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Why You Can't Rely on Skechers' AirTag Sneakers to Track Your Kids
NO LOC, AUG 02 – AirTags in Skechers sneakers rely on other devices for location updates and can delay tracking by up to 20 minutes, making them unsuitable for continuous child monitoring.
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Surveillance-Minded Parents Can Now Hide AirTags In Kids Shoes
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling to bring you a new development from the blossoming world of child surveillance: the sneaker brand Skechers is selling new kids shoes that come with a hidden AirTag compartment, enabling parents to quietly track their meandering progeny at all times. Readers, we're officially Skech'd out. According to the sneaker company, the tiny Apple tracking devices can be slotted into a hole in the heel of …
Why You Can't Rely on Skechers' AirTag Sneakers to Track Your Kids
If you want to keep tabs on your kids, but don't want to give them a smartphone or smartwatch yet, an AirTag seems like it'd be the perfect solution—especially if that AirTag was designed to sneakily slip inside their sneaker. That's the idea behind Skechers' new sneaker line for kids, dubbed, appropriately, Find My Skechers. The pitch is simple: For all intents and purposes, these are your average children's sneakers, save for a clever AirTag c…
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