Unknown Accessory Notification | Apple Air Tag ???? | Am I being tracked?? 

I remember a youtuber said that he wasnt sure how others would feel about it, but he said that apple should just discontinue the airtags. That they produce more danger than good. And honestly i can kinda agree with that

4:45 I work private security at a university and we are actively investigating something like this. We have found through our own research that "Unknown Airtags" will take between 3-4 hours to actually notify its user that it is sensing it. This is a design feature so that every Airtag you walk by doesn't alert your phone.

EXACT same thing happened to me, except I got the notification at 2:25am. I was still awake at the time so imagine the horror of seeing that as you’re sat in a room in the dark alone. My “tracked route” indicated by the red line in Find My started like yours - exactly the same place I’d locked my bike even though there was no one around to put anything anywhere, and followed me exactly to my home. Multiple red dots right at the start and multiple right at the end. Scariest thing was that when it notified me, I tried pinging it and the goddamn thing was actually close enough for me to connect to! I didn’t hear any noises - it definitely wasn’t in my living space. But it definitely was close enough for my phone to connect to it and ping it for a locating sound. Still haven’t found the physical thing and i can no longer ping it. Terrifying stuff.

This happened to my wife. It was odd that it didn’t say AirTag. The next day when we opened it up on her phone the “unidentified “ tracker had updated to be my sons AirPods. These have traveled with her hundreds of times and never done this before and the fact that it took so long to update was ridiculous. Could just be your friends apple device.

There needs to be more videos like this!! I had a scary situation like this just today with an unknown airpod… thank you so much for sharing this.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. If you haven't been able to locate the airtag yet, you could get a clock radio, turn to a static station and move it around your belongings. It will cause an interference in the signals and you might be able to find the airtag. Hope you're safe and get the support you deserve!

Sounds like it’s his device being picked up by your phone. My daughter has one of my AirTags on her keys and whenever I drop her off at school, I get a notification a little while later that I’m no longer with that tag. There’s always a delay to the notifications. I have a ton of Apple products, so if I leave anything anywhere, it’ll tell me, but sometimes hours later.

Hi Erika, my name is Harley. So today I have experienced the same exact situation as you. I arrived at work at 7:56am. I left work and got home around 2:50pm. I went to my pool and hung out for about an hour. Then I came back home and took a shower. While I was in the shower, I got a notification that an “unknown device” has been accessing my location since 8:01am. I’m confused because I wasn’t at my car at 8:01am. I’ve checked every where underneath my car, inside my exhaust, even inside my gas tank lid. I’ve checked my person even though I don’t carry much besides a water bottle, my phone, wallet, house keys, and AirPods. I’m unsure what to do. Apple customer service could not resolve the issue. I am worried even as a male.

This literally just happened to me . I’m so confused on what’s going on . I’m trying to find videos . This is so weird !

this just happened to me yesterday night… it’s so scary.

You might have saved my life right now because I got the Notification

That's incrediby scary. I was in a room with friends for about an hour and they received a notification that there was a unidentified AirTag nearby them. I guessed it was mine because I recently had added one to my wallet, even though I have an Android phone as my main driver. I primarily use my iPad to keep track of my devices but I didn't bring it with me. I'm not sure how it works or if it requires my linked iPad to notify other Apple devices that it's not unknown. But I figured that was why. However, that was the only time it happened even though we were at the same table for a wedding, they never received that notification except for when we were in the same hotel room. There needs to be an easier way to find these unknown devices or track who owns them.

Mee too but why the AirPod tho

SOOOO GLAD YOU POSTED THIS!!! 🙏🏿 My boyfriend got a notification yesterday and we are now trying to figure this out.

I had this happened just yesterday. It was honestly so unnerving because I don’t drive and haven’t left my home in awhile. I did get malicious virus or something on my phone recently and finally factory reset it. The notification said an unknown device was with me/near me, but when I checked where the item was, it was in my outdoor parking lot. It showed a grey box with a question mark inside and it couldn’t connect to the server and was unable to find what the device was. What was super unsettling was that unknown AirTags can see your location even if share your location is off. I did see more dots and one of them was at someone’s actual house but near a canal in the backyard. It was also located in a golf course with both grass areas and wooded areas. I didn’t call anyone because it was 3am and I was already so tired. What’s weird is my notification said it was first seen with me at 11:30 the night before. I’m about to watch your updated video and I do hope it’s a glitch because it was scary as f***! I factory reset my phone, AirTag info was still there, so I signed out of Apple ID, factory reset again and signed in with new ID I made prior. Then I removed ALL of my past phones and those Apple ID’s from find my phone as well as this phone. Idk if I’d still be getting notifications or not, but a big part of me doesn’t want to know. Thank you so much for sharing!

