The tag kept updating with "10 minutes ago". I know why, it's not designed for this... but wow, it was frustrating. | AD: 💻 Take your career in a new direction and learn to code: on.boolean.co.uk/tom_scott
I'd love to see a rematch of this challenge where you have actual realtime tracking (maybe iPhones can share your location with another phone?). Maybe something with an enforced 30 or 60 second delay to help keep it more balanced?
It felt even more unfair since you did it in London, obviously it being the capital it has a higher population, theoretically meaning a hell of a lot more iphones, meaning more pings.
@@leagueaddict8357 Tom turned on airplane mode in London, and went underground. It's just fair strategy for the game. Arun had the advantage of a less crowded area, so fewer other iPhones to ping.
Wait I'm trying to figure out what it was that was gone, I mean I watched the part where he was saying his childhood was gone, but what was the building/location? Couldn't make out what he said haha.
"Im being chased!" *Arun considers what hes just said for half a second* "For a contest! Im safe I promise!" That had me cracking up, the poor clerk mustve been very concerned for that moment
@@alenunya That seems to be a general critique on the assumed indifference of people. I think the person asking Arun did so more out of general curiosity than out of assumption of a distress situation
@@HighFiveTheHorizon i think that the camera operator was a dead giveaway that he was not in a distress (Or was it a moment when he was alone? Either way the camera was pointed at him)
I really like how Arun tried to mimic a statue of someone sitting on a stump, right next to a stump, but didn't sit on the stump to mimic it. It is amazing what we can miss when we're in panic mode.
It would be interesting to see a version where they can both track each other and can catch each other at any time, but whoever has the most points when they meet wins the task, so they have to gamble that they're in the lead when they start trying to find each other
It's not like they were carrying a boom mic and a steadicam, more like a gopro and a small kit bag. They also had the benefit of not having to worry about the tasks or being found, so they had much more leisure to take in their surroundings.
What I find very entertaining is how Tom, who is usually quite logical and good with strategy, did not stop to think that Arun might be in one of the shops ( when his location indicated he was somewhere and Tom couldn't see him), given what the task list was.
Remember that he got an update that was 5 minutes old. Considering Tom knew Arun knew he was being tracked and would stay in places as short as possible (which is what had been happening the entire time before), Tom could not have know Arun was standing still. He only realised it when he got a second AirTag update from the same location, 10 minutes later
@@epicdizzle. then again the counter point to that would be that in the scenario that you didnt know that a tag was put on you, you wouldnt exactly be putting your phone on airplane mode randomly on the ground now would you
I'm from the U.S. and didn't make it to Nottingham on my UK trip. I know very little about it (other than Robin Hood), but I was hoping they'd randomly run into Vicky McClure! Or at least ride her tram car haha!
Honestly, we need a weekly episode of Arun & Tom trying to find each other with airtags in random cities across the globe. I'll cancel my Netflix for that.
The two camera ops seeing each other and having to keep their mouths shut... priceless and YIKES that must have been hard. I'm seconding another's idea of them doing this again but they're both tagged and having to find each other AND complete tasks. Maybe more tasks that include interacting with other humans that might be able to rat you out... like, "Ask a barista they're favorite drink to make, get a selfie, and leave a nice tip" or "visit a dog park and get a selfie with a doggo"... definitely love the "change an article of clothing" one because that also involves interacting with a human who might rat you out. This is seriously fun to watch and Arun is REALLY good at this. I think Tom's adrenaline gets pumping so much, his logic side sort of short circuits. I think with more practice, he'll do better.
The selfies would be really interesting if they had to send them to each other, too. If you know roughly which direction the other person is, and they just took a photo in a park, there'd be more immediate risk of being caught. The airtag alone helps get a general direction/area, but selfies for the tasks or selfies with the tasks would help pin down a specific area once they arrive.
Why would they look for each other then? They'll just complete the tasks by themselves. It would make more sense for both of them to try and track one person.
