Engadget Logo Examination result is that the Japanese version of the Japanese version of the Japanese version is stronger than TILE and other companies' GPS trackers.

After Apple announced that he will strengthen stalking measures for the lost tracker AIRTAG and the "Search" app, the New York Times has published an article in which the problem delves into this problem.

In this article, it verifies the danger of AIRTAG, TILE and other GPS trackers for other companies for malicious purposes, and it can be said that Apple has shown how advanced the safety measures applied to AirTag.is.

NYT's Kashmir Hill reporter Kashmir Hill performed a comparison test with AIRTAG, Tile and GPS trackers (probably Landairse 54, originally for tracking vehicles) with the consent of their husbands.Specifically, she puts three Airtag, three TILE and GPS tracker on her husband and her belongings, and said, "How accurately you can capture her husband's movements accurately, which product is her.You can find your husband. "

This experiment was done immediately when the husband had to take his daughter with a positive reaction of the new Corona to the hospital.First, 30 minutes after the two to the hospital, Hill opened an app linked to the most precise LandAirSea.This product has several monthly plans according to the frequency of tracking, but the cheapest 19.He chose $ 95, "Updated location information every 3 minutes".By the way, in the highest "location information update every 3 seconds" 49.It costs $ 95.

The LANDAIRSEA app has the "Instafement" function that warns that the car moves, and the "Playback" function that displays where the car has run, so it is clear that the husband has passed a windy road.That's right.She was able to confirm that she parked (in a hospital) at 4:55 pm in real time, so she said she was not surprised by her husband 12 minutes later she was in the waiting room.increase.

On the other hand, Tile and AirTag say, "In areas where we live, it did not work well in real time."This is because both products do not use GPS or mobile phone lines, but detect location information from each dedicated network.If it is an AirTag, it depends on the "search" network by Apple products such as the iPhone, and for Tile, it depends on "TILE Access Point".

By the way, it seems that AIRTAG functioned to some extent as Apple's design.First of all, within two hours after attaching all trackers to the car, her husband, who has an iPhone, received an AIRTAG -related alert after finishing her errand. "

The problem was that it was not found.Although the warning wrote that it sounds an AirTag, it seems that the iPhone could not connect to Airtag when trying to sound.It is said that her husband took off Nike's shoes and looked into it, saying, "Is it in your shoes?"

Hill also has a sound by connecting the iPhone and AirTag in the car, but it is difficult to understand where it sounds, and he has given up looking for it in about 5 minutes.

On the other hand, Tile did not display any such warnings.The company's products do not send so much information, and say, "The number of people who have Tile apps on their smartphones is much less than those who have Apple products (40 million TILE products in 2021).Is announced that it was sold), suggesting that there are not many people who have a means to search in the first place.

Furthermore, another major difference between Tile and AirTag is that when suspicious Airtag is moving together on the iPhone, a map shows the place where the tracking began.He pointed out that it was done.However, Android users need to download a dedicated app to find Airtag.TILE will also release similar apps for those who are worried about unwanted tracking.

A TILE spokeswoman commented that the company's product was "designed to help users find their own, not for tracking humans."And if you use Tile for other purposes, "you may be expelled from Tile forever."

To put it simply, Airtag and Tile are not suitable for real -time tracking, and AirTag is more stalking than competitors.It has nothing to do with Apple, but I'm also worried about how to prevent other GPS trackers from using GPS trackers that are accurate every few seconds.

Source: The New York Times

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