A family claims someone planted an Apple AirTag device on their daughter at Disney World, tracking her every move for hours. ABC News’ Derricke Dennis reports.
Putting air tags to track someone's car is creepy enough but putting it on someones body is just straight up disturbing. The person who put the tracker on her absolutely had malicious intentions.
I'm glad they figured it out. At first I was shocked that police didn't take it seriously but then again, they usually don't. I was stalked one time and police told me "well, did he touch you or hurt you" I said no. They told me to call back when he does. I was floored over that remark.... so like this family tried to prevent a crime and were told its not serious, but if they didn't and something happened, then police would be like "well why didn't you say anything"
I had a similar situation when I was 19. A coworker who was about 30 years my senior didn't take it well when I said I had a boyfriend and wasn't interested in him and escalated quickly within the course of a day. I thought he asked "did you want a coffee from me?" but he was greek and his English wasn't great. I later I realized he was asking me out for coffee not offering me a coffee from our machine when he cornered me in the storage area and when I said "I'm sorry I have a boyfriend, I misunderstood you earlier" he punches the door and storms off. His shift ends 4 hours before mine and as I'm leaving for the night I notice a sedan with a lyft logo on it leave our parking lot and drive in the direction I'm walking. as I'm waiting to cross at a crosswalk I notice the same sedan again but don't think much of it. Then as I'm waiting at my bus stop it passes me again. 2 minutes later again, I'm the only one at the stop and its well after dark by now. It pulls up directly in front of me and he rolls the window down and at first is very smiley and friendly and offers a ride. I had the creeps by now so I politely decline. he insists again and I again say no. then he shouts "get in the fucking car" and begins to open his door as the shuttle arrives then when he sees the driver he closes his door and speeds off. I went to the police because it didn't sit right with me and they told me they can't do anything until he harms me physically or stalks me for at least 72 hours.
@@arirose5887 sorry you went through that. Its definitely scary and unfortunately, they really won't do anything about it. It just really upsets me because like, SO MANY PEOPLE are killed every year by someone who had been stalking them at one point or another and yet they still do not take stalking seriously "unless they physically hurt you". Well, im sorry but once they physically hurt you its too late.. crime prevention should be just as important
The family drove away from the AirTag. They shook out their clothing, got into their car, left, and noticed it wasn't with them anymore. Why did they not immediately go back to find it? How are police supposed to investigate a possible crime with no evidence?
This is currently happening to my sister. She lives in Arizona (a state that is known as a high sex trafficking area). She can’t find the physical AirTag that is tracking her and Apple doesn’t have a way to disable it without the serial number. She went to the police and they haven’t been able to do anything to help her. She’s only 22, and she’s scared to death. Apple needs to come up with more safety features to protect people from these devices.
thats awful, id recommend using an app to try to detect where it is, i know there are a few on the appstore that tell you how close a bluetooth device is, ive used it to find my airpods, so it would probably work for her!
Apple’s trackers are the only ones on the market that can alert someone that an unknown tracker is moving with them. A criminal could use any other variety and not be caught.
True but it's more complex. Tile for example only updates if the phone has Tile installed. The chances that your victim is going to walk by % of phones with the correct app is smaller than the number with every iPhone in the US where approx 60% of the cellphones are iPhones.
Actually it’s good thing it’s Apple air tag at least that way your phone could notify you, if someone used different tracker they wouldn’t be able to know
For a fee of $300, bounty hunters have been able to pay companies who work with the cell phone carriers, to give them your exact cell phone location in real-time. The Verge did an article on it titled "Carriers can sell your location to bounty hunters because ISP privacy is broken" I remember reading a while back. Journalists were even able to get Trump's location I think I remember, or at least some high profile people and I remember they tested it and were able to verify it works. That's concerning if there's someone out there who wants you dead -- all they have to do is pay $300 on the black market to get your real-time location and bye bye. There's plenty of apps on your phone I'm sure who will gladly sell your location too.
The AirTag notification feature is actually a good thing. There's no question that this kind of behavior has been going on for a while. There are other brands of trackers that have been on the market for a long time such as tile. But if you did not have the tile app you would not get notified that you were being tracked. With AirTags you are notified.
@@watch10minutes Apple made an Android app to detect unknown AirTags. However it doesn’t scan in the background. It only scans each time you open the app.
Airtag serial number is tied to register's account. It means you can file a complain to Apple about nearby airtag for tracking you. After that Apple will probably flag that account and the Airtag
Yo, what’s funny is, you can make a fake AirTag for about $5, that doesn’t notify the owner, and actually uses the AirTag mesh network! Apple is aware of this, they are allowing people to be tracked. If you’re interested in exactly how, it essentially emulates one, with a rolling serial number, so the phone doesn’t see it as one AirTag. This cannot be prevented, because someone is going to encounter many airtags in a day, and getting notified about every one of them is not something an apple user wants to deal with, so this will continue to go unchecked.
@Jasen Vernor that’s because it fell out when they shook everything out and somehow didn’t notice and left it there. Someone who actually uses their phone to find a hidden AirTag would be able to find it and get the serial number. Of course it’s useless if you just throw it away without even looking to see who it belongs to.
When me and my friends went to Lake Tahoe not to long ago, I was receiving notifications that a device was following me around. I checked the route and sure enough it followed me through out our day. It wasn’t until the next morning that I asked my friends if they had an apple AirTag and no one did. We freaked out but then I noticed the device followed us from all the way home to our location. Turns out my friend had her location turned on for her AirPods pros and that was what kept showing up on my alerts.
That happened to my brother too. We thought someone put a air tag in his car or back pack but my sister had her AirPods on and that’s what was following him😅
If they don’t do this already apple should require folks to register the air tag. Even if that means having a credit card on file where they take a dollar just to verify it and refund it.
It requires an active Appleid as well an active cell phone bill. (Prepaid works as well) history of appleid iPhone AirTag etc. After the firmware update can’t requester it without these. But there are 4$ maybe cheaper gps trackers which has no sound, alert, etc etc. cops and Apple have details of AirTags bc my friend filled a report and cops got back and found it was a missing AirTag etc.
There’s tons of non-apple trackers that track you but don’t notify you that you’re being tracked. The Apple AirTag worked as intended and let this family know they were being tracked.
@Utube you realize the Android app only works when you hit a scan button. Unless you're sitting there opening the app and spamming this button 24/7 you can be tracked without ever knowing.
@@PopsGG it only tell apple users because it’s their iphone it uses to track their position or someone else’s iPhone. You can have an AirTag on you at home but if you have android it doesnt track anything. Makes sense?
@@tuanismancr2893 yes but even non iPhone users will be in close proximity to an idevice most of their day. So you could track a person's daily commute, work, shopping and maybe even home without ever notifying them.
