{"id":44940,"date":"2024-09-17T16:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44940"},"modified":"2024-11-08T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:32:15","slug":"the-accuracy-of-find-my-airpods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/17\/the-accuracy-of-find-my-airpods\/","title":{"rendered":"The Accuracy of “Find My” AirPods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Frauenfelder<\/a> (via Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n

A SWAT team terrorized an innocent St. Louis County family last May, all due to a pair of stolen AirPods and questionable police tactics. Brittany Shamily and her family, including a three-month-old baby, were terrified when heavily armed officers smashed through their front door screaming searching for evidence related to a carjacking that had occurred earlier that day.<\/p>

The police relied on the “FindMy” app to track the stolen AirPods to Shamily’s home, despite the app’s known inaccuracies. This led to a search warrant being issued, and the SWAT team descended upon the unsuspecting family with overwhelming force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Ryan Krull<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“FindMy is not that accurate,” says the family’s lawyer, Bevis Schock. “I actually went to my house with my co-counsel and played around with it for an hour. It’s just not that good.”<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

After this had gone on for more than half an hour, the AirPods were located — on the street outside the family’s home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n