jedishrfu said:
Does it detect Tile tags and others as well?
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It appears so, (subject to confirmation by more more knowledgeable sources).
The last paragraph mentions "Tile".
2.1 Bluetooth Device Finders
Many Bluetooth-based item finders, or key finders, are now using
finder networks aiding to find lost or misplaced trackers [8, 35 ].
Those networks are generally based on apps from item finder man-
ufacturers. Any user of the app helps to find lost or stolen item
finders. In principle, whenever an item finder is discovered via
Bluetooth with the app, the app automatically reports the current
location to the manufacturer, who then sends a notification of the
discovered device to the item finder’s owner. The ability to locate
lost devices and the accuracy of reported locations mostly depends
on the number of Android app users. iOS apps cannot scan for
Bluetooth devices in the background, limiting the functionality of
the finder network.
This area has gained much new attention since Samsung and
Apple have created their Bluetooth item finders. Both companies
created enormous finder networks that utilize active smartphones
as finder devices [31].
Several researchers analyzed key finders from manufacturers like
Tile, TrackR, and Nut for privacy and security. Two new privacy-
preserving and end-to-end encrypted key finder protocols have
been proposed [19, 36].
It does seem Tile uses the Bluetooth network so minute by minute tracking would be unreliable without the BT signal.
Here is the take from a random user generated content open source outfit.
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/tile-mate/
A search on the subject brings up this.
"You cannot use a Tile Mate to track a person. The Tile Mate has a short range in comparison to how far a person could travel even if it is by foot. By the time a person reached 200 to 400 feet of distance, you would not be able to locate them as they’d be out of Tile’s Bluetooth range."