{"id":232055,"date":"2021-04-21T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-apples-airtags-track-items-while-preserving-your-privacy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T08:22:19","slug":"how-apples-airtags-track-items-while-preserving-your-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-apples-airtags-track-items-while-preserving-your-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Apple\u2019s AirTags track items while preserving your privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How App<\/a>le\u2019s AirTags track items while preserving your privacy<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Apple finally unveiled its much-awaited item-trackers AirTag. The $29 device helps you find your key\u00a0through its U1 chip\u00a0using Ultra-Wideband technology<\/a> and Bluetooth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s how it works, and how it maintains your privacy while being capable of being located by other people\u2019s phones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The U1 chip uses a 6-8.5GHz frequency band to transmit signals at a short-range to help you locate items using the Find My app on your iPhone. This helps you find stuff with more precision as compared to the\u00a0approximate location shown by\u00a0Bluetooth trackers.<\/p>\n

The Find My app will show you the direction and distance of your item attached to the AirTag, so you can look for it in that specific area.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Find My app showing the direction of the item attached with AirTag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you can\u2019t find your items in U1 or Bluetooth range,\u00a0you can see its last known location on Apple Maps<\/span>. But to preserve your privacy, this location is only known to you with end-to-end data encryption. Apple says that it switches up Bluetooth frequencies when tracking the item to avoid hijacking of those signals.<\/p>\n

Apple has also included a lot of fail-safe mechanisms in case you can\u2019t find your item through the Find My app. Other iPhone owners can also use the Find My app to identify the owner of an unknown tag and relay the location back to them securely.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>iOS devices can detect an AirTag that isn\u2019t with its owner, and notify the user if an unknown AirTag is seen to be travel<\/a>ing with them from place to place over time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, if your AirTag is separated you for a long amount of time, it\u2019ll play a distinct sound to draw attention, and anyone with any NFC-enabled phone \u2014 an iPhone or an Android phone \u2014 can get instructions to disable it.<\/p>\n

You can get a single unit of AirTag for $29, and a pack of four for $99 starting April 30.<\/p>\n

Did you know we have a news<\/a>letter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013
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