AirTags can be used for certain things - some of it bad. But maybe it did work well enough for this guy, all things considered.
9To5Mac reports of a man, Elliott Sharod, who used his Apple AirTags to try tracking down his lost luggage after a flight. On April 17th, Sharod was traveling with his wife Helen from their wedding in South Africa. Their flight had to be rescheduled due to the pandemic, but while they did make it home to England, their bags didn't.
This is where Sharod's preparation for the trip mattered. He placed an AirTag inside each bag to ensure that he can track them. Using his phone's Find My app, he discovered that their bags were sent to Frankfurt in Germany, which was one of the two original stopovers before their flight had to be rescheduled. The luggage was sent there, but they weren't loaded onto the plane back to London.
The airline company Aer Lingus worked things out and promised that they'd bring the couple's bags back to their home address. But the next night, there was one missing bag out of three still. Sharod tried everything to square things off with the airliner, but things weren't panning out.
Eventually, he want onto Twitter to complain and even used a PowerPoint presentation containing Find My screenshots. The images showed where the bag was - in two different places in Pimlico in Central London on April 21st, and hasn't moved from there since.
Here is Sharod's tweet with the video of him detailing the PowerPoint presentation:
Stolen?
According to a report by CNN, the missing suitcase is of his wife Helen. It contains wedding cards, some handwritten notes from the lodge where they stayed in South Africa, and some itineraries they made for their wedding guests. Her clothes were also there, alongside other personal items.
But after repeated emails, calls, and DMs to both Aer Lingus and its courier, there was no response - leading Sharod to believe that the third bag has been stolen.
As of this writing, there seems to be no positive update to the situation of the man's missing luggage. But it does illustrate how Apple's AirTags can be used to ensure that you can track your important items even if you lose them. They're good enough to help one man uncover a secret intelligence agency, so it's good enough for your stuff.
How Apple AirTags Work - And Are They Worth It?
Apple designed the AirTags to work as a way to track things like keys and wallets via BlueTooth and the Find My app, writes MacRumors. These things are being sold for $29 each, with a package of four available for $99.
There devices are small, button-shaped doodads that can help you find where your things are if you lose them for some reason. It even gives you directions to where your tags are if you want to go find them on your own. But on the question of whether they're worth it, it depends on what you plan on using them for. Just don't use them to stalk people.
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Written by RJ Pierce
