Should AirTags get lost over safety concerns? A better solution can be found - 9to5Mac

Local news headlines across the country tell the story of AirTags being used to track people unknowingly.

At the same time, Apple has adjusted how AirTag works and provided additional resources to prevent these events from happening.

Just last week, Task & Purpose published the story of an Army spouse who used an AirTag attached to a toy to prevent a moving nightmare from growing worse:.

While preparing for a recent move from Fort Carson, Colorado to Fort Drum, New York, she slipped an Apple AirTag, a Bluetooth-powered tracking device, into one of the boxes filled with her family’s household goods.

“You hear so many horror stories when it comes to PCSing,” she told Military Times, using an acronym for permanent change of station. “With those stories in mind, and having read about people putting AirTags with some of their [household goods], I decided it would be worth testing the theory.”?

In that story, the AirTag helped her locate most of her family’s items after a dishonest delivery driver pretended to be days away in another state.

As we know, however, not all AirTag stories are so positive.

Even in my home state of rural Mississippi, local stories of AirTag stalking are making the news:.

After a while, if you still haven’t found it, the AirTag will start playing a sound to let you know it’s there.

“It will tell you if you have an Airpod, or an AirTag, or anything that’s Apple related if it is following you or within your presence.”

In addition to checking settings, folks also need to listen for a specific sound to help find an AirTag that you may not know is on or near you

Again, an important detail in this and many other stories is that the AirTag alerted the person being tracked

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Zac covers Apple news, hosts the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, and created SpaceExplored.com