Stolen Ferrari worth $575,000 was found by tracking the owner's AirPods
19 points by thunderbong 4 days ago | 8 comments
  • crmd 4 days ago |
    Most of the time, Find My can’t find my AirPods when they are fully charged, recently used, and in my apartment. I wonder what I’m doing wrong (or the Ferrari owner was doing right).
    • wodenokoto 4 days ago |
      Mine kinda half connect all the time. They’re there on my phone. I can see battery and chose them as an audio output. Put I can’t play anything out of them until I remove and pair them again.
  • renewiltord 4 days ago |
    I have an AirTag in my car. Useful if I forget where I put it.
    • jnaina 4 days ago |
      Same here. especially useful to track if your sports car is being used for joyrides by the mechanics when I sent it for regular servicing.
    • yzydserd 4 days ago |
      FWIW, since iOS 10, an iPhone can be set to automatically drop a pin in Apple Maps for where you last disconnected your iPhone from the car Bluetooth.

      Of course, an AirTag is a stronger solution in some ways.

      https://support.apple.com/en-us/101587

  • bsder 4 days ago |
    Translation: The owner was important enough to cause the police to actually do their damn job.

    Mere plebians like you or me won't get the same consideration.

  • cl3misch 4 days ago |
    Are Airpods better for tracking third parties (thieves) because they don't beep?
  • rurban 2 days ago |
    I've got small Chinese GPS trackers for 2€ on all my keys, my bike and in my car. No need to buy expensive Apple products.