NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
This article throws up many flags for me, not necessarily red, but of a worrying color.<p>It first celebrates surveillance devices as a net positive and hand-waves away its problems.<p>But most importantly, it is awfully shortsighted to allow a single company to entrench itself further into societal transactions. However, hearing it is inconvenient, so I am often dismissed for saying so.<p>> They're made by Apple, which means they're very platform-agnostic.<p>You mean platform-specific.<p>> "Why would anyone have one [an Android phone]?" Mayor Adams responded.<p>Again... this level of ignorance and short-sightedness is surprising coming from someone in such a position of authority, and seems to ignore the realities of the world.  Perhaps Mayor Adams spends too much time on HN?