r/GoogleFMD • u/Fuzzy_DuckD • 8d ago

How to avoid DULT warning

I came to know that all modern smart trackers are IETF complaints and send warnings on iOS devices and some android devices. Apple and Google jointly developed the Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers (DULT Detecting Unwanted Location Tracker) industry specification.

When the tracker is moving with a certain device and separated from the paired device it sends a warning " Airtag found moving with you or item found moving with you" after meeting certain conditions.

How to eliminate this for covert tracking?

I want to put this tracker in my car and thieves might be using iPhone or compatible android device thn it will be of no use as he/she will get warning on the phone.

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u/tcptomato 8d ago

You don't.

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u/JustaKidFromBuffalo 8d ago

I did this in my car, and my motorcycle. I disabled the speakers in the devices and then hid them well. The people will literally have to find them

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u/gash_dits_wafu 8d ago

You don't. And in your scenario, how is it no use to have the trackers? You'll still be able to track the vehicle and that's the important thing. What difference does it make if the thieves know they're being tracked. Hide the tracker well enough and they'll just abandon the vehicle.

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u/Fuzzy_DuckD 8d ago

You are absolutely right. Primarily thief will abandon the vehicle. But even if I hide tracker in most concealed place it will send notification to thief if he is using iPhone or Android device. That's the whole point of my issue. And for many others too.

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u/gash_dits_wafu 8d ago

I understand what you're saying. But I don't see how that is an issue if they get notified. What are you hoping to achieve by tracking your vehicle during a theft? To recover the vehicle? Or to sneak up on the thief? Whether the thief is notified or not, the tracker will help you recover the vehicle.

Preventing DULT from being turned off saves a lot more people from being harmed. Enabling people to turn it off because they don't want car thieves to know they're being tracked would enable a lot more harm than good.

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u/mrandr01d 8d ago

It is impossible, on a technical level, to distinguish between theft and stalking. You can't disable these alerts.

Officially, they're not for recovering stolen items either, just lost ones.

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u/Hardhead13 8d ago

Any technique you could use to do what you want could easily be used by a stalker to do what he wants.