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- android@programming.dev
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/795697
Archived version: https://archive.ph/55yyZ
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230728012552/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/android-phones-can-now-tell-you-if-theres-an-airtag-following-you/
- db2 ( @db2@lemmy.one ) English22•1 year ago
I’ve had that on my Android phone for some time now.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.seemoo.at_tracking_detection/
Yes there’s an Apple version
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airguard-tracking-protection/id1659427454
- Grass ( @Grass@geddit.social ) English20•1 year ago
I know a few people that hide them in their bike frames. Will it tell bike thieves that the tag hidden in the stolen bike is following them?
- Luvon ( @Luvon@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
Yes it will, after some amount of time.
- dsmk ( @dsmk@lemmy.zip ) English4•1 year ago
Yes, but that already used to happen before if the thieve had an iPhone.
- Avid Amoeba ( @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
I think the solution to this problem is embedding the tag into the frame in such a way that removing it would be destructive or at least highly impractical. That’s my plan at least. Waiting for my Chipolo trackers to arrive.
- HejMedDig ( @HejMedDig@feddit.dk ) English1•1 year ago
How would you do that, and what’ll you do when it runs out of battery?
Embedding it also reduces range by a lot. Gplama did a test
- Avid Amoeba ( @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
I haven’t done any designs yet. I’m thinking about the steerer tube. It’s carbon so it shouldn’t impede the RF. Another option is somewhere within the saddle. Or maybe inside a reflector, on the wheel or otherwise. Possibly within a pedal, depending on the style of pedals. Or on the inside of a crank arm. Possibly epoxied to it. When the time comes for replacement, chisel it out of the aluminum, epoxy another one. 🤷
- Polar ( @Polar@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
They’re not anti theft devices. Never were. They are anti losing my shit devices.
Slap one on your keys, wallet, etc, and when you lose them, you can track them to see where they ended up falling out of your pocket.
If you want a tracking device, pay for one. They’ll use a SIM card, be undetectable, and track perfectly without needing a network of phones.
- Routhinator ( @Routhinator@startrek.website ) English11•1 year ago
They can? Because I just checked on my Pixel 7 running latest update of Android 13 and the documented feature does not exist under safety and emergency. The update I’m running was released on July 5th and there are no newer updates available.
So again… “Now”??? I guess they mean it’s in the next version.
- Chozo ( @Chozo@kbin.social ) 20•1 year ago
From the article:
Now Android users will soon get these “Unknown Tracker Alerts.”
Emphasis mine.
- 👁️👄👁️ ( @mojo@lemm.ee ) English4•1 year ago
This has already existed for a long time now
- MentalEdge ( @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) English17•1 year ago
No it hasn’t.
Before, you had to install an app. This is a play store services update, which neans ALL android phones will be able to do it by default.
- 👁️👄👁️ ( @mojo@lemm.ee ) English8•1 year ago
You mean it’s built in now. It still has objectively existed for a long time now. There has been an app called AirGuard around for a long time. Also not every Android has play services. There’s a large degoogled operating system community now.
- hypelightfly ( @hypelightfly@kbin.social ) 6•1 year ago
Integration into play services so almost all Android devices do it by default without needing to install an app hasn’t.