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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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I think the concept is inherently not very privacy friendly.
I mean think about it, basically your AirTag sends some sort of identifier to all nearby devices and also sends along some sort of information how to contact you, the owner, either one the device can see directly or it has to send all of them to a central location and that location needs to know both the location of your tag and your identity to forward that information to you.
I believe you will be better served with a dedicated GPS tracker on those situations.
Research dog/cat GPS trackers. There are several out there to choose from.
For you bike (bicycle?), I suppose you could hide a pet tracker in a mounted water bottle or tool bag under the seat.
Edit: fixed spelling error
Perhaps LoRaWAN or NB-IOT are more suitable for these use cases, if they are available.