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Comment on Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days

Android has no way of knowing if a tag is “unauthorized” because Apple does not provision access to their tag network. You could, in principle, ignore tags that you know about, but you’d have to do it by identifying it by some arbitrary GATT ID.

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pastabatman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Android detects air tags and notifies users. support.google.com/android/answer/13658562?hl=en#…

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- poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yes, users have begun to be alerted of trackers—this is the recent change by Google as it relates to this post. An ongoing issue is, to my knowledge, that there’s no way to identify what kind of device it is. Goggle’s instructions literally suggest taking a screenshot of the serial number for later reference.
  
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  - signalsayge@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I get alerts on my Android for an Airtag I keep in my backpack all the time. My phone gives me the option to make the Airtag play a sound.
    
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    poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Allow me to clarify:
    
    Limited support for AirTags has been added to Android, that is the context of the posted article and the experience you are describing.
    
    Apple neither supports account access on Android devices or provisions access to their tag network on behalf of linked accounts, so unless you have an Apple device, you cannot stipulate that a tag that belongs to you.
    
    Consequently, the solution offered by Google appears to have been effectively built without Apple’s support. Goggle’s added support for AirTags despite Apple’s cooperation—and support for other tracking devices—is a net positive for privacy.
    
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- lud@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah probably one of the only things Apple and Google could decide on together.
  
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