Recently, a Ukrainian man claimed that his Apple AirPods headphones were lost at home during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Through the “device tracking” function that comes with the headphones, he located the movements of the Russian army step by step. The headphones have now arrived in Moscow. surrounding area.
According to foreign media reports, the Ukrainian man recorded a magical journey of his headphones through a post on his social media Instagram account. Although he is well aware that his earphones cannot really be recovered, he said, “Thanks to technology, I now know where my AirPods are.”
In the news, the Ukrainian man kept locating the trend of his earphones through related functions and finally watched his earphones go to Russia. The Tripods 3 actually don’t either. Looking at the configuration list of Aripods 3, the sensors inside are mainly dual-beam forming microphones, inward-facing microphones, skin recognition sensors, motion acceleration sensors, voice acceleration sensors, and force sensors, and there is no location that can realize the positioning function. sensor.
So, how did the positioning of the Ukrainian man come about?
According to his description, he was using the “device tracking” feature. This function may sound unfamiliar to everyone, and the more common name in China is the “find” function.
It is worth noting that if you want to stage a tracking drama like the Ukrainian man after your Tripods are lost, you must prepare in advance. This preparation is that before your Aripods headset is not lost, it has turned on the “Find” function on your other Apple device iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac, otherwise this function cannot be used. This feature can be turned on on both iCloud.com and the App.
After turning on this feature, once your Tripods are lost, the Find App can help you locate your headset. During this process, even if the device re-paired with your Aripods is not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network, it will There is a high probability that the location can be displayed. Of course, the last location of the device before being offline is generally displayed. If the device is connected to the Internet, the accuracy of the location is very high.
This feature can also be used to help the usually careless Apple headphone user find one of the Tripods headphones in a pair of headphones, find the AirPods charging case, or set up “detachment reminder” and “lost mode”.
Many consumers have the distressed that one of their Aripods headphones suddenly disappeared. If you confirm that it is with you, then you can tap “play sound” on the Find App, and make sure that the other one is in the process. The earphones are in the charging case rather than on the ear, and with the ever-increasing sound, you can find the position of the other earphone.
The separation sensor reminder is when the Apple device in your hand and the Aripods are too far away, the system will send a notification to avoid leaving the AirPods in an unknown location. The “lost mode” feature is that the person who picks up your AirPods will receive your email message on their Apple device, which contains your phone number or email address information so that the other party can return it.
At present, in the field of TWS Bluetooth wireless earphones, the positioning method of Apple AirPods is relatively mainstream. Most of the TWS wireless earphones basically rely on the App to achieve the corresponding positioning, anti-lost or retrieval functions. However, this method is also considered to have loopholes, and both merchants and criminals may use this function to achieve location tracking of consumers.
At the end of last year, the topic “The Bluetooth headset you wear every day may be tracked by location” was also trending on Weibo. At that time, a security research project showed that Bluetooth headsets can be quickly implanted with positioning algorithms and then tracked remotely. A major security hole. At the same time, some experts said that in fact, the security level of existing Bluetooth headsets is not high, and it may also be implanted with eavesdropping algorithms to have remotely eavesdropped. In this regard, we can only recommend that you buy products from major manufacturers. Their products are relatively better in terms of hardware certification and software security and are therefore more secure.
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