​Air Tags, what are they? And what can you do with them?

By Brian Bondy
 
You may have heard of Apples Air Tags.  They’ve been in the news this year, for good and sinister reasons both.

Air tags are very small tracking devices, not a lot bigger than a quarter. They can be attached to your keys, your purse, anything really. Generally, if you misplace your keys in your house, for instance, you can make the Air Tag chime to help you find them. More than that, if you left them at your friends house, you can use the Find My app to locate them.

You may have heard folks placing an Air Tag in their luggage and if the bag gets lost, or stolen, they can tell authorities where the bag is. What isn’t good is that some naughty people have hidden them to someone’s car without them knowing, in order to stalk them, follow them, whatever reason. Apple came up with a warning when that happens that alerts the person that there is an Air Tag near them.

Apple isn’t the only maker of these devices, not even the first. Carol has been using a brand called Tile for a long time. She attaches one to her keys, her Ear Pod case, her purse, and a few other things, I think. They are VERY handy if you tend to misplace things.

A great CNET article on this subject is HERE. 
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I don’t know about putting one in your tent? Or jacket pocket, but, I guess, if you tend to misplace those things? Keys makes sense, definitely. Luggage, maybe so. I’m sure you can come up with some good ideas.