Yes, I didn't set up (or didn't complete setting up) apple account on the phone.
Does your AFAIK statement apply to older generation iphones/watches, or just to the newer ones?
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Concerns about location tracking after being given an old watch
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Does your AFAIK statement apply to older generation iphones/watches, or just to the newer ones?
No.
And presumably the watch is t paired, so you can’t really do anything with it
Not sure why "you" think "you" would be notified of the previous owner locating "their" watch. Once you activate and it becomes "your" watch, that changes. They cannot track it.
You could easily answer your own question with 2 seconds of using the internet tho.
That's a different situation than what you are in now. In the scenario you describe, you are the owner of the Samsung, and the system notifies you when it locates the Samsung.
With your watch, as far as the Find My system is concerned, the watch is still owned by the previous owner. So any notification about where it is will go to the previous owner, not to you. You are in the position of a bystander who finds your Samsung. The bystander isn't going to know you have attempted to locate your Samsung, right?
I guess that also plays a role in your not wanting to do 2 seconds of independent research. The irony of it all is that apps on your android can track your location without telling you....
Oh, you're right. I only saw the notification on my samsung after I unlocked my samsung with my fingerprint.
I'll say that I'd rather not be tracked by anyone -- apps or individuals.
but if had to choose, i'd rather be tracked by some big corps than personal individuals. Or to put it another way, I'd rather have privacy with individuals than with big corps (i.e. apps)
Seems naive. Most apps that surreptitiously track you will be happy to sell your data or not secure it properly. Far more harm from that than an individual.
Why?
So, somebody, that apparently doesn’t know where you live, has gifted you an Apple Watch and an iPhone.
The Watch is still locked, and your first thought is ‘what can I do to stop the person that so kindly gifted me this stuff from finding out where I live’.
You must realise this is all sounding very strange.
The only advice you are getting from me is to sort things out with the rightful registered owner of the Watch.
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This is insanely suspicious. Did you steal this watch? If so, I really hope they can track it!
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Lets be real here: if your concern with any modern smart device is location tracking then you should be using a couple of tin cans and some string. Even a Nokia 3310 can be easily triangulated, any device with a network connection is constantly being tracked, whether its Google for their services or even the Find My network looking for missing keys.
Depends on when the watch pinged back last. It could very well say last seen 1 day ago at a location.
The solution to this problem seems insanely simple.
Call up the person who gifted it to you.
“ hey, do me a favor and pop open Find My, can you still see this watch in that list of devices?”
If they say yes, then proceeded with trying to move the watch to your account, after which they won’t be able to track it anymore.
If they say no, then just set up the Watch like normal.
Outside of that, the story is sounding extremely suspicious.
Call up the person who gifted it to you.
“ hey, do me a favor and pop open Find My, can you still see this watch in that list of devices?”
If they say yes, then proceeded with trying to move the watch to your account, after which they won’t be able to track it anymore.
If they say no, then just set up the Watch like normal.
Outside of that, the story is sounding extremely suspicious.