It seems that the notification system of this Apple plugin needs to be debugged.
Apple didn’t invent anything when it launched the AirTagsthose devices that allow you to make a follow-up any object in case of loss, but given the size of the company, the popularity of this type of product has increased notably since it was put on sale. Since your utilization can lead to dangerous behaviorsthe North American company devised a alert system when someone uses an AirTag to follow another person. Now we know that the notifications are not perfected and that they have given more than one scare.
Warnings in the middle of the night in false follow-ups that make the hair of the users who receive them stand on end
The programming errors are the daily bread in technology companies, but for users they sometimes result disturbers. Recently, at the time of writing the article, we have been able to learn several stories of persons they have had to deal with ghost notices on their iPhones, in what appears to be a really unexpected bug. According to The Wall Street Journal, the movement pattern of course AirTag doesn’t seem to make much sense, as you can see in the image that we show you under these lines.
Appearance of AirTag prompts on some users. The Wall Street Journal
When the logical would be that the device follow-up had a trajectory from a point on the map to the user’s home, in this case it seems that the lines always leave from home and they cross streets, buildings and whatever is put in front of them. Natalie Garciaone of those affected, ensures what:
It was terrifying. When I got the alert at night on my iPhone, I searched through my bag and around the apartment to make sure no one had AirTagged me.
To be sure, she wanted to make use of the function that allows you to play a sound on the AirTag to locate it, but all he got was the error message ‘AirTag not available’. They have had to experience this same situation. Other userssearching every corner for the devices, wondering if the dog the neighbor would have swallowed or carrying the car to the workshop to do a thorough inspection.
An error would be sending ghost notifications to the iPhone
Manzana I should put much more emphasis is to solve this issuegiven that although the alert system when a AirTag that is not registered on your device is a great solutionthe false alarms could raise a serious problem if the user gets used to the warnings are not important. The security that AirTags provide with our objects is to be applauded, but their dark side is still too dangerous.
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