Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone
Date	2026-04-08 21:13 +0200
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On 2026-04-08 13:30, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2026-04-07 16:04, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> [...]
>>>     You're probably confused by Arlen's "Apple's Tracker Detect app"
>>> comment.
>>>
>>>     That app is *developed* by Apple, but it *for* use on Android. The
>>> minimum required Android version is Android 9, so you're lucky and can
>>> try that app.
>>>
>>> 'Tracker Detect'
>>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trackerdetect>
>>>
>>>     But as mentioned, the 'Tracker Detect' app only works to detect Apple
>>> AirTags (and other items compatible with Apple's Find My network, for
>>> example lost iPhones) which are close to you.
>>>
>>>     I use the 'Tracker Detect' to check if our AirTags still work, before
>>> putting them in our suitcases before a trip. So our AirTags are
>>> intentionally 'stalking' us. (As I mentioned before, we don't have an
>>> iPhone/iPad, hence this rather strange setup/use.)
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> Then, can an Airtag "work" if the only phone nearby is Android?
> 
>    No, AFAIK it can't work. The Android phone sees the AirTag, but AFAIK
> it has no way of feeding that fact back into Apple's Find My network, at
> least not to the owner of the AirTag.

Ah, ok.

> 
>    There *is* communication with the Find My network, because the Tracker
> Detect app reports part of the "Owner"'s ID, probably their Apple ID. In
> my case I see 4 digits which I know are the last 4 digits of the owner's
> mobile phone number. But that communication is from the Find My network
> to the Android device/app, not the other way around.
> 
>    It could possibly even be bad if it did work, because if the AirTag
> would be used for stalking, the stalker  could/would perhaps be informed
> that the stalked person detected the stalker's AirTag.

Any tracker can be use for good or for bad.

I simply want a tracker that can use natively both networks, so that I 
get the location of my suitcases anywhere.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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  Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-03-30 13:56 -0700
    Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-03-31 07:45 +0200
  Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-03-31 09:05 +0100
  Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-03-31 17:37 +0000
    Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-03-31 19:28 +0100
      Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-01 14:08 +0200
        Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-01 15:25 +0100
          Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-01 14:37 -0400
            Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-07 00:55 -0400
              Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-07 14:04 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-07 13:05 -0400
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-07 21:45 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-08 11:30 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-08 21:13 +0200
          Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-01 21:51 +0200
            Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-01 21:35 +0100
              Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-01 22:57 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 06:54 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-02 16:47 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 23:52 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-04 09:03 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-04 09:34 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-04 12:02 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 14:45 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-02 09:04 +0200
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-02 08:17 +0100
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-02 14:15 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 15:55 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-02 14:09 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 15:55 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-02 18:14 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 19:15 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 19:37 +0000
                Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-03 21:22 +0000
      Re: Is an airtag following you and your OT iphone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 18:39 +0000

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