alt Hacker News> Find My makes it easy to locate AirTag, Apple devices, and compatible third-party devices
The other side of this is that it can't be used to slip into someone's purse as they leave the bar and then be tracked unknowingly.
Apple leaves the door open for manufacturers to implement an anti-theft device into their goods that address both concerns.
Assuming the victim owns a modern phone and still possesses it, sure.
Seems just as easy to boost the phone while you're dropping the tag.