving somebody, but an example of iOS notification saving someone FROM an AirTag. It is an example of an AirTag used for a bad purpose -- the opposite of what the article tries to illustrate. 
    The article is correct. The Air Tag's anti-stalking feature alerted the woman to her boyfriend's misuse of the device, likely not the only nefarious thing he was up to. It gave her some vital information she needed to respond appropriately before things got further out of hand. The notification didn't save her from the Air Tag. It saved her from the untrustworthy boyfriend. Tracking tags have been on the market for years. Apple is the first to respond with a built-in solution to the fact that the device can be misused in this way. 
    You have a point. The AirTag did not only help this person in the article catch the car thief. But it saved the car thief from a life of crime, and possibly from more violent situations that could have cost him his life. In fact, a person that would high jack cars but could not even drive a stick shift could have been easily manipulated into dangerous and much more nefarious projects that somewhere down the line would have resulted in the extinction of humanity. This simple AirTag did not only save a set of keys. It saved humanity. What some might consider farfetched equivocations and fallacies in your comment, I admire as profound insights about technology and humanity. I will think deeper about these things in the future. 
    radarthekatwatto_cobra
  • Friend is the creepy and dystopian iPhone accessory that might just work

    Why are even tech people so faint hearted as to find everything "creepy"? I see this word come up a lot in similar contexts. One might have no use for this product but it is far from creepy. This is nothing. 
    gatorguy