A Dutch woman hid an Apple AirTag on her bike. After having it stolen, it took him about an hour to find it, simply using his smartphone and the position indicated by the tracker.
Since the release of the Apple AirTag, this little tracker designed to help you find your lost items, we’ve heard all kinds of stories. He helps the police arrest grave robbers or drug makers. The device even identified fake donation trafficking for a natural disaster. Very effective diverted uses, but let’s not forget that basically, it allows you to locate keys, a suitcase or even a laptop. Convenient if you have the unfortunate tendency to lose everything and even more in case of theft.
Beatriz Spaltemberg, resident of the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, goes to the gym by bike, as usual. She ties him to a pole except that, distracted, she leaves the key on the lock. It was enough to tempt a malicious person. After his session an hour later, Beatriz notices that her bike is no longer there. Fortunately, she had the good idea to go there. fix an AirTag and open immediately Locate app to display its position.
Thanks to Apple’s AirTag, a woman finds her stolen bike in an hour
She calls the police telling them that she knows exactly where her bike is. With this information, two officers agree to accompany him to the scene. Normally, they would just register his complaint. Once there, Beatriz was able to prove that the bicycle attached to a lamp post was indeed hers: the location of the tracker on the app was pointing exactly to it.
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The thief was not at the scene, but authorities will review CCTV cameras in an attempt to locate him. Police said the recovery of the two-wheeler was successful because the AirTag was “particularly well hidden”. Finally, this whole story only lasted about 1h30. Fortunately for the victim, the criminal just seemed to need to move faster, or at least didn’t have time to resell the stolen property, which would have complicated the task.
Source: 9to5Mac