Another US city wants to fight car thieves with Airtags

The use of Apple's Bluetooth and Ultra-Wideband trackers of the Airtag series to combat ownership offenses is increasingly establishing itself in the USA: According to a medium-sized city in Colorado, the metropolis of Denver has now started with its over 700,000 inhabitants, which is in the same state.

Action with at least 450 trackers

Like it in one Notification of the Dever Police Department (DPD) means at least 450 Airtags and a few Samsung smart tags were spent free of charge to those interested, like that IT blog Gizmodo reports. There is also a separate program called “Denfreich”, through which you can hand over your vehicle data to the DPD in advance.

“Denver authorized the configuration of Denver to work with the GPS information that the vehicle owner provides when a vehicle is registered as stolen,” writes the authority. Local data are initially not transmitted, these come from the victim as soon as there is actually an accident. In order to deter thieves, there is also a free “This vehicle is protected” stickers.

Victim works with the police

The purpose of the action is to also involve vehicle owners, which may lack the $ 20 to $ 30 that costs an Airtag. “In the unfortunate case that a vehicle is stolen, the vehicle owner is responsible for passing on the location of his vehicle to the incoming civil servants,” said the authority. To do this, access must then be granted.

Previously, in addition to the first city in Colorado, New York City and Washington DC had also pointed out the use of Airtags against autoklau or issued some free pieces to citizens. It is interesting that the Airtags are actually misused. Apple itself always emphasizes that the trackers are finding devices, not theft protection. The group has taken anti-talking measures that thieves could stand out. In the context of lost luggage, on the other hand, Apple now works directly with airlines, which can even be given very easily access to the location data. This should find them if necessary faster.