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                     What Happens When You Mail an AirTag?

   Josh Centers

   Have you wondered what would happen if you were to drop an AirTag in an
   envelope and send it to a friend? Take Control author and occasional
   TidBITS contributor Kirk McElhearn [1]mailed one from
   Stratford-upon-Avon to London to find out. He then set up a script on
   his Mac to take a screenshot of the Find My app every two minutes to
   track the AirTag on its journey. Amazingly, while the AirTag isn't
   designed for real-time tracking, Kirk was able to track its progress
   like in a spy movie, which is a testament to the size of Apple's Find
   My network.

   Kirk noted that his friend wasn't alerted to the presence of an AirTag
   after it arrived. Glenn Fleishman explained to us that it was likely
   due to the fact that it had been moving with other people and was now
   just sitting in a house. Otherwise, if you had a roommate with an
   AirTag, it would alert you constantly.

   [2]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/i-mailed-an-airtag-and-tracked-its-progress-heres-what-happened/
   2. https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/i-mailed-an-airtag-and-tracked-its-progress-heres-what-happened/

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