It feels infuriating to find your precious AirPods lost or stolen while you are out in the wild. Although Apple’s Find My network helps to a certain extent, there’s not much you can do when the stolen device is out of your range. In case of theft, you can cooperate with the law enforcement agencies and try to recover the product. In other cases, you have the option to remotely wipe and deactivate the device for security purposes. However, a British YouTube creator had other plans.
Almost a year ago, YouTube creator Lord Miles had allegedly lost his AirPods Pro while staying in a hotel in Dubai. Miles alleges that the housekeeping had nabbed his AirPods while he was away from the room. While Miles was unable to find it on himself, he tracked down the AirPods via Apple’s Find My network. The next day, however, he found the AirPods in Pakistan.
While Miles doesn’t speak about reaching out to the authorities for help, he declares the next steps that he took to cause misery to the thief. Miles says that he has been using Find My to track and observe the thief.
“Every time he uses MY AirPods I play a super loud sound in them using the “lost feature”. I have probably damaged his eardrums now,” says Miles on his social media post. The thief, however, continues to use the device despite Miles utilising all his tactics.
In frustration, Miles says, “I will find this man next week. I will get my property back. I will have the police and locals with me. I shall get justice”.
Location of lost AirPods found but is it accurate?
In a separate post on X, Miles says that the AirPods Pro have been tracked down to a ‘2nd Wife Restuarant’ in Jhelum, Pakistan. Although Miles is willing to “get a police officer and storm the area” to get back his AirPods and film the process at the same time, other netizens raised concerns.
“Pro-tip: Find My for AirPods is WILDLY innaccurate. So be very cautious accusing someone of having them. SOURCE: I live in the middle of nowhere & had some stranger continue to show up at my house demanding their AirPods until they finally got themselves arrested,” wrote @EyeOfPanoptes. @NeoliberalShell commented, “I’d write them off as a loss. Do you really want to use AirPods that have been in a Pakistani Guy’s ears?”
Miles, however, is adamant on teaching a lesson. “It’s the principle. It’s not his, it’s mine. I will take back what’s mine no matter the cost, I will not be stolen from,” he writes in a response to another user.