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by PEJOE 1874 days ago
The problem is that the use case for tracking stolen items and the use case for tracking a person without their consent are identical, except for which side of the transaction the bad actor is on.

I cannot think of a resolution to this, but think the 3 day compromise is a fair start.

There are many, many more thieves than stalkers, but stalkers can do arguably much more harm per incident.

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Stalkers case will also be a very bad publicity for Apple. 3 days isn't fair as that's enough to will allow a stalker to find home and office of a person. While most (~90%) thefts should be covered within <6 hrs timeline.
3 days of stalking someone is going to make robbing houses very easy.