Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you - Enlarge (credit: Google)

When Google announced that trackers w... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1957104 #bluetoothtrackers #appleairtag #trackers #airtags #chipolo #google #tech #tile

Ars Technica: Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you https://arstechnica.com/?p=1957104 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #bluetoothtrackers #AppleAirTag #trackers #AirTags #chipolo #Google #google #Tech #Tile

Is there a free software privacy-respecting alternative to #Chipolo, #Tile, Samsung #SmartTag and Apple #AirTag? It's not these companies owning our devices, but us end users instead. We should be in control.

Ideally, the alternative would work for all the tracking devices and we wouldn't need a separate app for each. Even better, we would benefit from having one community that crowd-sources location updates across all of the deceivingly disparate #BLE tag variants.

#iBeacon #FOSS

My wife and me wanted to swap the ownership of a #Chipolo One tag (i.e., who adds the tag first to their app). First me as a non-owner removed it from my app, then her from her app. Trying to add the tag again ("pairing" as it's called in the app) failed on both of our phones as the tag was locked on the Chipolo server after the removal. Why, oh why is it locked? Now we are at the mercy of Chipolo customer support to unlock it for us. What an #AntiFeature.

#iBeacon #DeviceTracking

Hat zufällig jemand von euch einen Chipolo? #chipolo #airtag

If anyone else has this problem with a #chipolo not connecting, try restarting your phone!

My #chipolo just says "connecting" over and over around the living room. But it never actually connects and I've searched for my wallet for 45 minutes now. #annoying #cantfindmywallet

Il Chipolo CARD Spot, un sensore a forma di carta bancomat per ritrovare i tuoi oggetti smarriti con l'app Dov'è! Disponibile su Amazon per 35€

#airtag #chipolo https://www.melamorsicata.it/2022/12/20/chipolo-card-spot-con-find-my/

#Chipolo CARD Spot 2022 compatibile con Dov’è è l’#AirTag da portafoglio https://www.spider-mac.com/2022/12/19/chipolo-card-spot-airtag/

Chipolo’s Find My-Enabled ‘CARD Spot’ is Ideal for Keeping Tabs on a Wallet, but Needs to be Replaced Every 2 Years

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/chipolos-find-my-enabled-card-spot-is-ideal-for-keeping-tabs-on-a-wallet-but-needs-to-be-replaced-every-2-years/

#airtag,#chipolo,#findmy,#technology,#tracking

Some Short Thoughts On Smart Tags

So Apple have released some BlueTooth tags. As per their standard operating procedure, the rest of us have been using them for years, but now Apple has "invented" them they are suddenly interesting.

Here's my review from 5 years ago of the Chipolo BlueTooth tag. Amusingly, Apple have decided to go with a user-replaceable battery - unlike many

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/some-short-thoughts-on-smart-tags/

#/etc/ #Apple #ble #Chipolo #location