@@PopsGG if it’s on your car it would prob rarely ping unless someone with iPhone is close enough to your car and these prob wouldn’t be hidden on your windshield reducing its range remember this is Bluetooth, unless it’s your iPhone it’s using and then it will tell you. If it’s hidden on your self while you walk or go in buildings then you prob deserved to be tracked for not noticing the tag in your pocket or bags 😂
It’s not just the AirTag that has been tracked. At work, a coworker on the following line over has a pair of AirPods that my iPhone had been picking upon. It gave me a warning that the AirPods had been with me for a significant amount of time and could be tracked by the device owner. It even shows the routes of the AirPods’ movement. So if you have any idevices, you can be tracked, or if you have an iPhone, you can follow the person with an iDevice if the two items have been within the same vicinity for a specific amount of time.
@@lodevandenberg5361 Correct so my comment doesn’t make sense… tho perhaps possible to sync to (thief/stalker) 2nd device if "borrowed"… but that’s bordering on paranoia. 😀
@@lodevandenberg5361 I never had the tracking notice until the AirTag went into the wilds. Once Apple activated the feature on their devices, my iPhone picked up my co-worker’s AirPods, believing those items had been in my possession. I assume any Apple device with the Find My feature will be synced up automatically. It’s just my experience because it legit scared me to think someone had tracked me, but in reality, my iPhone had been following them. Once I figured out who it was, I told them about it, and they stopped using their AirPods on the floor, which we were not allowed to wear except for required earplugs.
Could’ve been a false alert. I got one while in Vegas last month. The false alerts tend to occur more frequently where large amounts of people gather like an amusement park, or just where there’s lots of pedestrian traffic.
@@crayon8943 They said it stopped tracking them since the parking lot of the park. Meaning it was probably a family that crossed paths multiple times with them in the park. (more than plausible and highly likely) Someone could of just had it in a purse, stroller, whatever and the two families just kept crossing paths enough to make it "think" they were being tracked. With a place as PACKED as Disneyworld too it could have been multiple AirTags from different families sending them that notification if they walked in the same direction as them for awhile.
Theres a true story of a couple who visited Disney on the same day as kids. My brother is a degreed professional (think research) his first client was my husband's FUTURE boss (engineering). And nope this wasnt a guy with 500 employees. He had a total of 12.
This is exactly my theory!! I travel a lot and get those notifications all the time and never been concerned. Also just turn off your Bluetooth until needed for extra safety precaution if you’re worried about the notification.
@@Kawpieeeair tag would still track you , it doesnt matter what u do aithnyour phone, its about airtag being on you and owner of tag is still tracking you
That's so creepy..I use air-tags for my luggage and they work brilliantly for keeping track of it, but Apple needs to work on getting those notifications to people a lot quicker!
If it was in Mom's bag and the daughter was with them, it would notify her phone and of course follow the same route. Funny that they didn't turn it in, said it fell out of their belongings indicating it was probably theirs.
In a crowded place like that where people are congregating for long periods, it could also be someone else nearby was walking in the same direction and going in the same areas. It seems likely because they would've heard it fall out after shaking their clothes. It isn't that small and would definitely be easy to see and hear. It's not like a tiny flower pedal or something that just silently blows away in the wind when you shake your clothes.
Thank god someone else here is using their brain. At a place like DISNEY this is going to happen. People use these to track things like kids, strollers, wallets etc. All that happened is some family/families had them and they kept crossing paths at the park which then sends the notification to anyone that's been around it a few times or for extended periods. I laughed my ass off at this story as the news station obviously took ZERO effort in learning about how the AirTags worked and could have easily come to the same conclusion.
This happened to my friend at Disneyland. They figured it was someone walking to the parking structure at the same time as they did, because it stopped once they left the structure on their way home.
It could be a possibility…it picked up another AirTag…..I mean leave your airdrop on in a crowded area and ppl airdrop you photos accidentally. Like idk a Cindy iPhone and why is she sending me photos o_O But didn’t they say they received the notification at 11 and it was the same areas they visited on the map? Would seem too much of a coincidence it picked up someone else’s AirTag and had their same walking path….
this happened to me too, recently. an apple air tag was detected following me around my classes last semester and would have to be the most terrifying thing I encountered. I went through EVERYTHING and couldn't find anything. the last location was at the library and haven't gotten any notifications since the incident.
This case is actually one of the easiest ones to explain. The iPhone warns you if an AirTag is moving along with you for an extended time, but it's not yours. You're saying you were "followed around classes" by an AirTag? Sounds to me like it might just be a classmate carrying one. If someone's in your classes, they move from room to room when you do. Then when they decided to go study at the library once, they were no longer moving to the same locations as you. Maybe someone who dropped out, got a different schedule or whatever. School is one of the few places where people will move from place to place at the exact same time, usually even walking (somewhat) together...
@@JazDelilah While I appreciate your explanation, I live in a selective learning community on campus. Even if students air tags were the culprit, it wouldn't explain the fact that the tag map on my phone showed that it followed me home when no one else in my house was in my classes or even remotely close to my classrooms. I am the only one out of 19 other people in my house that is a Psychology major, so for me it was really strange, cause no one has air tags in my house I lived in on campus either. So I honestly think it is still kinda weird.
@@mads1864 Oh I'm so sorry, having it follow you home really does refute my whole theory... That must have been so scary! I'm glad it eventually ended :(
This devise is scary. There is a chance that you will be notified of being tracked if you have an iPhone, but those who do not have an iPhone will not be made aware. I have read several reports of young women being notified on their iPhone that they were being tracked-usually hours after it initially started- and most were able to find the air tag, but one young woman even went to a local mechanic and they couldn’t find it. So glad this young lady was with her family AND it was detected.
You should have to register those airtags with valid identification, this is an entire problem until they do that. They should also prevent customers from abusing them, by designating a process for businesses if needed.
They were Soooooo concerned about their intrusion of privacy that they immediately contacted every news channel they could find to plaster their “story” and faces all over the news. I foresee the word “lawsuit” coming out of them soon
Milwaukee Tools has a TRACKING Similar device , so it shouldn't just be Isolated to Apple AirTags. The Milwaukee Tool Tracker can be bought online or at Hardware stores . If you use Apple products it will Notify you if AIRTAG is present , but Milwaukee tracker doesn't notify anyone ,scary.
@@logicalblueberry Thank Main stream Media for blaming Apple Airbags and not other sources. When you do a story you shouldn't just stereotype one device. But your welcome.
