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AirTag stalking protection is live on Android — here’s how to set it up
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Don't you have it backwards? It's not the phones, its the trackers.
And the obvious reason is apple and google built it, so of course Tile is behind. If google already had trackers, that sentence would say AirTags and googleTags*
Tile is not as useful if you are trying to stalk someone because its network is much, much smaller. Therefore it is less dangerous than the Airtags.
Tile uses both phones with the Tile app instand and all Amazon Alexa speakers are part of the Amazon Sidewalk network, which also detects and reports Tile tags.
That is also likely a factor. There are more AirTags in the wild than Tiles.
That said, my point is that AirTags present more risk because they’re a better product. And they’re a better product because of the substantially bigger network.
So you're restating the claim the article made with supposing it's because it's bigger and just being done first. But there's still technically has the capability of tracking others. And I wouldn't say being the product of choice of stalkers necessarily makes it a better product.
Edit: it's also odd that you went out of the way to extol the product when you're just agreeing with the conclusion I made as well. We get it. You love Apple.
Not fanboying, just saying why they are the biggest security threat, and therefore the right tracker to prioritize. That’s all.
When Google inevitably rolls out a competing tracker and client platform, they will have the dominant network after a few years. Apple will have to follow Google’s lead and build defensive tools for trackers on Google’s massive platform.
I mean, you went out of your way in multiple comments to not just say "Apple has a larger network so is more dangerous." In fact you didn't even say that. You had to let other people infer it from you repeatedly saying how great AirTags are and how superior they are.
Like, you're not wrong that it's a larger network. But you could have just said that. You're obviously a fan of Apple and preaching just a bit here.
AirTags are the better tracker. A person isn’t an apple fan for accurately recognizing that.
But they are when the question didn't ask what's better.
There was no question.
Are you kidding? It was fucking quoted. Did you even read the goddamn thread? They were answering a "why" it was only airtags. Ffs. Going out of your way to defend someone who interjected how great apple is for no reason. Can only wonder why you would defend it....
Oh you mean the part of the op that person quotes waaaayyy up in their original comment.
Yeah. The question was why does the android software that interfaces with trackers only support airtags. If you’re making a piece of software to interface with a kind of hardware your first target should be the best, most popular one. Sometimes those will be different things, like with phone charging cables. In this case they’re one and the same. Airtags are the best, most popular tracker.
So the answer to the question “why does the android software for trackers only support airtags?” Is: “airtags are the best, most popular tracker.”
Yes, I'm referring to the start of the discussion, the part where if you want to claim any context, you need to be aware of.
And two, popular and best aren't synonyms. In fact, pointing out how much better it is doest not answer the question. It answers why it's most common. Being the most common is the answer.
But sure. Keep being a try hard.
I never said they were synonyms, just that the same thing is most popular and best sometimes and trackers are one of those times. After I said that I explained why that was the answer to the question almost exactly as the commenter you responded to did.
What are you trying to prove? I’m kinda confused…
The guy spammed a few threads talking about how great AirTags are and gave no context. Beyond that, that isn't what his comment said. It didn't even claim they were the most popular. You had to infer that on your own. I'm confused why you're confused. Probably because you joined a conversation, made a dumbass accusation that no question was asked, and are now backpedaling to still look like anything you say makes sense.
This isn't fruitful anymore. Enjoy defending people talking about how great Apple is unsolicited.
Here’s the comment I think you’re referring to:
That seems to refute what you’re saying here, but I don’t understand why you’re so heated over this anyway. Airtags are the more popular and better tracker and that’s definitely why the android software prioritized them.
What about recognizing that makes someone an apple fan?
That whole end bit was added later. This isn't rocket science. You'd know that since multiple people replied due to the unclear nature of the comment, including mine.
Jfc. I don't know why I'm even bothering with you. Are you like their little brother or something? Ffs.
Oh I see! That makes sense. You and the other commenters didn’t understand the technology and needed an explanation.
It still doesn’t explain why you’re getting so aggro about apple fanboys. There don’t seem to be any and even if the part of that post I quoted was added later the content and context doesn’t change.
This is the android community, did y’all get brigades recently or something?
Ugh. I'm sorry. I apologize. I don't argue with children.
No need to apologize, we’re just chatting. You can stop posting anytime you like.
You mean AITags?