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thephyber05/04/20253 repliesview on HN

Curious if an AirTag (or similar BTLE device on a mesh network) could mitigate some of this risk…


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ajb05/04/2025

If this is a metal box like a shipping container, you'd have to attaching it to the outside somehow. However the website just says "steel framed" which suggests the sides might not be metal, in which case it might work.

However it's quite possible that something else happened to it that they don't want to admit. Like maybe their driver was DUI and crashed it.

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AmVess05/04/2025

I bought a cellular GPS tracker for my PODS. It worked fine, and being able to track it every step of the way added a bit of stress relief.

It also came in really handy when the driver claimed his truck broke down and he wouldn't be able to drop it off on schedule. I told them I could physically see the container in the storage yard and would like it delivered on the agreed upon date. They dropped it off 20 minutes later.

datavirtue05/04/2025

Isn't that PODS job?

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