[evan_]

Yes, except you'd need to get your target to install the Tile app and use it frequently enough that it keeps background location privs.

If Apple does come out with a cheap Tile-type device with a then this could be a legit concern. If you hid one in a person's belongings then you'd get hits from their phone- and turning it off wouldn't work, because random passersby would report their location as well.

This could even be better (worse) than spy-gear standalone GPS trackers because the battery would last for a very long time.

[pfranz]

What I understood the parent to mean would be to buy and register a Tile yourself, then hide that on your victim.

Using the same type of "mesh network" Apple mentioned, other users you can track that Tile for you: https://youtu.be/WG7BdW7iFzo?t=58

(I'm not familiar enough with Tile to know if that feature is continuous, but I wouldn't be surprised if a competitor does).

[photojosh]

<ahem> It must already be reasonably well along in development for it to be showing up in iOS builds.

[0] https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/04/apple-tile-item-tracker...