antiprotest

None of them had iPhones? How come they weren't warned that an AirTag was following them?

Or does an AirTag have to following someone for a very long time before the warning happens? 

GrannySmith99 said:

Very interesting. Is this VPN available on the desktop application too? If not, will it be an upcoming feature?

Yes. It has been on the desktop version for many years. However, do a search on who owns Opera and decide for yourself if it can be trusted with your data and web traffic. 

AppleZulu said:

antiprotest 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. 

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.