Despite increasingly sophisticated security systems, motorcycle theft persists. Additionally, most preventative security measures only protect owners up to the point of theft, leaving them with no options once the act is done. However, thanks to Apple's device designed to prevent losing small objects, an American motorcyclist was able to find his recently stolen motorcycle. Could it prove to be a very effective anti-theft device?
Some motorcyclists see Apple's new AirTag technology as an alternative. Using Bluetooth, its geolocation device uses Apple's vast iPhone network to locate the lost object. If the owner of an AirTag notifies of its loss, it sends messages to all nearby iPhones, creating a useful network for finding the item. Worse yet, the AirTag will start making a sound if it isn't found in time. A simple and functional idea that apparently can also be reproduced on much larger objects.
Indeed, even if AirTags are more suitable for locating lost keys or a wallet, not a stolen motorcycle, a Washington motorcyclist, thanks to an AirTag applied to his motorcycle, managed to prevent the theft of his two-wheeler, finding it not far from where he had parked it. Apparently the thieves must have received notification of the theft from their own phones and, aware of the risk of detection, gave up.
Certainly in the discovery of the motorcycle, in addition to the usefulness of the AirTag, other elements came into play, such as the luck that the thieves were not able to identify the Apple informer and the lack of conviction of the criminals themselves. same.
Who knows, Apple could step into the breach and create an even more specific AirTag for motorcycles, in order to take advantage of the brand's telephone network to limit the theft of two wheels.