If they never found the AirTag, how do you know it wasn't someone with an AirTag in their camera bag or purse who had a similar pattern of riding rides? Crowds tend to follow a pattern at Disney parks, and those that go against the pattern often use "touring plans" designed to beat the traffic patterns, but are themselves scheduled. But even if people acted randomly, with so many people there every day, the odds that it will occur that *any* 2 people follow a similar pattern *at some point* are almost certain. Per a quick Google search 5 months ago, Apple had sold over 25 million AirTags, and due to the cost of tickets and other expenses, it is reasonable to assume most Disney attendees can afford Apple products, and that a majority if them have iPhones. And given that a smartphone is almost obligatory for Disney Park attendance (not just for keeping your group together, but most functions like Lightning Lane ride passes and food odering) are handled through the Genie+ app). It is also highly likely that someone would bring an AirTag in their purse or other item to a crowded park where loss or theft is a concern. Since Apple is only automatically tracking a correlation between all iPhones and all AirTags, the likelihood that someone with an Airtag has a similar pattern to someone with an iPhone is almost certain. While the odds of predicting that for any one person are small, it was bound to happen that two tracks match close enough (no telling what close enough means to Apple's algorithm) given enough people cramned into a small space and given time. These people weren't in danger most likely, they were more likely bad at statistics. What is egregious is reporters who should know better are sensationalizing this. I think we will see more if this in areas like theme parks, sports stadiums, festivals, and other events with high concentrations of people, especially those that select for relatively affluent people who might own apple stuff by charging a significant ticket price.
@@armondo22 No, they said it stopped tracking them since the parking lot of the park itself. Even still it could have been a family staying at the same hotel that was nearby in the parking lot because they were going to the same hotel or using the same bus.
MrOffTrail, I agree with your logic on everything except the sensationalism part. Yes fear-mongering is a self-serving trait of news media. However, in situations like these, it really does make sense to be extra vigilant. Especially for the girls/young women who fall within the key demographic of being the victims of schemes like these...yet are usually the least likely to even be moderately vigilant! What is paranoia in one circumstance, becomes common sense in another. We live in a time where it's worth taking the risk of being paranoid.
If you give an AirTag that you is not yours and that you have only touched (with gloves on) to the police, if the creeps didn’t use good discipline in planting it, a fingerprint can sometimes be obtained by the police dept.
Can someone enlighten me on how the Apple airtags work? How does someone else's airtag notify you of your locations on your own device? Something's not adding up. Even if it uses an app and she had it installed, why would a stranger's tag show up on her app? Or is it free for all and all tags show up on the app. Confused.
imagine having a little bird follow you around, and instead of being a silent electronic it chirps and tweets ("hey listen") your phone hears that bird and other birds and it can do two things very well: tell them apart / remember the ones it's heard as distinct; and, it can remember where/when it has heard each "bird song" , correlating patterns together. now, the "bird" is a modern bird you see and knows how to tell its nest where it has been travelling all day, and possibly some little bird journal entries to send home for its family to know how it's doing out in the world. this does not change the fact that your phone is capable of identifying that it is sure it has heard this same bird chirping its distinct little song in all the same places you have been... likely with a degree of understanding that the bird only started moving at each point AFTER you started moving this is what your phone is reporting to you
Air tags need to dispatch a mutual code with a phone nearby kind of like when an Uber driver has to guess your name or else you can’t step into the car - phones need a security threshold.
Air tags were such a horrible idea like who thought it was a good idea to give civilians access to mini gps trackers that don't require registrations or permits what so ever?
@@joejones2847 ... oh .. i must have been half asleep cause it sounded like they said the law couldnt do anything about it without the tracker that fell out of their things in the parking lot. . .😁 a good example of the need to watch a video several times before leaving a comment .. my bad.
@@briannab5296 they said they went and shook it out but couldn’t find a tag. It’s a good example of a story that isn’t national news. It makes people paranoid about something that they shouldn’t be so afraid of. You can control what your phone tracks. The tags are trackable but your phone isn’t. So if you don’t find a tag in your things then it was probably an erroneous notification and your phone received it because of the thousands of devices in the park on any given day
all these AirTag controversies really demonstrate how far behind the general public is on technology imagine complaining about the company that DOES tell you when you are getting tracked.... guess what every other tracking device in the past couple decades does NOT do it is not Apple's fault you have been unaware of these type of devices, or how easy they are to obtain through the internet. this technology exists, and it is on you to take precautions against it
If someone is really committed to tracking you there's other devices out there that your phone can't detect. My point is I think this whole "people tracking you with AirTags" thing Is a little blown out of proportion and sensationalized.
So now people are afraid to be notified that someone is tracking them… I would be happy to find out if someone was tracking me so I can be more aware of my surroundings
@@ld9387 There must be a hole in how they count an active account if so many people are stocking people like this, with this product. My guess it's not a used / active account that can be tracked back to someone with a credit card or billing address. My guess these people are using gift card from Visa or Master Card. Addresses that are not attached to any other account or debit card. Apple is not doing enough.
Air Tag following you could be someone stalking you or it could be something as harmless as mistaken luggage. Especially with the chaos of airports these days, it’s very likely you can mistake someone else’s bag for your own.
App on her phone notified her. This apple app is in response to the known dangers of their products being used for surveillance. Meanwhile, most don't even have an iPhone so don't know they're being tracked
They didn’t she got a notification on her phone saying a tag was nearby when she connected to the tag she saw the map. It’s in my local paper here in Florida. They are making a deal out of something that could have just happened
It’s very possible that they were given a false notification. Many people I’m sure at Disney would have AirTags on them. I have one on my keys. If I waited in line with you for a long period of time you might get a notification that my AirTag is following you. Maybe we just happen to go on the next ride together. It could be complete coincidence. It’s a good thing they checked but if they did not have an AirTag on them there’s probably nothing malicious going on here.
The AirTag only gives others notifications when it's away from the owner and tracking you so that would never happen if you were in line since you would be near the AirTag. Unless of course you didn't have your phone on you or something.
Not everyone in the park went the same route she did. They said in the video it took the tracker about 4 hours to alert them something was following them. The tracker probably waited forever to confirm it was her since I'm sure there were hundreds of other apple phones around
are you stupid? stop production of the safest tracker? so you support human trafficking then, apple AirTag is the safest tracker the notifications is a safety feature no other company has that why are you trying to stop safety?
Watch out for zip ties on your car door handles, human trafficking signs. If you see it on one if your 4 doors call the cops and report it where ever you notice it to check local security cameras.
@@peace4myheart so even though it's not hers and she didn't have the app on her phone, it's still tracks her and sends her notifications on her phone? That's crazy
She got the notification because it was set to her iphone. You have to physically register & set this up on your iPhone. She probably set it & forgot about it. Those airtags don’t just set themself up & notify you. I know this because I set one up in my iphone & attached it to my cat’s collar to track her . 🤔🙄😳🤣🤣🤣🥰
Direct from Apple: “AirTag is designed to discourage unwanted tracking. If someone else’s AirTag finds its way into your stuff, your phone will notice it’s traveling with you and send you an alert. After a while, if you still haven’t found it, the AirTag will start playing a sound to let you know it’s there. Of course, if you happen to be with a friend who has an AirTag, or on a train with a whole bunch of people with AirTag, don’t worry. These alerts are triggered only when an AirTag is separated from its owner.”
location tracker for the consumer, cool. (Authorities tracking you from ur cell phone signals? thats legal) someone putting an Air Tag on you, and checking where you are? That's illegal.
