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2 HN users recommended this in 2022, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this in 2022, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Exactly– the SmartThings tracker didn't ship with any of these features. Tile didn't either. The only reason this is such a conversation is because Apple built these anti-stalking features and marketed them.
Not to mention I could probably make a crappy GPS tracker with none of these alerts and stick it to people's stuff. It may be clunky, but there are plenty of good hiding places. Or I could just get this[0]. Or this[1]. Or any of the dozens of trackers I can find on Amazon that would be perfectly good for stalking.
[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Amcrest-LTE-GPS-Tracker-Geo-Fencing/d... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/LandAirSea-Waterproof-Magnetic-Person...
> Even if someone were to do that and then sell them online, the barrier to finding and buying those are still probably going to be higher than getting an AirTag.
They're on Amazon, for $50-150 [0]. The first result for "GPS tracker" I found has 10 days of battery life, which is a fair negative, but you can do a lot to someone if you follow them for 10 days.
[0]: https://smile.amazon.com/LandAirSea-Waterproof-Magnetic-Pers...