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by throwaway39203 1640 days ago
I think this reverse tracking would also raise concerns

- keys with airtag attached are lost, thief (perhaps opportunist) can find the home/car they belong to

- stalker types can steal an airtag from a water bottle, handbag, or whatever, and find the owner's home

Not an iPhone user but AFAIK the lost phone scenario was already covered with even pre-airtag "Find my..." since you could log into iCloud web interface on any other device and use that

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Yup, good points.

Perhaps it is just announced that it is logged and subject to police search.

IDK, just trying to think of ideas for a tough situation, but when a primary use case becomes enabling property and violent sex crimes ...

Heck, I was earlier wishing for tags like this that worked better, more trackable and a lot smaller for a variety of uses, including embedding in products. Which would make them all better crime tools. Ugh. Sociopaths really do ruin it for everyone.