Ehhh, I think this is a stretch. Of course it’s POSSIBLE, but the fact that they didn’t find the airtag, and just shook out their stuff and then went home is kinda a red flag. They had no idea if it was still on them if they didn’t find it, so they just potentially lead a stranger who planted a tracking device, to their door? I believe they got the notification but I also know that it’s extremely common if you’re in very crowded place for extended periods of time. The fact that this outlet did this story with no evidence but a screenshot (which could be fake or could be from an airtag that they own) is kinda ridiculous.
@@dakotarobinson4815 I thought as much but why not allow the app to be sold across the board so that ppl without an IPhone can have the use of it as well
@@PresidentUSVI Not everyone can afford an iPhone you should know that, but this is the same problem with the internet they put a product out there without any care of how it might be used by people with bad intentions
How is Apple responsible? People have been making trackers for decades. This isn't an apple problem, the user incorrectly used the product. Not apples fault at all, and they warn people that this could happen.
I have every one of my tools with an air tag glued to it using high strength industrial glue. Had to send back a £3000 computer this week to the firm I bought it from. In post office theyd asked the value and I had said £30. Had I said the true value they likely would have insisted upon costly insurance. I can see the parcel has spent a day over this bank holiday in the warehouse of the postal firm 1 mile from where it should be delivered to when businesses reopen tomorrow. 😁 If any of my tools are stolen I will known immediately. Night time my phone using find my app will display messages saying such and such item moving away. My car keys too has one. So I really like them. But I know thieves use them for wrong doing too.
@@frostythehoeman6969 yep well we need tougher sentences. Even better than that we need total satellite coverage of the globe. Then everyone is watched 24 hours a day and no one can deny anything. Animals in Africa would be safe. No more thieves in the most except shop lifters. Over head watch ing cant stop that. Shops need cameras and tiles end of each isle which weigh you. Or scanners to verify no thieving
@@frostythehoeman6969 thats the world we live in unfortunately and exactly why I have these air tags. Damn even thinking about swallowing one just in case I have a turn and find myself lost. Ha ha JOKE
It’s not a nightmare they got a notification it was probably erroneous it’s crazy that this is NEWS today. If they found an AirTag that would be different. It’s easy to turn your location services off. If it’s connected to your phone you have to have your settings set to connect to new devices.
My father works at apple, it is not possible for apple to disable all airtags at one time, even though all airtags are in reach of apple, being their creators. Once they are bought, there is no way for them to track the device and somehow shut it down.
Apple needs to discontinue it until they figure out how to turn it off when someone calls and say “someone has placed an AirTag on my car or in my things and I can’t find it”.
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Sometimes even Apple AirPods give you a tracking notification. I’d be worried too if it were an AirTag though only because it’s only purpose is to track whatever it’s attached to.
Putting air tags to track someone's car is creepy enough but putting it on someones body is just straight up disturbing. The person who put the tracker on her absolutely had malicious intentions.
It's an opportunity to remove the threat. That's all it is!!!
Oh really? Lolol idiot
Owners of vehicles do it especially when they are seniors so that if something happens a loved one can find them
ummm the news report doesnt say that. youre making assumptions. wouldnt you fucking know if you had an airtag on your body?!
Boys will be boys right
I'm glad they figured it out. At first I was shocked that police didn't take it seriously but then again, they usually don't. I was stalked one time and police told me "well, did he touch you or hurt you" I said no. They told me to call back when he does. I was floored over that remark.... so like this family tried to prevent a crime and were told its not serious, but if they didn't and something happened, then police would be like "well why didn't you say anything"
I had a similar situation when I was 19. A coworker who was about 30 years my senior didn't take it well when I said I had a boyfriend and wasn't interested in him and escalated quickly within the course of a day. I thought he asked "did you want a coffee from me?" but he was greek and his English wasn't great. I later I realized he was asking me out for coffee not offering me a coffee from our machine when he cornered me in the storage area and when I said "I'm sorry I have a boyfriend, I misunderstood you earlier" he punches the door and storms off. His shift ends 4 hours before mine and as I'm leaving for the night I notice a sedan with a lyft logo on it leave our parking lot and drive in the direction I'm walking. as I'm waiting to cross at a crosswalk I notice the same sedan again but don't think much of it. Then as I'm waiting at my bus stop it passes me again. 2 minutes later again, I'm the only one at the stop and its well after dark by now. It pulls up directly in front of me and he rolls the window down and at first is very smiley and friendly and offers a ride. I had the creeps by now so I politely decline. he insists again and I again say no. then he shouts "get in the fucking car" and begins to open his door as the shuttle arrives then when he sees the driver he closes his door and speeds off. I went to the police because it didn't sit right with me and they told me they can't do anything until he harms me physically or stalks me for at least 72 hours.
@@arirose5887 sorry you went through that. Its definitely scary and unfortunately, they really won't do anything about it. It just really upsets me because like, SO MANY PEOPLE are killed every year by someone who had been stalking them at one point or another and yet they still do not take stalking seriously "unless they physically hurt you". Well, im sorry but once they physically hurt you its too late.. crime prevention should be just as important
The family drove away from the AirTag. They shook out their clothing, got into their car, left, and noticed it wasn't with them anymore. Why did they not immediately go back to find it? How are police supposed to investigate a possible crime with no evidence?
What are the police supposed to do without the tag? Ignorant comment
They can't do much without knowing the serial number.
This is currently happening to my sister. She lives in Arizona (a state that is known as a high sex trafficking area). She can’t find the physical AirTag that is tracking her and Apple doesn’t have a way to disable it without the serial number. She went to the police and they haven’t been able to do anything to help her. She’s only 22, and she’s scared to death. Apple needs to come up with more safety features to protect people from these devices.
The airtag can make a sound , that’s how you find it
@@newnametrading ya but if its not her airtag she cant make it make a sound
thats awful, id recommend using an app to try to detect where it is, i know there are a few on the appstore that tell you how close a bluetooth device is, ive used it to find my airpods, so it would probably work for her!
Florida is also a high sex trafficking area. Someone probably spotted them and wanted to follow them to attempt a kidnapping.
I kept getting those notifications almost every day.. turns out they were my moms air pods.. doe she have air pods?
Apple’s trackers are the only ones on the market that can alert someone that an unknown tracker is moving with them. A criminal could use any other variety and not be caught.
NOt true, Samsung's also do that.
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 When someone close to you gets kidnapped then why don't you repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
True but it's more complex. Tile for example only updates if the phone has Tile installed. The chances that your victim is going to walk by % of phones with the correct app is smaller than the number with every iPhone in the US where approx 60% of the cellphones are iPhones.
@@RolandoP nobody uses Samsung’s lol
@@doomy_doomy2225 people of culture mostly. IPhone is more for plebs thats why is more popular.
This isnt exactly an Apple problem. If someone really wants to track you they can just get a tracker which wont notify you. Probably cheaper aswell.
