Hackernews posts about AirTags

AirTags is a Bluetooth-based tracking device developed by Apple that allows users to keep track of their personal items and devices using the Find My network.

1. Openhaystack: Build 'AirTags' – track Bluetooth devices via Apple's network (github.com)
   454 points by thunderbong 4 days ago | 112 comments
2. Further Thoughts on Stealth AirTags (www.hotelexistence.ca)
   4 points by zdw 12 days ago | 1 comments
3. TimeCapsule – 10-Year Battery Case for AirTag (www.elevationlab.com)
   1 points by tomaskafka about 15 hours ago | 1 comments
4. Indonesia keeps iPhone 16 ban despite Apple offer to build AirTag factory (www.abc.net.au)
   1 points by adrian_mrd 20 days ago | discuss
5. Carpenter's AirTags help uncover 'massive' case of stolen tools in Maryland (www.washingtonpost.com)
   283 points by williamsmj 8 months ago | 321 comments
6. NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts (arstechnica.com)
   208 points by pseudolus over 1 year ago | 417 comments
7. AirTags key to discovery of Houston's plastic recycling deception (appleinsider.com)
   148 points by JumpCrisscross 5 months ago | 155 comments
8. Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [video] (www.youtube.com)
   118 points by justin66 about 1 year ago | 133 comments
9. Traffic jams, AirTags and GPS darts are ways NY, NJ are trying to stop car theft (gothamist.com)
   70 points by DamnInteresting 10 months ago | 67 comments
10. Texan used Apple AirTags to discover plastics in Houston aren't being recycled (www.tomshardware.com)
    65 points by dataflow 5 months ago | 60 comments
11. Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
    54 points by pfych over 1 year ago | 58 comments
12. D.C. Unveils Its Newest Solution to Car Theft: Apple AirTags (dcist.com)
    14 points by Brajeshwar about 1 year ago | 5 comments
13. Ask HN: Can you end up on the “No Fly” list for putting AirTags in your luggage?
    13 points by benguild over 1 year ago | 18 comments
14. Find My Kids app is basically AirTags for your offspring (www.theregister.com)
    9 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
15. AirTags on Android, Sorta (vitor.io)
    9 points by behnamoh about 1 month ago | 1 comments
16. Woman uses AirTags to nab alleged parcel-pinching scum (www.theregister.com)
    6 points by LinuxBender 5 months ago | 1 comments
17. Reverse Engineering Apple AirTags for Fun and Profit (adamcatley.com)
    6 points by greatjack613 over 1 year ago | discuss
18. Don’t steal AirPods, they’re basically AirTags (9to5mac.com)
    4 points by binaryanomaly almost 2 years ago | discuss
19. Parents are using AirTags to track kids and give them freedom (www.washingtonpost.com)
    3 points by ecliptik over 1 year ago | 5 comments
20. I wrote a macOS app to save the movements of your own AirTags and iPhones (www.findmylogger.com)
    3 points by buibuibui 10 months ago | 3 comments
21. Police alert residents of stalkers using Apple AirTags for malicious tracking (komonews.com)
    3 points by sirpunch about 1 year ago | 1 comments
22. AirTags track car thieves – but you don't have to (www.axios.com)
    3 points by psychanarch over 1 year ago | 1 comments
23. NYPD asks people to put Apple AirTags in their cars to help find stolen vehicles (www.cnbc.com)
    3 points by arprocter over 1 year ago | 1 comments
24. Russian Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track/Control Woman He Brought into US (www.courtwatch.news)
    3 points by vinnyglennon 8 months ago | discuss
25. A carpenter used Apple AirTags to find his stolen tools – along with 15K others (boingboing.net)
    3 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | discuss
26. Criminals in Montreal Using AirTags to Steal Vehicles (www.macrumors.com)
    3 points by mikhael 10 months ago | discuss
27. Washington D.C. Gives Residents Free AirTags to Help Track Stolen Cars (www.pcmag.com)
    3 points by dmitrygr about 1 year ago | discuss
28. How the Apple AirTags were hacked (2021) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    3 points by nebben64 about 1 year ago | discuss
29. Android and AirTags (Part II) (thebinaryhick.blog)
    3 points by 882542F3884314B over 1 year ago | discuss
30. NYPD Giving Out Free AirTags to Prevent Car Theft (www.theverge.com)
    3 points by nothingneko over 1 year ago | discuss
31. How AirTags Turned into Spies (english.elpais.com)
    3 points by belter almost 2 years ago | discuss
32. Game-changer for lost luggage: AirTags to share location with airlines (www.washingtonpost.com)
    2 points by bookofjoe 3 months ago | 1 comments
33. AirTags are the new go-to tool for cops after spike in car thefts (arstechnica.com)
    2 points by barbazoo about 1 year ago | 1 comments
34. We used Apple AirTags to GPS track our plastic recycling (www.cbs8.com)
    2 points by walterbell about 2 months ago | discuss