Hi! Thank you for sharing your story. Will you be updating when Apple calls back? I'm really curious about how they plan on dealing with these types of situations going forward. I've been noticing reports of this kind of thing a lot in my area and it's made me super nervous when I'm out. Hopefully they can work out a solution soon! Stay safe out there! x

I just had the same thing happen and I literally figured out the culprit!! If you have any other devices like AirPods that you have used for sound sharing with your boyfriend or whatever try opening his AirPods and look at the progress on the red dot line and if it moves around then that’s the issue because that’s exactly what happened to me I had my girlfriends keys and I was flipping the lid on her AirPods case an hour away from where I live and it tracked me yesterday all the way till today because I had her keys with her AirPods on it I noticed that once we left the keys alone the tracking stopped but when I got home after calling the police and everybody under of the sun to protect my family I ended up taking her AirPods and playing with the Find My app and it was messing around with the unknown device for whatever reason but it was the culprit and I hope it helps solve your issue and gives y’all peace of mind and that nobody is following you, I called back all the officers and apologized lol

Currently experiencing this.. if you have it figured out, let me know what to do!

It just happened to me right now. I’m on Amtrak coming from New Orleans going to California and I stopped in San Antonio Texus at 1:30am to find doom food. I was walking with this older man from the train. We stopped at a bar I didn’t drink or put down my bag. All of a sudden the next day I received the same notification you received and I can’t find anything. I wonder if he man has a tracking device on him and because we’re on the same train it’s picking it up? I’m not sure but I’m freaking out and I can’t disable it 😩

My mom told be about this pop up on her phone, it fit the time frame when I had my ipadpro apple pencil and airpods, I immediately checked under her car and her car and didn’t find anything. Could it be one of the items I own?

This just happened to me and I’m a Man. So someone has a Apple tag on my car huh??? Smh WTF!

I followed a link to your story from a NY Times article. I have several daughters and grandchildren, and I'm always concerned for their safety. I'm not real tech savvy, so I don't know what the purpose of Apple even making these tracking devices for in the first place. I guess, maybe, for parents could track their kid's? I don't know, but the possible bad intentions would be too concerning. Apple definitely needs to address this, and your concerns. I hope you got some answers from Apple that will assure your safety, and want to thank you for helping make people aware of this problem. Be safe and thanks.

What about people who doesn't use iphone?! It's so scary. People who has experienced being tracked please report to Apple so they can do something about it. This thing could be threaten to women and kids especially.

Must suck to be that old (30 something) policeman not knowing what an air tag is but I'm sure he probably knows a lot about other stuff that younger people don't.

For $20.00 you can get a nice machete from Amazon and keep it on your car, or buy a few. Never let them take you to a second location and fight for your life if attacked. And document like hell for potential threats, someone saying I'm going to beat you up get a damn police report and save it, don't take it as just foolish talk and ignore it. Welcome to the NYC mindset. Be a bad victim, make it worth it to leave you alone. Be safe and stay prayed up.

Hey I'm so sorry that happened. Apple should really take responsibility for this product and the danger it puts people in. I also wanted to give a heads up that there is a lot of your personal info in the video about exactly where you live & work. Since this was picked up by the New York Times a lot more people might see it than you might have expected.

I have the same problem actually, mine started about 5 days ago and then stopped. Then at the exact time 5 days later I got the same notification so I then checked it and as I clicked to check the server it was using it stated it was "off line" or some shit. Im thinking getting a tracker jammer for my car so it blocks the signal they are supposed using. However oddly enough the tracker they are using seems to be getting closer and closer to my residence so ill be having my car inspected thoroughly. I suggest you do the same. I to do not leave my bag unattended however I do run errands so I strongly believe someone attached it to my car but I to agree this is bullshit and apple needs to address this ASAP. Its very dangerous and scary knowing someone is watching you but you cant find them.

So about 2 weeks ago I was traveling to orlando and i got a notification that i had an unknown accessory tracking me and after looking for it my bf and i came to the conclusion that it was just his airpods but then this week i was driving by myself and got the notification again, I cannot find it and i’m actually scared since i’m very paranoid but yea if you found a solution let me know!

This just happened to me and my wife. Tracked us from dinner one town away. But the iPhone won’t located it in my driveway which is the last time it tracked me .. I drove the car around the block and it didn’t follow me again so idk what the fuck is going on. It only showed up on my wife’s phone and not mine but we were together the whole time. Hopefully it’s a glitch since I did have my AirPods on me but we will see. Update us on your story and be safe

I got a notification yesterday saying AirPod detected near you but I don’t have AirPods… I go jogging at this big park near my house but I don’t have anything that can be airtagged as all I do is go jogging for 30 minutes every night. I location of the AirPod is near the park which is on the opposite side of my house. I’m very confused and idk what to do!

