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  • Apple could finally launch 'AirTags' in October

    Mac512userMac512user
    Great idea these tracking mechanisms, but I can’t help but get all James Bond-ish about it... if this tag produces a signal, then it can be tracked by anybody. I don’t see how this stops a thief... eventually hackers will make a device that can search for signals on the same frequency and then know right where the tracking tag is and pull it, and throw it in the river.

     I’m not a pessimist, just being realistic here... not sure how these items protect anyone from having anything of value from being stolen. 

    For now, i know how much i hate wearing my phone when i go out for a run, so i can see myself wearing one of these tags so if i don’t make it home, someone could actually come looking for me and find me.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Watch dominating global smartwatch market in 2020

    Mac512userMac512user
    Beats said:
    Still not enough. I think Apple needs a "nail-in-the-coffin" feature to put the smartwatch industry out of business.

    IF Apple can do something like coronavirus detection, then that could be the nail-in-the-coffin feature. That will work this year as people see that as necesary. After the Covid-19 pandemic dies it can still be used to check if someone is sick. Blood glucose could also be that feature that "nails it". Better battery and more accurate bio sensors would help.

    FaceID and Facetime could be fun.

    Am I missing something?
    I am thinking you are being a bit facetious? I think we all know that contact tracing is scientifically proven to work, but try selling that to the American public who thinks that this will be an invasion of their privacy! Too many conspiracy theorists out there... it will never work in a truly “free” society. (Just being realistic)
    watto_cobra