Would be an interesting sport if you weren't allowed to turn off your data, there was a random set of tasks (8) that would flip the roles. And the main goal is to catch the other player while you're the hunter.
In the Netherlands we have a show called jachtseizoen that has a similar kind of premise, where the participants have to stay out of the hands of a team that gets their location every so often. You can find it on TH-cam, it's made by stukTV, but I'm unsure whether it has subtitles.
@@RonSimiyu Tom didn't do it last time, as far as we saw. Arun said Tom had turned on Airplane Mode, but to be fair he did just go straight for the tube where he'd lose signal anyway
@@Kaesewicht Airplane mode would actually be a much more interesting thing in a city the hider is unfamiliar with since they'd need to juggle the fact they'll self ping themselves vs figuring out where the tasks are via google maps or whatnot. Cheating wise, you could probably just turn off find my network to opt out of the pinging.
“If anyone thinks airtags are good for real time tracking they’re wrong” The concerns people have over them aren’t that they could be used for real time, it’s that they could be used to find where someone lived/worked/frequented/spent a lot of time at. That’s where it gets scary, they’re obviously not perfectly accurate when someone’s racing around doing tasks but if for example Arun stood still for 45 minutes I’m sure you’d be able to find him easy enough.
yea, if you KNOW you have an airtag on you and are being chased is much different from "someone slipped an airtag in your backpack and you have no idea for days"
Also my local supermarkets have only 1 exit and I am generally in there for 30+ minutes. All somebody would need to do is loiter near the door and I would have to pass them to leave. In that case a ~5-10 min latency doesn't matter.
Apple have tried to mitigate this by having your phone alert you if it realised you are being followed around by a non-friendly AirTag. Of course this doesn’t help if you’re tagging someone with an android, and just getting updates from passers by…
Now it’s time for the of the Triology in another 6 months where they both have to complete challenges while also having to track the other person down, the challenge will be to take a selfie with the other person in frame without them noticing and we know they have 2 Air Tags cause Tom bought Arun one extra
I love that Tom Scott is running by populated little stands and shops shouting things like "that was four minutes ago!" in a very stressed voice and then running off, only to run by in the opposite direction a few minutes later. I have to wonder if anyone got a chuckle out of that.
Tom feels like a Wes Anderson character in this one Eloquent and clever, but constantly confused, and just starts deadsprinting off camera at the drop of a hat
These seem too hard for the catcher. Maybe the tasks need to be harder, more time consuming or more location bound? Even if you know someone is in a shop within 100 meters from you, how are you going to find them? A version of this game where you can, every minute, accurately request the distance between you and the runner. That could be interesting.
I kind of thought so, but on the other hand Tom did end up within a few paces of Arun while he was shopping, so clearly it's not an impossible challenge!
I really felt Tom is a terrible detective from this video. Too many errors in judgment, not a good decision maker under pressure, etc. Tom had a least 2 easy chances to catch Arun, but didn't make the correct decisions... However, there was 50 minutes of real-time where he was not even close or going in the right direction. IIRC Arun was slightly better, but not by much. I think the main point originally was to test the Airtag tracking feature, which they did just fine.
You could probably legitimately sell this format to Dave. This exact thing but with comedians would probably run for 10 seasons, especially if you made the tasks a bit sillier. Essentially Taskmaster + Celebrity Hunted = Profit?
@@nate_storm As I wrote this, it did occur to me how strange this sentence would be to people who aren't familiar with second-tier British TV channels! They specialise in comedy panel shows and things like Taskmaster where comedians are given silly things to do which they take far too seriously.
I think the takeaway here is that these challenges heavily favor the person being tracked. The odds that the tracker will be able to not only catch up with, but also actually see and identify their target, before they second guess themselves and move on, seem infintesimal.
Loading Ready Run did a vaguely similar contest in a way that seemed a bit fairer for the hunters called: chasing our friends with cars, or Carhunt. It worked because there was many targets on foot, two hunters who were able to use cars to travel much faster, and there wasnt lots of different goals sending the hunters mad with second guessing themselves. I could see a combination of the ideas from both videos creating a very exciting competition, but the airtags alone are too iffy for a real time chase. It felt like chance that Tom got even close. The final location was also a pub so Carhunt had that going for it too.