Uhhh, that’s giving people ideas 😬
Ll
Actually it’s good thing it’s Apple air tag at least that way your phone could notify you, if someone used different tracker they wouldn’t be able to know
@@ja-me24 ur phone tracks you, it's nothing new
For a fee of $300, bounty hunters have been able to pay companies who work with the cell phone carriers, to give them your exact cell phone location in real-time. The Verge did an article on it titled "Carriers can sell your location to bounty hunters because ISP privacy is broken" I remember reading a while back. Journalists were even able to get Trump's location I think I remember, or at least some high profile people and I remember they tested it and were able to verify it works. That's concerning if there's someone out there who wants you dead -- all they have to do is pay $300 on the black market to get your real-time location and bye bye. There's plenty of apps on your phone I'm sure who will gladly sell your location too.
The AirTag notification feature is actually a good thing. There's no question that this kind of behavior has been going on for a while. There are other brands of trackers that have been on the market for a long time such as tile. But if you did not have the tile app you would not get notified that you were being tracked. With AirTags you are notified.
You are not notified if you do not use an iphone
@@watch10minutes cancelling that sound is easy
Yes but it takes weeks or days to get notified many times.
@@watch10minutes Apple made an Android app to detect unknown AirTags. However it doesn’t scan in the background. It only scans each time you open the app.
@@watch10minutes that’s wrong
I think a part of setting up an airtag should include the user’s personal information at this point. Like having to scan a valid drivers license.
Airtag serial number is tied to register's account. It means you can file a complain to Apple about nearby airtag for tracking you.
After that Apple will probably flag that account and the Airtag
Yo, what’s funny is, you can make a fake AirTag for about $5, that doesn’t notify the owner, and actually uses the AirTag mesh network! Apple is aware of this, they are allowing people to be tracked.
If you’re interested in exactly how, it essentially emulates one, with a rolling serial number, so the phone doesn’t see it as one AirTag. This cannot be prevented, because someone is going to encounter many airtags in a day, and getting notified about every one of them is not something an apple user wants to deal with, so this will continue to go unchecked.
@Jasen Vernor that’s because it fell out when they shook everything out and somehow didn’t notice and left it there. Someone who actually uses their phone to find a hidden AirTag would be able to find it and get the serial number. Of course it’s useless if you just throw it away without even looking to see who it belongs to.
@@user-jg5oe9bd6t Tbh. You should just be allowed to be given the serial number. Without needing the physical device.
@@helloguy8934 That’s exactly what you can do. Scan it. Save the serial number and info. Then toss it.
When me and my friends went to Lake Tahoe not to long ago, I was receiving notifications that a device was following me around. I checked the route and sure enough it followed me through out our day. It wasn’t until the next morning that I asked my friends if they had an apple AirTag and no one did. We freaked out but then I noticed the device followed us from all the way home to our location. Turns out my friend had her location turned on for her AirPods pros and that was what kept showing up on my alerts.
That happened to my brother too. We thought someone put a air tag in his car or back pack but my sister had her AirPods on and that’s what was following him😅
DAM!! STILL SCARY!!
same my airpods do that sometimes
I think is is what happened with the family
how did you get these notification?
If they don’t do this already apple should require folks to register the air tag. Even if that means having a credit card on file where they take a dollar just to verify it and refund it.
It requires an active Appleid as well an active cell phone bill. (Prepaid works as well) history of appleid iPhone AirTag etc. After the firmware update can’t requester it without these. But there are 4$ maybe cheaper gps trackers which has no sound, alert, etc etc. cops and Apple have details of AirTags bc my friend filled a report and cops got back and found it was a missing AirTag etc.
@@boines
Good insight!
What century are you living in? Everything Apple product requires you to register it!
@@benefactionhindrance Not everyone uses Apple products rofl.
There’s tons of non-apple trackers that track you but don’t notify you that you’re being tracked. The Apple AirTag worked as intended and let this family know they were being tracked.
It only tells people with iPhones. I guess everyone else doesnt deserve to know they are being tracked.
@Utube you realize the Android app only works when you hit a scan button. Unless you're sitting there opening the app and spamming this button 24/7 you can be tracked without ever knowing.
@@PopsGG it only tell apple users because it’s their iphone it uses to track their position or someone else’s iPhone. You can have an AirTag on you at home but if you have android it doesnt track anything. Makes sense?
@@tuanismancr2893 yes but even non iPhone users will be in close proximity to an idevice most of their day. So you could track a person's daily commute, work, shopping and maybe even home without ever notifying them.
@@PopsGG if it’s on your car it would prob rarely ping unless someone with iPhone is close enough to your car and these prob wouldn’t be hidden on your windshield reducing its range remember this is Bluetooth, unless it’s your iPhone it’s using and then it will tell you. If it’s hidden on your self while you walk or go in buildings then you prob deserved to be tracked for not noticing the tag in your pocket or bags 😂
I get alerts like that on my college campus too. I think just being around a lot of people will trigger those alerts too.
The thing that scares me is if you don't have an IPhone, you'd never know someone is tracking you. Android phones don't detect these.
There is an app you can put on an android phone that will detect an apple air tag.
Yes I believe there is I’ve heard of that, everyone with an android should get it
get and iPhone. 1 more problem solved.
No way Jose!😬
This happening with an AirTag is a best-case in these scenarios because Apple’s is the only tracker that will notify you when you are being tracked.
It’s not just the AirTag that has been tracked. At work, a coworker on the following line over has a pair of AirPods that my iPhone had been picking upon. It gave me a warning that the AirPods had been with me for a significant amount of time and could be tracked by the device owner. It even shows the routes of the AirPods’ movement. So if you have any idevices, you can be tracked, or if you have an iPhone, you can follow the person with an iDevice if the two items have been within the same vicinity for a specific amount of time.
Interesting but AirPods would an expensive tracker compared to AirTags or non-Apple trackers.
But AirPods don’t connect to random devices right? I’m pretty sure you have to sync them manually.
@@lodevandenberg5361 Correct so my comment doesn’t make sense… tho perhaps possible to sync to (thief/stalker) 2nd device if "borrowed"… but that’s bordering on paranoia. 😀
@@lodevandenberg5361 I never had the tracking notice until the AirTag went into the wilds. Once Apple activated the feature on their devices, my iPhone picked up my co-worker’s AirPods, believing those items had been in my possession. I assume any Apple device with the Find My feature will be synced up automatically. It’s just my experience because it legit scared me to think someone had tracked me, but in reality, my iPhone had been following them. Once I figured out who it was, I told them about it, and they stopped using their AirPods on the floor, which we were not allowed to wear except for required earplugs.
Could’ve been a false alert. I got one while in Vegas last month. The false alerts tend to occur more frequently where large amounts of people gather like an amusement park, or just where there’s lots of pedestrian traffic.
