Yes but apparently other iPhones can also detect it and send the location just like with the AirTag even if the iPhone is turned off. That was a surprise.
That’s the whole point of the feature: being able to track a phone that has been turned off.
If you’re afraid of FBI, CIA or Mossad tracking you with this feature, you can disable this on settings
Nope, I'm happy to be tracked. I actually enabled Google Maps to track me all the time because I would like to be able to
look back at Google Timeline[0] and see where I have been at particular time in the past.
Since a few years, I'm in Turkey and I know that in this country the GSM operators track your location constantly and keep the records indefinitely. How do I know that? Well, in Turkey every SIM card is tied to a proven identity(ID scan is required even for pre-paid SIMs) and getting the GSM signal records to prove whereabouts of someone at particular time has become a standard practice on criminal cases. Everyone is well aware of being tracked by the govt. With Apple and Google, I at least get something out of it.
Kind of. The feature to join Find My network is there on iOS14 but to be trackable when powered-off apparently works only on iPhone 11 and up on iOS 15. Anything older will support only tracking without a network connection.
