Do Dealers Put Airtags In Their Cases?

[Swadewade51]

Air tags and other like type devices now have anti stalking software so all phones can get notified of an air tag that doesnt belong being near them/following them.

Pretty much neutralizes it's anti theft abilities if a thief is savvy.

[JollyElm]

You always have to assume that scammers read these message boards, so they are probably already wise to the Airtags.

[raulus]

Another element to keep in mind is that AirTags only register their location when an iPhone gets close enough to them to be in Bluetooth range. They also seem to need to sustain that range for a bit. So if the AirTag is in a remote area, or is maybe on a freeway without a lot of traffic sitting around it, it might not get picked up.

From personal experience, I was having a car delivered to me earlier this year. I dropped an AirTag into the car just so I could watch its progress. It was en route for about 3 days. The AirTag only registered a couple of times per day, and then at night when the vehicle stopped in a metro area at a motel for the night. So the ability to pinpoint precisely where it is at any given moment can be limited.