[smiley1437]

I'm curious - does Tile have similar protections for their devices?

Because I found this article that says Tile trackers were used by bad actors

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/stalkerware/2019/07/helping-su...

So, if Airtags have stalking protections, why wouldn't I just use a Tile to track someone? They're sortof in the same ballpark of price and size.

Is it because Apple's scale is so wide that it makes their Airtags significantly better for stalking?

[djrogers]

It's likely because Apple doesn't want to be in the news when something like this happens. If that had been Apple, that would have been a bunch of news articles rather than an obscure blog post.

[judge2020]

The only reason a hypothetical stalker would choose Airtags is if they needed the larger network of devices (say, in a rural area where the victim likely has an Apple device but doesn't have a Tile nor neighbors with a Tile) and only needs their location for 3 hours (the time before it alerts the victim with the beeping).