This here. They target families with a few children and a lot of money. For us with a few money and a lot of children, we have to save and prepare for a year or longer, and it'd take something more earth shattering than "they want to push their agenda on TV harder than they already do" to cancel something like that if it's already coming up in a month or two.
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Then for their target audience, many of them are probably on board with their evil.
It took me a few readthroughs to understand what the heck an Apple Airtag even is. So some random person planted a tracking device the size of a coin on one of these family members? How did the family's phone pick up that they were being tracked by someone else though?
Tracking beacons periodically transmit Bluetooth Low Energy broadcast packets with a unique serial number in them. All nearby phones receive those broadcast packets. The software on the phone reports back to Apple the serial numbers it's seen, and the GPS location. Apple can then tell the owner of the beacon where it is, as long as it's within range of any compatible phone. That's fundamentally how they work.
Apple's software has an algorithm in it that detects when the same serial number has been within reception range for an extended period of time across many different locations, and the serial number isn't registered to the owner of the phone. It pops up an alert warning you.
Coincidentally, when we went to Disneyland, I tied a Tile brand tracker into my daughter's outfit.
I do think it's possible and perhaps likely even for Apple's warning to falsely trip at a place like Disneyland. 50,000 people a day go there. If only 1 in 50 people have an AirTag, that's 1000 people, all walking around. The BLE broadcast packets can go 200 meters or so. It seems very likely that you'll happen to end up within 200m of at least 1 unique person with an AirTag, for most of the day.
I'm calling BS. I don't care for Apple or Disney but that's not how tags work. Also....If an abduction were to happen, they would have grabbed them INSIDE the park.
Nationwide, people are finding Appleโs AirTag hidden on their cars or in their belongings. They are cheap and easy to buy online, but in recent months, criminals have been using the tracking devices to stalk people and steal cars. Unsuspecting victims got an alert on their iPhones that said a device has been moving with them for some time and that the AirTag was first spotted at least one hour earlier.
"Theyโre about the size of a quarter so you can put it in a gas cap. Thereโs a case recently out in Bethlehem. The tracking device was actually put on the inside of a bumper by duct tape,โ said Corporal Brent Miller of the Pennsylvania State Police.
In October, the suspect brazenly kidnapped the mother of his children and used an Apple AirTag tracking device on the victimโs car, Bethlehem police said.
The tags are used to track vehicles and individuals for potential illegal activity such as larceny, auto theft, and stalking. According to Dearborn Police, Dodge Chargers are frequently targeted for such illicit tracking activity.
I expect someone wanted to abduct one of the girls. They had a lucky escape.
By the way, see the whole Gaston family all wearing the Monsters University t shirts in the photo in the article? They don't know what it means.
Monsters Inc. was all about extracting energy from children after scaring them.
Yeah, you know what that's referring to.
Not to mention their last name is 'Gaston', a character from Beauty and the Beast. Something's fishy about this story.
Probably more comms. Whoever Gaston is, they are being tracked.
Comms to Disney abductors that people are on to them and to chill out for a bit?
"Le Fou, you know I've been thinking. A dangerous pastime, I know...."
Yeah I immediately caught the name, what a coincidence ๐
They're trying to encourage criminals to start doing this.
Families are STILL going to Disney World? Why? Are people that ignorant of the news?
Yep.
To be fair, some families plan trips to Disney a long time in advance
This here. They target families with a few children and a lot of money. For us with a few money and a lot of children, we have to save and prepare for a year or longer, and it'd take something more earth shattering than "they want to push their agenda on TV harder than they already do" to cancel something like that if it's already coming up in a month or two. . Then for their target audience, many of them are probably on board with their evil.
Let's assume this story is on the up and up. (it's not)
Why would a kidnapper use an apple id tag to mark their target? The tag immediately starts alerting any iphone that is traveling in range.
(Our business uses air tags on sensitive keychains lent out so they don't get lost.)
My point is, as soon as you leave the office with them, they start alerting your phone, "Hey! You got so-and-so's air tag!"
Not very stealth.
OH NO! Everyone turn on your phone locater and notifications quick!!! Someone might be tracking you (like Apple).
(rolls eyes)
It took me a few readthroughs to understand what the heck an Apple Airtag even is. So some random person planted a tracking device the size of a coin on one of these family members? How did the family's phone pick up that they were being tracked by someone else though?
Tracking beacons periodically transmit Bluetooth Low Energy broadcast packets with a unique serial number in them. All nearby phones receive those broadcast packets. The software on the phone reports back to Apple the serial numbers it's seen, and the GPS location. Apple can then tell the owner of the beacon where it is, as long as it's within range of any compatible phone. That's fundamentally how they work.
Apple's software has an algorithm in it that detects when the same serial number has been within reception range for an extended period of time across many different locations, and the serial number isn't registered to the owner of the phone. It pops up an alert warning you.
People are finding them inserted into their cars too.
They shouldn't have walked back to the car by themselves.
This is worthy of a sticky.
THANK YOU!
Coincidentally, when we went to Disneyland, I tied a Tile brand tracker into my daughter's outfit.
I do think it's possible and perhaps likely even for Apple's warning to falsely trip at a place like Disneyland. 50,000 people a day go there. If only 1 in 50 people have an AirTag, that's 1000 people, all walking around. The BLE broadcast packets can go 200 meters or so. It seems very likely that you'll happen to end up within 200m of at least 1 unique person with an AirTag, for most of the day.
I'm calling BS. I don't care for Apple or Disney but that's not how tags work. Also....If an abduction were to happen, they would have grabbed them INSIDE the park.
Nationwide, people are finding Appleโs AirTag hidden on their cars or in their belongings. They are cheap and easy to buy online, but in recent months, criminals have been using the tracking devices to stalk people and steal cars. Unsuspecting victims got an alert on their iPhones that said a device has been moving with them for some time and that the AirTag was first spotted at least one hour earlier.
"Theyโre about the size of a quarter so you can put it in a gas cap. Thereโs a case recently out in Bethlehem. The tracking device was actually put on the inside of a bumper by duct tape,โ said Corporal Brent Miller of the Pennsylvania State Police.
In October, the suspect brazenly kidnapped the mother of his children and used an Apple AirTag tracking device on the victimโs car, Bethlehem police said.
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/investigations/fox43-reveals/apple-airtag-tracking-fox43-reveals/521-b7301f5f-144d-4d50-a3f1-6fa03f62fdf4
The tags are used to track vehicles and individuals for potential illegal activity such as larceny, auto theft, and stalking. According to Dearborn Police, Dodge Chargers are frequently targeted for such illicit tracking activity.
https://www.pressandguide.com/2022/01/22/dearborn-police-say-illegal-gps-tracking-with-apple-airtags-are-a-rising-concern/
Needs a smell test. People will be trying to discredit this shit and place blame outside of disney.