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A few days ago my wife's phone said there was an unknown airtag with her. It turned out to be an airtag in a kids friend backpack but for once it seemed like Google was looking out for the best interest of someone. It could have easily been a stalker trying to find where we lived.
It's still not worth the privacy risks imo. The feature should at least be opt-in
And it would only be about as useful as tile. Nobody opts in but everybody wants the service
As useful as tile is ideal to me. Don't allow for the global tracking but let's me make my keys or wallet make a noise when I misplaced them.
What I meant in opt-in is like make a switch somewhere in the first setup menu or make a pop-up telling about how useful it is and asking to enable it. And the problem is that this feature is not just opt-in but not even opt-out! You can't disable it and therefore it's straight up evil.