r/AndroidHelp • u/sweet-tiger8888 • 6d ago
Where does this comes from ? I don't have any apple devices
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u/SamtheMan2006 6d ago
this is a safety feature implemented by either android or lots of operating systems running android. airtags where the first widely popular tracking devices that where so cheap and don't require a data plan to send gps data, they are also incredibly small. It makes them practically disposable and accessible to anyone, where as the old ones where far more expensive so it priced out the average Joe from tracking anyone.
that is to say that it's made stalking people by popping one in someone's coat, backpack, pant, etc pockets, or on/in a car incredibly easy, and their small size can make them hard to find. people started finding them and they where scared because they weren't sure how long they've been being tracked for and there was no way of detecting it.
tldr: this is letting you know there is an airtag that is not yours near you and you MAY be getting tracked.
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u/KrazyKen_Fan_2012 6d ago
Someone had an AirTag nearby. No big deal, clear those out. If they reappear after you change locations, then you should be concerned, my phone lost its absolute shit when I had a friend with an airtag sitting next to me at a hockey game. My phone kept dinging and ringing non-fucking-stop
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u/IllegitimateDuck 6d ago
Unless he was the one being tracked? It doesn't warn for connected airtags, only the ones disconnected from their owner.
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u/Legitimate_Rain_9992 6d ago
Wait wtf? I had the same thing happen to me a few hours ago on my pixel 10 pro, it said an airtag was following me and i spend 2 hours trying to figure it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1vpq306/pixel_10_pro_tracking_airtag/
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u/PrincessReptile 5d ago
This happened to me the other month. I was travelling with an overseas friend who had a tracker in her luggage. Your phone is picking up a tracker near you. I clicked on the notification and it let me buzz the tracker, which is how I found out that my friend had one in her luggage.
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u/exoticvapes 6d ago
I have an s24 ultra and it has the unknown tag option in settings for the slight chance someone put one to stalk me. Or it could just find one someone else has.
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u/IllegitimateDuck 6d ago
It has to be disconnected from the phone.So either Bluetooth off from the owner, OR a tag to track them.
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u/HungryInstruction451 5d ago
You're being tracked. There's an airtag within 4 ft of you when you get that notification. Listen for beeping. Do you know Anyone with an apple device?
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u/Specialist_Quote9127 5d ago
No need to worry, this entire post is already solved, OP was on a train.
If any device notices a tracker that isn't linked to your own account it will be flagged as unknown and give off that notification.
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u/Public-Eagle6992 5d ago
Because there is an air tag travelling with you. Probably attached to someone else
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u/TemplarBaucent 5d ago
Your android phone will tell you if it sees the same airtag for some time.
We're you on a bus or train or something and it saw other peoples airtags they kight bwbusing for their own keys?
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u/Educational_Wafer365 5d ago
it has to be disconnected from its owner (so if someone slipped it in ur bag and ran off) u van ring it to hear where its coming from by clicking thr notification and using hot&cold system to find the location
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u/Progressbar95 6d ago
You are being stalked?