Unfortunately, the flight It is a practice that accompanies man practically since his origins.. It is very tempting to take advantage of someone else’s work to achieve something with minimal effort. Sometimes the culprit is usually arrested, but the reality is that in most cases they go unpunished.
According to data from the General Council of the Judiciary collected by La Vanguardia, only one in five robberies ends up being solved, so it is likely that if you are the victim of such a crime, you will not recover your property. However, there are some things that can help increase those odds: AirTags.
He would have run away if it hadn’t been for the AirTag
Dylan Balmer is a 28-year-old man who broke into a woman’s house in the UK to steal. He did it through a door left open. and he appropriated a bag, with all that it entails: wallet, documents, cards, money and keys. It is precisely with this last object that he collided, and the one that caused his arrest.
He left the crime scene with such bad luck that the victim discovered him in time and shared the location of his AirTag with the authorities. When they arrived at his hotel, he handed them over and tried to explain that he had found them on the street, but security camera recordings near the woman’s home revealed this
AirTags are small Apple devices slightly larger than a two-euro coin that are used to locate objects such as backpacks or keys. They take advantage of the whole search network, so unless you live in North Korea, where they don’t reach, it’s very likely that there’s an iPhone near your AirTag, and it will be able to tell you send its position. At any rate, It seems that this thief will not be particularly happy with Apple after this event
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