@@InShortSight For more fairness in this scenario, I think they could just implement an ordering element to the goals. The very specific tasks like the Robin Hood statue could still be a free choice one, but things like shopping for clothes, feed ducks and recite a line of Shakespeare could be a set list of tasks that have to be done in a specific order. So if the tagged person chooses to do those, the chaser has a chance of getting the upper hand at some point
I love how at 21:04 right after Tom got the shampoo "because it is a hot day, and he might need it", a fly is seen circling and following Tom as he walks out of the shot.
Also. I personally think the real security/privacy flaw in this product is that you could slip the tag in someone's backpack and find out where they live just by checking the location at the end of the day. It might not be great for tracking someone in real-time. But it can definitely be abused by stalkers
@@qkffn5118 they should start emitting a noise if they’re too close to another iPhone, and there should also eventually be a pop up notifying you abt the AirTag. It’s not perfect tho
As an American, I was just amazed at how you found a town you could run around in like that. We have walk able main streets, but generally no walkable areas off that one street. This is fantastic, and now I need to watch NotJustBikes and get angrier at our local city planning
What a chase! Any chance of a part 3 with both of you tracking each other’s AirTag? Or something with one tracing a Tile and the other chasing an AirTag.
A sequel where the runner has a more realtime tracker on them would be fascinating (maybe something custom with a fixed 30 or 60 second delay would help keep it more interesting?)
I love this game of tag they've got going on. But it always just felt a bit off whenever they'd remark how difficult live-tracking someone with an AirTag is. I mean, its mostly true, especially if they only have an hour as they've shown. But I always expect Tom to contextualize that with how stalkers could use them to track stationary positions much easier over time (work, home, coffeeshop). It just feels a little too close to downplaying people's fears about stalkers using AirTags. Which has happened a bunch. Enough that you'd think there'd be a mention of it, when the framing is so similar, multiple times a video even. I still enjoy what is essentially grown-up tag though.
Apple has already thought of that. The tags are designed to alert you if they have been following you. It takes longer than an hour but it automatically triggers the alert if you reach a notable location you have stored in Maps such as your Home. Only issue is that it only applies to iPhone users.
Really exciting to watch as a Notts lad. Seeing just how close they get at some points. Arun walking past Waterstone while Tom is as Broadmarsh is great.
It kinda shows the shortcomings of airtags in that, since they rely on other phones to update the location, they're far less effective in less densely populated regions. That's probably the biggest difference between this video in Nottingham and the last in London. It's also going to be impacted by the phones people use, for example if you live in a country where more people have android phones, you're less likely to get updates.
This was great. Now I want one with ZERO home turf advantage. A major city with public transit and well-known landmarks, but that neither knows well. Edinburgh? Glasgow? Or outside the UK, Paris?
That was actually quite lively and entertaining to watch. Well done both of you. EDIT: I just thought of something. You should do one of these in a city/town that *neither* of you have been to before. :D
I'm so glad there's a sequel to this, the last one was so enjoyable to watch! Tom is the only person I know that puts a lot of effort into both his main and second channels, the content is always great on both!
Seeing tom so confused about how Arun is moving around so quickly just makes me giggle a bit, nottinghams such a small city centre and it's surprising how fast you can get around with all the side streets and alleyways that snake through the city
Tom DID technically get closer to catching then .... the camera operators never met whenhe was on the run. and hats of to the camera operators for not giving it away.
It would be interesting to see a 'rematch' but using an actual GPS tracker. These are generally more expensive than the airtags, and some either need a sim card or a subscription. But it would be cool to see if those have more precision. Those also have more scary potential because they don't alert your iphone that an airtag is nearby...
