It sounds like that linked article is saying that Apple will notify an iPhone that appears to be "traveling with" an air tag if the iPhone is NOT the one that the tag is paired with. It does not say it will notify any iPhone that comes near the tag. If the author of that article is correct, then an iPhone-carrying thief who is driving my (stolen) golf cart would be notified that he/she is trackable via an air tag. Maybe the author is wrong but that is not the first article I have read that describes the anti-stalking "feature" (or bug, IMO) of the air tag as such.
Apple is probably limiting the usefulness of its product in order to avoid being sued by someone who is tracked by a domestic partner. Maybe someone will develop a hack that would let me use the product in a way that is most beneficial to me (the customer who is willing to shell out money for it).
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