[dervjd]

Any tracker can be turned off if a thief manages to find it - but yeah a notification letting them know they need to look isn’t great.

I use an AirTag on my e-bike - there’s quite a few hidden mounts out there that look like normal rear reflectors or slot in between a water bottle cage and the bike frame. It’s also trivially easy to pop the AirTag open and remove the speaker so it can’t beep.

I bought my AirTags before there were any compatible third party options, but the non-Apple AirTags don’t have the UWB chip inside and don’t support the precision finding feature which would also make them more difficult to find.

[nielsbot]

It’s not just the beeping. The potential thief’s iPhone will also notify them they’re being tracked.

[MikeRichardson]

I wonder a 3rd party tracker (using Find My network) could fool the iPhone somehow. Maybe if it does 1 minute on, 1 minute off, or something like that?