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Comment by diebeforei485 | Hacker News Reader

They mentioned this exact scenario on their website[1]

> Of course, if you happen to be with a friend who has an AirTag, or on a train with a whole bunch of people with AirTag, don’t worry. These alerts are triggered only when an AirTag is separated from its owner.

1. https://www.apple.com/airtag/

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So if my family has a single car and we share keys it's going to annoy each of us that isn't the owner of the tag.

Did you register your marriage with Apple? :) Is this the future?

If they are part of your "family" in the apple ecosystem maybe it figures it out?

Dunno.

Thats good, stops parents tracking their kids without notifying them

Parents just equip them with an iPhone or Apple Watch instead.

You still can tell if someone is tracking you. I'm not aware that Apple allows in any way for an apple watch or iphone to monitor the location without making the holder aware.

I don’t disagree, but this is not any comfort to the children of tech savvy parents. They’ll be tracked and they’ll know they’re being tracked and they won’t have recourse. AirTags are kind of irrelevant here.

And the problem is? At what point did it become wrong for parents to know where their children are? It's called responsible parenting.

I haven’t stated anything to be a problem; only given the lay of the land.

I guess I misread your intent. Apologies.

I plan on giving my child something they know is a tracker and something else that they don't.

... in both of those cases you can easily turn off tracking at any time.

You can lock the settings.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252651769

People other than the owner can stop alerts from any specific AirTag. This works well for the shared car keys scenario.

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