But like, what's the point tho? It probably heavily favors the hunter since the gps has live tracking (instead of the 5 min ago ping like Airtag), the hunter would just easily intercept the prey on the road, and the prey wouldn't have a chance to hide since he doesn't know where the hunter is
I was sceptical about this channel when it launched, but it has produced some of the most entertaining videos I've ever watched. The editing is great, Arun was great, Gavin the slow-mo guy was great, and I can't wait to see who's going to be great next.
As someone who lives near Nottingham, when Tom said he was heading to the Broadmarsh my instant response was "you're going back in time?". Very interesting to watch, I could work out where Tom was at any given time far easier than where Arun was.
An entertaining episode, and one that raises awarenesss about how can track you at the same time. Could you do one where Tom plays detective and learns as much as he can about some random person (who's on your team and gives consent, obviously), like their location, interests, their day to day movements, etc., from information that can be bought online? Could be an exciting episode and also good awareness-raising. Not sure exactly how to make it entertaining, though.
Problem is, you can't buy just individual info, its all aggregated data that you need to combine. Prolly not cost effective to find info just one single individual. Ad companies are using that for info about lots of individuals.
Tom did a video a few years ago (I can't find it at the moment) where he actually had a randomly pulled Facebook profile and live on stage correctly guessed a man's location, favorite sports team and occupation from just a glance at the page. Scary to think with all the advances since then how much companies know about you.
@@theglimpse3785 That sounds like something he'd do for one of his old scripted "this is a bad future"-what-if type of videos where he never acknowledges in the video that is what he's doing
This is such a great concept, and I love how your commentary bounces of each other. Knowing they went to a pub right after together makes me feel warms and fuzzy inside.
I wonder how many seekers you’d need hunting 1 person for it to swing the favor of the seekers. Obviously, if some shady government types were tracking your air tag, they’d probably send more than one agent. Great vid as always, Tom. Can’t wait to see part 3 with every TH-camr on the face of the earth hunting Mr Beast.
I would LOVE to see the Tech Dif crew split up in pairs doing this challenge!!! This is SO much fun to watch!! Excellent editing and WELL DONE, both of you!
@@IceMetalPunkBut Gary may also struggle to get everything completed in time. And if he gets found, how coupd he ever get away? After all, he is built for leisure, not for speed.
This absolutely has to become a recurring thing! I just love the personalities on you two, love the thrill of the chase, the techy side, the whole thing!
I love these air tag tracking videos, I hope you decide to do a third round, perhaps in a place where neither contestant has a sizable homefield advantage
I got some weird thought that the tag got lost on Black's and that's why it continued pinging it there. It's weird that it still continued pinging the tag to there even when Arun was already away from there...
The tag kept updating with "10 minutes ago". I know why, it's not designed for this... but wow, it was frustrating. | AD: 💻 Take your career in a new direction and learn to code: on.boolean.co.uk/tom_scott
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
I wonder why it does that..
I'd love to see a rematch of this challenge where you have actual realtime tracking (maybe iPhones can share your location with another phone?). Maybe something with an enforced 30 or 60 second delay to help keep it more balanced?
It felt even more unfair since you did it in London, obviously it being the capital it has a higher population, theoretically meaning a hell of a lot more iphones, meaning more pings.
Probably the recipient iPhone collecting a few pings before sending the entire batch. Activating a cell modem costs battery.
Tom accusing Arun of panicking and running in a random direction while running to a place that doesn't exist anymore is brilliant.
Just a little annoying that Arun is cheating by turning on airplane mode
@@leagueaddict8357 Tom turned on airplane mode in London, and went underground. It's just fair strategy for the game. Arun had the advantage of a less crowded area, so fewer other iPhones to ping.
@@leagueaddict8357 That was a rule of the game, not cheating
having his childhood ruined, we take going back to places just like we remembered for granted.
Wait I'm trying to figure out what it was that was gone, I mean I watched the part where he was saying his childhood was gone, but what was the building/location? Couldn't make out what he said haha.
