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Redditor has worst possible experience with Google’s new Find My Device network (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One Redditor tested Google's Find My Device network against Apple's Find My Network by shipping an AirTag and a Pebblebee tracker to a different state and tracking the package through the respective apps.
The Pebblebee Tracker struggled to provide location updates, while Apple's AirTag consistently updated throughout the journey.
Google's Find My Device network is still nascent and opt-in, limiting its effectiveness compared to Apple's Find My Network. Google is reportedly working on improving its network's speed and reliability.

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[+] [email protected] -20 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Shit like that is why Apple devices are banned from our home network.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (5 children)

why? what does their device locator service have to do with your home network?

I'm genuinely curious, because nothing from that service has anything to do with anything that might happen on your network

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

why?

For the same reason that one might block ads or cookies, of course. I don't want a third party corporation profiling the bluetooth devices in my house and selling data about me to advertizers.

what does their device locator service have to do with your home network?

Apple's device locator service uses the internet to report device IDs and GPS coords to Apple.

I'm genuinely curious, because nothing from that service has anything to do with anything that might happen on your network

Ideally, that would be true. But device locators necessarily report their snooping using an internet connection, and if they're on my home network when they do it then they'd associate my IP address with my location. That's way more of my personal information than I want Apple to have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

According to Apple (and I’m sure people have already investigated it), location data is encrypted in such a way that only the owner of the device can read the transmitted location. So no, this isn’t going to “associate your IP address with your location”.

Only you can see where your AirTag is. Your location data and history are never stored on the AirTag itself. Devices that relay the location of your AirTag also stay anonymous, and that location data is encrypted every step of the way. So not even Apple knows the location of your AirTag or the identity of the device that helps find it.

(from https://www.apple.com/airtag/)

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