This is happening to me on my phone.

This just happen 2 days ago for my mom, she sent me a screenshot of it and it shows the location where she went. It’s honestly scary.

Thank you for uploading this. My siblings and I went to the mall today and when we came back home, I say maybe less than 30 minutes later, my sister showed me of this notification from her phone that said “Unknown Accessory Detected Near You” it stated that it was first seen with her 5:45pm and last seen 7:34pm which the location was in our home the Same thing like yours. We checked the car underneath and we didn’t see anything. FYI we all have Iphone 13 but only my sister got the notification. I’m seriously scared. Thank you for uploading this you help me feel a little better. This is freaking me out seriously

I just had this happen to me. Cops came by also confused and unsure of what to do. Gave me a report and told me to stay safe 😣

I got the same notification today. That’s why I’m searching these videos, but your notification says the same thing as mine. It says near you not on you or anything so I think the same thing for you as we drove by an AirTag outside on the ground in our phone picked it up because mine picked up on the freewayas I was moving on the freeway on 7080 miles an hour it would’ve picked up when I left my house 10 miles 12 miles away just like you said why didn’t notify you earlier instead of later on in the night

I have exactly the same situation. Last past days I got these notifications about an airtag around me. So today I have found the airtag underneath my scooter. I took the battery out of the airtag and called immediately the none emergency police line and told my story. Now I have to wait for an update if this a common thing in my city when scooters get tracked by an airtag. I dont remember when I got my first notification and where this happen. I hope it will end all good for everyone with this same freaky problem!

I wonder. Does your husband and you use the same Apple ID Account? Or do you have your own. In theory, if your husband uses a different Apple ID and sets up an AirTag, your phone will consider the AirTag foreign as it is not under your Apple ID. Therefore, it will think it is tracking you. Now, this doesn’t explain the part regarding the AirTag having been detected on you since 10:00 if you are out since 6:00. Maybe the AirTag was left in the car while at the restaurant and this when you left the restaurant and went back to the car, the tag Was detected by your phone??? That seems weird

This just happened to me. I cant find anything. What is it? I’m in California. It’s telling me it started tracking when I was at the grocery store.

I search for a video like yours because I had same exact experience. I don't understand how it is possible to connect to my phone and track my routes. I had it over the weekend until Thursday, for six days someone knew my whereabouts, which scares me! I will read comments and hope to gain better understanding on how this was possible with out my consent.

This just happened to me. I searched my truck but couldn’t find anything 🤯

I’m a service advisor and I had a customer come in askin is to search her vehicle! We couldn’t find it so I spent an hour trying to find out how to disable it with her. I ended up giving her my taser and pepper spray cause we couldn’t find it 😭 it’s just scary how easy it happens

Ok guys so I’m on a trip with a bunch of girls, and three of us got the same notification at almost the same time, and we’re just super freaked out. We don’t know what to do.

I got the same notification on Saturday I was soooo mad like WTF… I went u to kwik kar for them to lift my car they didn’t see anything… So I call apple they told my to turn my location off my phone… Anyway the police needs to serial # to move forward… But I can’t find it… 😡

If it's one thing I will always say it's police are never helpful when needed

I have two of these and the chirping alarm goes off automatically even when I’m not looking for these items why is that and how do I stop it?????

If the device is not an AirTag is a clone of AirTag that’s unreachable and cannot be deactivated by you.It uses Bluetooth and apples network to send encrypted messages to the receiver.Try to physical locate it..

If you have an iPhone 11 and up you can find it with precision finding

I’m literally tripping out too … flew out from Dallas last night to LAX .. I can’t find it whatsoever! I looked thru my bags all over and can’t find it !!!

this literally happened to me a few minutes ago, i am at a birthday slumber party, we woke the birthday girls dad up, and i’m seeing all these shorts about it. should i be concerned?

Did you find it?

Omg I just got this notification! I was so scared because the time frame it said was when I went to the laundry mat.

Hello! The part where you are showing the airtag device entered your house, the unknown airtag could have been from a family members device. I just got a notification on my phone today, and the trail started from the street in front of my house and ended where I was working at. I was only traveling with my father.

Really scared for you. What has happened since your post to us?

