4SwansMPB
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Still an issue. I use Mac OS 11.7.4 and Safari Version 16.3.
Also, every time I try to load my lists, I get "Safari Can't Open the Page" but if I reload the page, it's fine. This also happens with the maps. Safari and the geocaching website do not seem to get along. This does not happen in other browsers (Firefox, Google Chrome)
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TB was dropped into a cache today. 3 year resurrection on that mystery cache so I don't think it will get found again for a bit. Maybe battery will run out by then. Good riddance to it.
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Groundspeak still hasn't decided. I asked them again and this was the response...
"Thank you for your patience as our team is still looking into this request.
In the meantime, if you do not feel comfortable holding onto the trackable, we recommend placing it back into the geocache where you originally found it, or moving it along to another geocache.
When a decision is made, we will reach out to the trackable owner directly."
So move it along to it can track another unsuspecting cacher. Will do.
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Latest update - at least it sounds like they are taking it seriously.
"Thank you for contacting Geocaching HQ.
We have brought this matter to our team for discussion and are currently looking into this request.
Can you please provide the trackable identification code for this trackable?
Best regards,
Nikki
Community Manager"-
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The Airtag is in a holder that has 4 very tiny hex screws. I do not have an allen wrench or other wrench that small to open it up. My phone instructions for disabling the tag say to remove the battery. Can't do that if I can't open it. The macrumors article instructions do not work for this.
After receiving the original notification, I tried to make it chirp via my phone and it did not do anything. It chirps when I pick it up - sometimes. My phone no longer detects it and if I try top search for the item nearby, it find nothing. Strange. But then, this whole 'adventure' has been pretty strange.
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9 hours ago, thebruce0 said:
That's why mobile devices connected to the "Find My" network alert its user when they're in the detectable vicinity of an AirTag. That way if you were to pick up a TB with an AirTag, get alerted that there's one nearby, you can choose to leave it or take it knowing that it'll track your location if you take it home. Only GPS location, but that can easily be used to obtain an address. Nonetheless, while you can't turn off the auto-detection and tracking feature telling the tag where it is, you can choose to leave it there.
You should never end up near one without an instance of being alerted that you're near one - precisely for privacy's sake.
Problem is, my phone did not alert me until many hours later. It was an hour drive from the cache location to home. No alert on the drive home. I saw the alert the next morning and had no idea what it meant. Only after I figured out how to look at the info on my phone did I see the map and realize where it came from.
Is it possible for the owner to turn the tag off? My phone is no longer detecting it and it's sitting right next to the tag. I just tried searching for items and it doesn't see it. The arirag does chirp if I move it though.
BTW - it is going into a "quiet cache" soon. Still waiting to hear back from Groundspeak. Got a message that it "requires some additional time to troubleshoot or look into".
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5 hours ago, kunarion said:
I can't look up TB info in the field. If I don't like a TB, or if I don't want to risk handling a TB for whatever reason (usually it's due to hopelessly scrambled TB logs), I leave it there. I especially won't take a TB home and realize I don't want it at home and then keep it at home and consider plans to destroy it and it's still at my home. Try using "Discover" logs instead. I do that most often lately.
The TB looked like a keychain when we grabbed it (see photo above). No reason to suspect anything else.
Yes, it is still sitting in my house and not in another cache because I'm waiting for an answer from Groundspeak before I do anything with the TB. The TO already knows where I live so moving it won't really make a difference now. I did just receive an email and it said:
Thank you for contacting Geocaching HQ.
Your email is very important to us and requires some additional time to troubleshoot or look into. Please know we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
In the meantime, you may find an answer to your question in our online Help Center.
Best regards,
Nikki
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The owner has since updated the description on the TB page to say it is part of a school project. The problem is, most cachers (at least the ones that I know) do not look up a TB description or even the title when grabbing it from a cache.
to TriciaG - I can see a small path where it looks like the tag was activated and then walked to the cache site. There were no logs before mine on the TB page, so I assume I was the first to grab it. It was released on 5 March 2023.
to thebruce0 - we will be dropping it in another cache shortly - with a note attached that warns of the tracking device.
to kunarion - I'm sure it was an innocent attempt to track his TB and he now says it's part of a school project. I just don't think he took into consideration that it would be tracking the cachers, too. That's the main problem here. TB9XJ5V
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I can't get it open! I don't have a hex tool that small. I know I have a kit around for a Mac laptop that might have one in it....just haven't found it yet.
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Owner's response to my concerns:
"Nope thats not how it works,no other Geocacher can see any past locations. But thanks for the opportunity to explain disappointment, importance of reading and Luddites to my young son in one conversation. Have a great night."
And he deleted the log so now the TB is listed as being in our hands with no log to show when it was grabbed. I cannot log it again, only write a note. Which I'm sure he'd remove again.
And his justification of "no other Geocacher can see any past locations" (if that is even true) does not change the fact that HE now knows where we live and will also know where the next cacher who grabs it and takes it home with them lives. And anywhere they go in between. It tracked our visit to another cache after grabbing it. Just disturbing.
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7 minutes ago, kunarion said:
It's a Trackable item, Air Tag or not.
Yes, but we don't log our home address (or any travels in between) when we take a TB home with us. We log that we took it from a cache and then when we place it in a cache.
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We didn’t know it had the AirTag until we got home and my phone notified me. We don’t usually look up the description of each trackable we grab at the caches though I guess we’ll have to start now.
I can look at the AirTag journey on its map. I can see it was activated a short distance from the cache and then I can see it’s journey with us.
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Are there any guideline for putting an AirTag on a trackable? We grabbed a TB from a cache and found out when we got home that it had an AirTag attached. Didn't know until an iPhone notified us that there was one nearby. The TB description mentions that the bug contains a GPS tracker, but most cachers don't check the description when they grab the trackable. We don't. We log it at home later.
Though an interesting idea to find your trackable, Isn't this a major privacy violation since the trackable is now tracking US, not just the TB? So any cacher who picks up this TB after us can see where it went - including where we live. Not sure what to do. We searched the forums and the geocaching site but found no reference to AirTags.
Do we try to disable the AirTag?
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And now it has magically started working again. So never mind. I'm guessing it was a geo-site glitch that has been fixed.
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I'm probably doing something wrong, but the html editor has disappeared. I'm trying to create a new cache page and I do not have an editor or the option to switch to html. I'm on a Mac and tried using 3 different browsers (Safari, Firefox and Chrome) and also tried again on a PC (Firefox and Chrome). Same problem. There is nothing to click on to see an editor. What am I missing?
This is what my screen looks like at both the initial creation page and the edit page ...
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I also frequently get this message in Safari when trying to map a list.