Could just be somebody with the air tag visiting Disney, and went to the same rides…
@@crayon8943 They said it stopped tracking them since the parking lot of the park. Meaning it was probably a family that crossed paths multiple times with them in the park. (more than plausible and highly likely) Someone could of just had it in a purse, stroller, whatever and the two families just kept crossing paths enough to make it "think" they were being tracked. With a place as PACKED as Disneyworld too it could have been multiple AirTags from different families sending them that notification if they walked in the same direction as them for awhile.
Theres a true story of a couple who visited Disney on the same day as kids.
My brother is a degreed professional (think research) his first client was my husband's FUTURE boss (engineering).
And nope this wasnt a guy with 500 employees.
He had a total of 12.
This is exactly my theory!! I travel a lot and get those notifications all the time and never been concerned. Also just turn off your Bluetooth until needed for extra safety precaution if you’re worried about the notification.
@@Kawpieeeair tag would still track you , it doesnt matter what u do aithnyour phone, its about airtag being on you and owner of tag is still tracking you
That's so creepy..I use air-tags for my luggage and they work brilliantly for keeping track of it, but Apple needs to work on getting those notifications to people a lot quicker!
If it was in Mom's bag and the daughter was with them, it would notify her phone and of course follow the same route. Funny that they didn't turn it in, said it fell out of their belongings indicating it was probably theirs.
Probably the father.
Yup.
No such thing as bad publicity!
@@SanFranDentist94301 CLickbait of course
Yes! Interesting they never saw it fall out of their stuff when they shook it out in the parking lot.
Yeah that’s what I thought. Why just leave the AirTag instead of keeping it as evidence
This story may not be complete, but I have heard stories of stalking and car theft, which are completely real and horrifying.
I bet if it was on one of their daughters they would find out who did it.
Not without the tag they can’t but if they had the tag they could use the serial number
In a crowded place like that where people are congregating for long periods, it could also be someone else nearby was walking in the same direction and going in the same areas. It seems likely because they would've heard it fall out after shaking their clothes. It isn't that small and would definitely be easy to see and hear. It's not like a tiny flower pedal or something that just silently blows away in the wind when you shake your clothes.
Thank god someone else here is using their brain. At a place like DISNEY this is going to happen. People use these to track things like kids, strollers, wallets etc. All that happened is some family/families had them and they kept crossing paths at the park which then sends the notification to anyone that's been around it a few times or for extended periods. I laughed my ass off at this story as the news station obviously took ZERO effort in learning about how the AirTags worked and could have easily come to the same conclusion.
This happened to my friend at Disneyland. They figured it was someone walking to the parking structure at the same time as they did, because it stopped once they left the structure on their way home.
It could be a possibility…it picked up another AirTag…..I mean leave your airdrop on in a crowded area and ppl airdrop you photos accidentally. Like idk a Cindy iPhone and why is she sending me photos o_O
But didn’t they say they received the notification at 11 and it was the same areas they visited on the map? Would seem too much of a coincidence it picked up someone else’s AirTag and had their same walking path….
Thank you I don’t think anyone was following them you can turn on air drop and it picks up others peoples apple devices !
Did you not see the news report? The tracker was found in their belongings. Apparently, people here are too vapid to even pay attention.
this happened to me too, recently. an apple air tag was detected following me around my classes last semester and would have to be the most terrifying thing I encountered. I went through EVERYTHING and couldn't find anything. the last location was at the library and haven't gotten any notifications since the incident.
same
This case is actually one of the easiest ones to explain. The iPhone warns you if an AirTag is moving along with you for an extended time, but it's not yours.
You're saying you were "followed around classes" by an AirTag? Sounds to me like it might just be a classmate carrying one. If someone's in your classes, they move from room to room when you do. Then when they decided to go study at the library once, they were no longer moving to the same locations as you. Maybe someone who dropped out, got a different schedule or whatever.
School is one of the few places where people will move from place to place at the exact same time, usually even walking (somewhat) together...
@@JazDelilah While I appreciate your explanation, I live in a selective learning community on campus. Even if students air tags were the culprit, it wouldn't explain the fact that the tag map on my phone showed that it followed me home when no one else in my house was in my classes or even remotely close to my classrooms. I am the only one out of 19 other people in my house that is a Psychology major, so for me it was really strange, cause no one has air tags in my house I lived in on campus either. So I honestly think it is still kinda weird.
@@mads1864 Oh I'm so sorry, having it follow you home really does refute my whole theory... That must have been so scary! I'm glad it eventually ended :(
tons of trackers that are way more subtle about letting you know about their whereabouts. Its only a problem cause of how big Apple is.
This devise is scary. There is a chance that you will be notified of being tracked if you have an iPhone, but those who do not have an iPhone will not be made aware. I have read several reports of young women being notified on their iPhone that they were being tracked-usually hours after it initially started- and most were able to find the air tag, but one young woman even went to a local mechanic and they couldn’t find it. So glad this young lady was with her family AND it was detected.
You should have to show ID when buying those.
Since it happened at Disneyland, I'm guessing someone tried the Airrack Air tag trick to get in for free claiming the airtag was their phone.
Really. No one ever thought crimes might use them? REALLY?
Apple were well aware of the problems before going to market
Apple didn’t invent the gps tag
@@jw2862 Who said they did
Great, Thanks for giving us her full name.
You should have to register those airtags with valid identification, this is an entire problem until they do that.
They should also prevent customers from abusing them, by designating a process for businesses if needed.
They were Soooooo concerned about their intrusion of privacy that they immediately contacted every news channel they could find to plaster their “story” and faces all over the news. I foresee the word “lawsuit” coming out of them soon
Milwaukee Tools has a TRACKING Similar device , so it shouldn't just be Isolated to Apple AirTags. The Milwaukee Tool Tracker can be bought online or at Hardware stores . If you use Apple products it will Notify you if AIRTAG is present , but Milwaukee tracker doesn't notify anyone ,scary.
Thanks for letting criminals know about that:(
@@logicalblueberry Thank Main stream Media for blaming Apple Airbags and not other sources. When you do a story you shouldn't just stereotype one device. But your welcome.
What’s also annoying is that you cant turn the unknown AirTag off
Does everyone realize TILE was around before Airtags and does the same thing with less protections?
If they never found the AirTag, how do you know it wasn't someone with an AirTag in their camera bag or purse who had a similar pattern of riding rides? Crowds tend to follow a pattern at Disney parks, and those that go against the pattern often use "touring plans" designed to beat the traffic patterns, but are themselves scheduled. But even if people acted randomly, with so many people there every day, the odds that it will occur that *any* 2 people follow a similar pattern *at some point* are almost certain. Per a quick Google search 5 months ago, Apple had sold over 25 million AirTags, and due to the cost of tickets and other expenses, it is reasonable to assume most Disney attendees can afford Apple products, and that a majority if them have iPhones. And given that a smartphone is almost obligatory for Disney Park attendance (not just for keeping your group together, but most functions like Lightning Lane ride passes and food odering) are handled through the Genie+ app). It is also highly likely that someone would bring an AirTag in their purse or other item to a crowded park where loss or theft is a concern. Since Apple is only automatically tracking a correlation between all iPhones and all AirTags, the likelihood that someone with an Airtag has a similar pattern to someone with an iPhone is almost certain. While the odds of predicting that for any one person are small, it was bound to happen that two tracks match close enough (no telling what close enough means to Apple's algorithm) given enough people cramned into a small space and given time. These people weren't in danger most likely, they were more likely bad at statistics. What is egregious is reporters who should know better are sensationalizing this. I think we will see more if this in areas like theme parks, sports stadiums, festivals, and other events with high concentrations of people, especially those that select for relatively affluent people who might own apple stuff by charging a significant ticket price.