Literally just happened to me today, but now see it started following me from yday I haven’t found anything I’m so scared and confused,

I’m a guy and I got this notification today like literally a couple minutes ago I already checked my shcool backpack and my uniform but there’s nothing

this happened to me today, same message and all it was first seen with me at 8:08 and I woke up around 9:30 I'm so freaked out

This is happening to me right now ,the police or apple cannot help, and I cannot find the tracker on my car. They said I have to find it so they can look into the issue. This is awful

The same exact thing just happened to me and no one is taking me serious not even my family witch bothers me a lot

Once an AirTags is connected to a Phone, the police can find out who it belongs to, they get more info from Apple. Those police were just hopping for some action to use their guns. 🤦‍♂️

Omgggg I had the exact same thing hapoen to me today . Literally showed where I parked …. That’s it and it showed my exact location… like it was above me or something……I was like whaaat? It was a random location to .this why I was looking things up because I was scared asfff

I had some Odd popup Warming me about another Apple devise nearby but the popup dissappeared quickly and i Can’t find any information about it anywhere ;s i just rebooted my phone and hope for the best.

what does notification on iphone for airtag look like.;an account can have 16 apple airtags

Dealing with this right now!

Got the alert yesterday .. on my moms phone because my phones too old… I would have never known… but now we gotta find it. Scariest thing, esp for a female.

This just popped up for me and I checked my pants and sweaters because that’s all I wore when I was out today and couldn’t find anything and I don’t know if I should be relieved or worried but it told me that the item was detected on me 5 hours before I got the notification

I’m watching this because I’m being tracked right now. I cannot locate it but it’s been tracking me all day.

What should I download so I will be able to find out if I’m being tracked

Please post an update when they get back to you! Same thing just happened to my mom!

I think his airtags were setting off your phone. It will not tell you until you get home

this exact thing just happened to me right now and im so confused, it might he my dads airpods?! i checked everything right now and im so confused

It’s happening to my friends and I at this moment, we are in Mx

We just have the same thing happening to us right now. Yet we can’t track the where its coming from !! We are in Jersey

As I speak my sisters is being tracked and it came from my military school

The thing is, I don’t know how to turn this off or where the heck the device is, and it could be for sex trafficking so how do you deal with this?

Girl I know 2 people in my town who are getting these notifications!! Super scary, I’m directing them to all go to the police

I am getting the same notification when i am in the car since last two days what to do please please help me i am so scared thanks

going through the exact same thing tonight

This just happened to me and same notification! No need to worry if it says unknown unknown accessory it was definitely the AirPods! I just figured this out today

This happened to me today. Took my kid and two of her friends plus our dog in his stroller to the park and rcvd notification hours later an air tag was in our home and with us ever since we were at the park. Is it a neighbor's air tag? My doggo has two on his collars but they are accounted for.

Recently happened to me today!!! Like I need a update video

Thanks you so much the same Notification popped up on my phone I had no idea what it meant until I watched it with your video

This just happened to me today and it doesn’t let me learn more either

This happened to me today I don’t know what to do ???

We should ask apple to stop this nonsense, it’s high time that we pay for their services and be still tracked without our consent, it’s so painful when our vendor stabs our own back, in a technical world like today, these things have to be vetted before it comes to public use and it’s a violation of our personal frocking privacy, damn it

I just heard the news about this I was like what a new ternd no thank you

I had the same notification last Friday I found nothing on my car

Sorry that happened to you. I hope Apple explains this glitch. On the plus side, however, you probably gained subscribers.

Hi! This just happened to me with my cousins phone and my AirPod Pros, it’s a glitch

This is happening to me right now !! I’m tryna figure out how to take it out my car

I’m a guy and this happened to me two days ago.

This happened to me today.

Just got off the phone with apple support and they told me, because I’m having the same issue you are, that it was a software issue where everyone was getting these notifications. He told me to go into my settings>general>software update and turns out there was an update I had to install. He said that there was some sort of issue with the older software and Find My that they had to fix in the newest update. Hopefully this gives you and some other people a step further to go before you go ahead and call authorities. I will be driving around later and will update this comment on whether we have solved the issue by doing the update or not. With the software I have right now I also noticed that when I click into a new message and then click back it takes me to a different folder directory which is annoying because I have to go back even further to click all messages in order to see any new messages I have. Until then, there you go!

This just happened to me today and I can’t find it

OMG! This happened to me last night and ughhhh! Im mad because it could have been done at work. Same thing everything popped up.

Happened today. Since airport.

Happend to my wife but i got the notification and apparently there was/is this human trafficing ring and they were folowing my wife for a copple of days but the police said if we see someone we should let them now but we are stil scared because we havent seen them yet

It’s on his car

This happened to me today after I left the hospital

Also delete this video or blur out your map. People can locate you easily this way

Thank you so much I was at my local football field yesterday and someone stole my AirPods And a day later I get this notification and it scared me