A photographer's worst nightmare is to find their equipment stolen or otherwise missing. But fortunately, he was on guard: Apple's airtag successfully helped a man on vacation in Australia track his stolen items, including some photographic equipment and other items, worth $7000.
Graham Tate was on holiday in South Australia in early May, but his belongings were stolen while he was in a hotel. Items including a laptop, a Sony camera, a wallet, a GoPro and other equipment worth a $10000 ($7000) were stolen in the break in.
"My car was broken into last night while traveling in the Flinders mountains. They took away a laptop bag and camera - both of which have airtags installed," Tate said.
As the airtags signal remained valid, Tate then took out the find my application to track the lost hardware. It turned out that his belongings were taken to another room in the hotel where he stayed. After finding the stolen equipment, he called the police. The report said that law enforcement departments are currently "dealing with the circumstances of suspected crimes".
Although airtag has become the target of negative news surrounding its anti tracking measures, it has been used in many more positive aspects. In October, it was used to track a stolen vehicle and recover it smoothly, and in January, it helped a family out of danger when a black hearted moving truck driver tried to embezzle all their property.
In a famous case in January, airtags even helped the media expose a secret intelligence agency in Germany.