Humans get obsessed with beauty.
It still showed with them when they arrived to their room
@@armondo22 No, they said it stopped tracking them since the parking lot of the park itself. Even still it could have been a family staying at the same hotel that was nearby in the parking lot because they were going to the same hotel or using the same bus.
No space shuttles being built by this science major.
MrOffTrail, I agree with your logic on everything except the sensationalism part. Yes fear-mongering is a self-serving trait of news media. However, in situations like these, it really does make sense to be extra vigilant. Especially for the girls/young women who fall within the key demographic of being the victims of schemes like these...yet are usually the least likely to even be moderately vigilant! What is paranoia in one circumstance, becomes common sense in another. We live in a time where it's worth taking the risk of being paranoid.
I always reserve a bit of skepticism for those seeking attention.
Smart lady good on her for listening to the latest news
If you give an AirTag that you is not yours and that you have only touched (with gloves on) to the police, if the creeps didn’t use good discipline in planting it, a fingerprint can sometimes be obtained by the police dept.
Her father added it to keep tabs on his daughter 😂
There’s other ways to do that without an AirTag.
Not even a remotely funny or appropriate comment. This was a traumatizing experience for a teenager.
This seems like a nothing story. What purpose would they have to track them?
wow that is annoying Hope that family is okay glad they did a segment on this
The terrifying part is that if you don't have an iPhone or apple device, you're not going to be notified that one's tracking you
Can someone enlighten me on how the Apple airtags work? How does someone else's airtag notify you of your locations on your own device? Something's not adding up. Even if it uses an app and she had it installed, why would a stranger's tag show up on her app? Or is it free for all and all tags show up on the app. Confused.
imagine having a little bird follow you around, and instead of being a silent electronic it chirps and tweets ("hey listen")
your phone hears that bird and other birds and it can do two things very well: tell them apart / remember the ones it's heard as distinct; and, it can remember where/when it has heard each "bird song" , correlating patterns together.
now, the "bird" is a modern bird you see and knows how to tell its nest where it has been travelling all day, and possibly some little bird journal entries to send home for its family to know how it's doing out in the world.
this does not change the fact that your phone is capable of identifying that it is sure it has heard this same bird chirping its distinct little song in all the same places you have been... likely with a degree of understanding that the bird only started moving at each point AFTER you started moving
this is what your phone is reporting to you
Air tags need to dispatch a mutual code with a phone nearby kind of like when an Uber driver has to guess your name or else you can’t step into the car - phones need a security threshold.
Stalking isn't a criminal offense? Smh
Air tags were such a horrible idea like who thought it was a good idea to give civilians access to mini gps trackers that don't require registrations or permits what so ever?
Why didn't they go back to the parking lot to look for the device? Why didn't they see it when it fell out? 🤔
It never fell out they never found the tag. She just got a notification on her phone that one was nearby so they assumed it was tracking them
@@joejones2847 ... oh .. i must have been half asleep cause it sounded like they said the law couldnt do anything about it without the tracker that fell out of their things in the parking lot. . .😁 a good example of the need to watch a video several times before leaving a comment .. my bad.
@@briannab5296 they said they went and shook it out but couldn’t find a tag. It’s a good example of a story that isn’t national news. It makes people paranoid about something that they shouldn’t be so afraid of. You can control what your phone tracks. The tags are trackable but your phone isn’t. So if you don’t find a tag in your things then it was probably an erroneous notification and your phone received it because of the thousands of devices in the park on any given day
Omg that’s so creepy, glad they found out!!
That is EXTREMELY terrifying
AirTags in nutshell :
Pros : Make it easier to find missing people
Cons : Make it easier to make people go missing
all these AirTag controversies really demonstrate how far behind the general public is on technology
imagine complaining about the company that DOES tell you when you are getting tracked.... guess what every other tracking device in the past couple decades does NOT do
it is not Apple's fault you have been unaware of these type of devices, or how easy they are to obtain through the internet. this technology exists, and it is on you to take precautions against it
If someone is really committed to tracking you there's other devices out there that your phone can't detect. My point is I think this whole "people tracking you with AirTags" thing Is a little blown out of proportion and sensationalized.
An air tag is the easiest way.. so you’re wrong
@@puddincup9879 not really title would be the best way it’s cheaper and no notifications apple air tags are a bit pricey
@@puddincup9879 air tags suck ass at tracking. I have AirTags on all of my cats and when one of them got out the AirTag did not help the slightest bit
So now people are afraid to be notified that someone is tracking them… I would be happy to find out if someone was tracking me so I can be more aware of my surroundings
Law enforcement never does anything
Buying these products should require to attach them to a current and used Apple account.
It's already like that
@@ld9387 There must be a hole in how they count an active account if so many people are stocking people like this, with this product. My guess it's not a used / active account that can be tracked back to someone with a credit card or billing address. My guess these people are using gift card from Visa or Master Card. Addresses that are not attached to any other account or debit card. Apple is not doing enough.
What was this about? Was this really newsworthy?
This family just trying to get a check what bad of example to their children
i have never heard of Air tags, it's frightening
Air Tag following you could be someone stalking you or it could be something as harmless as mistaken luggage. Especially with the chaos of airports these days, it’s very likely you can mistake someone else’s bag for your own.
So why did Apple contact her? How did they know to do that??
That’s what I’m wondering too
App on her phone notified her. This apple app is in response to the known dangers of their products being used for surveillance. Meanwhile, most don't even have an iPhone so don't know they're being tracked
They didn’t she got a notification on her phone saying a tag was nearby when she connected to the tag she saw the map. It’s in my local paper here in Florida. They are making a deal out of something that could have just happened
@@markholbrook7482 apple put out a detection app for android
@@DS-qi2ii good to know. Tks
That's just disgusting.
Meanwhile someone is frantically looking for their air tag.
Nobody stalks like Gaston!
Lol
Underrated comment
It’s very possible that they were given a false notification. Many people I’m sure at Disney would have AirTags on them. I have one on my keys. If I waited in line with you for a long period of time you might get a notification that my AirTag is following you. Maybe we just happen to go on the next ride together. It could be complete coincidence. It’s a good thing they checked but if they did not have an AirTag on them there’s probably nothing malicious going on here.
