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The downsides of using Apple Airtags to keep tabs on your stuff

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Welcome back 8 13. Now air tags

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may not have been on your

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Christmas list, but maybe they

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will be for next year because

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sales of the tags are really

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taking off following the recent

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airline cancelations and all of

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those lost bags, But there can

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be some downsides to these

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tracking devices and joining us

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now to talk about some of the

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dues and doubts of the air tags

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is our good friend and security

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expert. Tom Gel. Nick. Hi, Tom.

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How are you? Good to see you.

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Great Happy New Year. Amy Great

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to see you, too. You okay? So

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let's talk about first of all. I

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want to talk about the price of

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these things because I googled

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it yesterday because I don't

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have any. I was curious. How

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much did they cost? I think it

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was like they were about $30

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each right. You can get four for

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100, so they're not terribly

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expensive and may be good to

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have but when it comes to using

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them, what do you want people to

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know. Well I think they're

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really nifty for keys.

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Especially and for me myself.

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I'm always losing my wallet. So

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if you attach that, and I'm

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always running around the house

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trying to find it before I go to

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work, so they're really good for

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people who have a lot of stuff

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to keep track of right. Um and

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especially with the luggage. You

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mentioned the whole situation

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with with the airlines in the

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last few weeks. Um this is a

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really good way to keep tabs on

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where your stuff actually is.

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Also recommended for things like

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, you know, computer cases and

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stuff like that high high dollar

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things that you just can't

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afford to lose. I mean, it

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really does make sense. But when

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it comes to the luggage, right,

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I mean, is this like the kind of

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thing Tom where you should be

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worried about? You know somebody

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being able to track you back or

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what are some of the concerns

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that you might have? Yes So

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there's a lot of nefarious stuff

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happening with these one of one

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of the scams we're seeing lately

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is people tracking other people

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stalking them. So there was a

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story about a girl that Disney

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world that found one her phone

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alerted her. You know, after

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being tracked for about an hour

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and a half, so people will just

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drop it on someone else and

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stock them or attract them. So I

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mean, obviously, that's a huge

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huge security risk. Absolutely

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Or they could hide in your car.

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Something like that. That would

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be of concern as well. So if you

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do, go ahead and buy these, how

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do you How does it work? Is it

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an app on your phone that allows

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you to track you like, sync it

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up or what? What do you do? Yes

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And yes. So basically, you set

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it up and they come in multi

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colors, too. So if you're going

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to track multiple things, you

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can at least keep track of

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what's what? Just by the color

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that you purchased so, Yeah. You

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set it up. You place it where

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you want to place it and it

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tracks and it's very exact two.

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It'll actually let you hone in

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with with audio. And exactly

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where your item is. It's really

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remarkable to be honest. What

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have you think that that item

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has been stolen? Because that

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would be a little bit scary,

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right? You're going to go

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approach the person who took

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your computer or your suitcase.

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What do you do? Yeah that's

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that's a great question. So

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first and foremost, don't pursue

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the person yourself. Please call

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your local authorities Let the

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police handle this stuff and

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they can actually see where this

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person is Where your item is on

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your phone so they can go, You

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know, apprehend or do what they

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need to do. We had a great story

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just a few weeks ago of a woman

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who had one of the apple tags on

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her pets and her pet got lost.

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And so the dog ended up in

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Orange County Animal services,

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and they were able to find her

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right away. So another great use

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for it. Yeah It's really it's a

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It's a very It's a great tool,

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but you know, also with

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everything security wise, we

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always have to be mindful and be

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alert one last thing in But I do

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want to point out you can

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actually still be notified on

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your if you have a android phone

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by downloading an an app that

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will actually alert you if

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you're being tracked, so it you

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know we can work. On Apple and

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Android. You just have to

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download an

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