The AirTag only gives others notifications when it's away from the owner and tracking you so that would never happen if you were in line since you would be near the AirTag. Unless of course you didn't have your phone on you or something.
Not everyone in the park went the same route she did. They said in the video it took the tracker about 4 hours to alert them something was following them. The tracker probably waited forever to confirm it was her since I'm sure there were hundreds of other apple phones around
@Lurch7861 shut up
Apple needs to stop production of the product for now. A device supposed to be helpful now used for evil doings. 🤦🏻♀️
are you stupid? stop production of the safest tracker? so you support human trafficking then, apple AirTag is the safest tracker the notifications is a safety feature no other company has that why are you trying to stop safety?
That mom looks like she’s still in HS.
They need to start making people give their ID info before purchasing these things. Police need a way to link them to a specific person!
Good idea
You can find out who it's associated with, I did easily.
Man her phone took damn near the hole day to notify her there was an air tag on them. Wtf 😳
Watch out for zip ties on your car door handles, human trafficking signs. If you see it on one if your 4 doors call the cops and report it where ever you notice it to check local security cameras.
Wow, glad the family are safe.
I'm still curious on how "she" got the notification on "her" phone
The phone can sense it nearby and notify the user of that phone
@@peace4myheart so even though it's not hers and she didn't have the app on her phone, it's still tracks her and sends her notifications on her phone? That's crazy
Is easy her father planted it . They probably have a family plan.
She got the notification because it was set to her iphone. You have to physically register & set this up on your iPhone. She probably set it & forgot about it. Those airtags don’t just set themself up & notify you. I know this because I set one up in my iphone & attached it to my cat’s collar to track her . 🤔🙄😳🤣🤣🤣🥰
Direct from Apple: “AirTag is designed to discourage unwanted tracking. If someone else’s AirTag finds its way into your stuff, your phone will notice it’s traveling with you and send you an alert. After a while, if you still haven’t found it, the AirTag will start playing a sound to let you know it’s there.
Of course, if you happen to be with a friend who has an AirTag, or on a train with a whole bunch of people with AirTag, don’t worry. These alerts are triggered only when an AirTag is separated from its owner.”
Hmm what if this was used on an android user
Apple make an app for Android users to combat the problems of their creation
This sounds like more of a malfunction situation or an accident than a crime.
location tracker for the consumer, cool.
(Authorities tracking you from ur cell phone signals? thats legal)
someone putting an Air Tag on you, and checking where you are?
That's illegal.
Seems like the airtags are too much of an issue regardless of what other methods one could utilize
🤷🏻♀️ apple can be blamed for what people use it as
Ehhh, I think this is a stretch. Of course it’s POSSIBLE, but the fact that they didn’t find the airtag, and just shook out their stuff and then went home is kinda a red flag. They had no idea if it was still on them if they didn’t find it, so they just potentially lead a stranger who planted a tracking device, to their door? I believe they got the notification but I also know that it’s extremely common if you’re in very crowded place for extended periods of time. The fact that this outlet did this story with no evidence but a screenshot (which could be fake or could be from an airtag that they own) is kinda ridiculous.
Right like, so what?
I agree
4 hours is actually a lot sooner than most people find out. I thought Apple waited at least 8 hours before sending a notification…
at least you found it, may be there is a tile tracker that this family didn't find.
Lol every cell phone on the planet is doing this...
just follow them on foot, the old fashioned way
Why don’t they have a way to see which tag was purchased when and where by who?
She is smirking. She looks clueless
多亏他们用苹果手机！
Apple created this, so why can’t they develop an app for your phone that can pick up the tag as soon as it’s place on you without your consent
apple phones actually do.
@@dakotarobinson4815 I thought as much but why not allow the app to be sold across the board so that ppl without an IPhone can have the use of it as well
@@ainsleymalcolm6809 why would they do that when they can sell you an iPhone
@@PresidentUSVI Not everyone can afford an iPhone you should know that, but this is the same problem with the internet they put a product out there without any care of how it might be used by people with bad intentions
@@ainsleymalcolm6809 I believe they put an app for Android phones.
Some people on ebay disable the sound-emitting component so people can't even make the tracker beep to find it.
Odd they didn't see it fall out of their belongings, it's the size of a quarter.....
If you know about Disney...you know. 🤷♀️
stop making them! but profit over safety comes first
This is creepy.
Simple solution, This just needs registration for every purchase so every users are registered
After all we’ve learned about Disneys employment practices, I’m not surprised at all to hear this.
LOL 😂. Tool
“If users feel unsafe, contact the police”
Talk about not taking responsibility for your failed Chinese made product
How is Apple responsible? People have been making trackers for decades. This isn't an apple problem, the user incorrectly used the product. Not apples fault at all, and they warn people that this could happen.
If you have an android and are being stalked with an airtag you will receive zero notifications.
Madison looks like someone named Madison
I have every one of my tools with an air tag glued to it using high strength industrial glue. Had to send back a £3000 computer this week to the firm I bought it from. In post office theyd asked the value and I had said £30. Had I said the true value they likely would have insisted upon costly insurance. I can see the parcel has spent a day over this bank holiday in the warehouse of the postal firm 1 mile from where it should be delivered to when businesses reopen tomorrow. 😁
If any of my tools are stolen I will known immediately. Night time my phone using find my app will display messages saying such and such item moving away. My car keys too has one.
So I really like them. But I know thieves use them for wrong doing too.
Not just thieves James, traffickers and rapists who use them to target women
@@frostythehoeman6969 yep well we need tougher sentences.
Even better than that we need total satellite coverage of the globe. Then everyone is watched 24 hours a day and no one can deny anything. Animals in Africa would be safe. No more thieves in the most except shop lifters. Over head watch ing cant stop that. Shops need cameras and tiles end of each isle which weigh you. Or scanners to verify no thieving
@@frostythehoeman6969 thats the world we live in unfortunately and exactly why I have these air tags. Damn even thinking about swallowing one just in case I have a turn and find myself lost. Ha ha JOKE
It’s not a nightmare they got a notification it was probably erroneous it’s crazy that this is NEWS today. If they found an AirTag that would be different. It’s easy to turn your location services off. If it’s connected to your phone you have to have your settings set to connect to new devices.
My father works at apple, it is not possible for apple to disable all airtags at one time, even though all airtags are in reach of apple, being their creators. Once they are bought, there is no way for them to track the device and somehow shut it down.
Apple needs to discontinue it until they figure out how to turn it off when someone calls and say “someone has placed an AirTag on my car or in my things and I can’t find it”.
you're so stupid do actaul research the AirTag is the safest tracker stop letting your emotions talk
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This can literally be done with tile, smart tag, ect. At least Apple came up with a way to alert people about it.
Sometimes even Apple AirPods give you a tracking notification. I’d be worried too if it were an AirTag though only because it’s only purpose is to track whatever it’s attached to.