My girlfriend and I randomly saw Tom Scott sprint past us at full speed on a date night. It makes 10x more sense now
absolutely surreal
@@cinn.w LMAO
hold on, date *night?* this challenge was during the day! we may still have a mystery here
@@JAB_the_Tabmisinput!!
*racecar noises* was tha- TOM SCOTT!
What shall we do for round 3? 😈
omg arun hi
I’m all up for a part 3 🙌🏼
Yo
Track each other but with gamble of who's done more tasks than the other. Both start at the opposite end of an unfamiliar city, like say glasgow.
Track each other PLEASE it would be such a fun video
"Im being chased!" *Arun considers what hes just said for half a second* "For a contest! Im safe I promise!" That had me cracking up, the poor clerk mustve been very concerned for that moment
Also the interaction: 'What are you doing?' - 'We're youtubers', like that says so little and yet so much
@@HighFiveTheHorizon a very interesting excuse, he could be putting himself on fire in the middle of the street and people would just sigh and pass by
@@alenunya That seems to be a general critique on the assumed indifference of people. I think the person asking Arun did so more out of general curiosity than out of assumption of a distress situation
@@HighFiveTheHorizon i think that the camera operator was a dead giveaway that he was not in a distress
(Or was it a moment when he was alone? Either way the camera was pointed at him)
"I'm being chased" - sounds like something a bank robber would say.
I really like how Arun tried to mimic a statue of someone sitting on a stump, right next to a stump, but didn't sit on the stump to mimic it. It is amazing what we can miss when we're in panic mode.
⭐there was an attempt⭐
Plus the fact he mimicked the Robin Hood statue before that, it should have counted for two really
@@simonrichards150 Three arguably, since it's also a piece of art.
@@The_Ewan Good point!
And the camera guy didn't do anything to help him.
4:38 “I’m no good at stealth,” is one way to describe being world famous for always wearing a red shirt
Tbh the red shirt blends in fairly well with brick buildings.
it's always that or the "amethyst sky" hoodie
I never noticed until I read this omg 💀🤚🏽
It would be interesting to see a version where they can both track each other and can catch each other at any time, but whoever has the most points when they meet wins the task, so they have to gamble that they're in the lead when they start trying to find each other
yes!
yessss
It would also be interesting if the tasks to get points were the same for both, to introduce strategy
this is such a good idea !!!!
tom scott + Survive the hunt
Props to the camera operators for being so fit to follow you around a city with such heavy and cumbersome gear
and for being better at the game than the two players!
It's not like they were carrying a boom mic and a steadicam, more like a gopro and a small kit bag. They also had the benefit of not having to worry about the tasks or being found, so they had much more leisure to take in their surroundings.
Massive respect to the cam op for holding those camera for 1 hour and also following them. I can't even hold a camera for 5 minutes.
There was no gear. Entire video was shot on iPhones
@Daniël It was filmed on a GoPro. You can clearly see it in some of the shots.
What I find very entertaining is how Tom, who is usually quite logical and good with strategy, did not stop to think that Arun might be in one of the shops ( when his location indicated he was somewhere and Tom couldn't see him), given what the task list was.
Remember that he got an update that was 5 minutes old. Considering Tom knew Arun knew he was being tracked and would stay in places as short as possible (which is what had been happening the entire time before), Tom could not have know Arun was standing still.
He only realised it when he got a second AirTag update from the same location, 10 minutes later
That and Tom's obsession with the robin hood statue.
@@BramBertels He turned on airplane mode which is cheating
@@leagueaddict8357
*Smart strategy
@@leagueaddict8357 nope
I'd love a Round 3 where you're not allowed to turn data off on your phone. More pings to keep the seeker up to date would make this more intense.
Totally. Don’t know why that was allowed
kinda defeats the point of the airtag, it's made for pinging other people's phones, not your own
@@epicdizzle. then again the counter point to that would be that in the scenario that you didnt know that a tag was put on you, you wouldnt exactly be putting your phone on airplane mode randomly on the ground now would you
@@James-mq5zh i do it quite often to either save battery or prevent my phone from distracting me
@@D0rlisok neat
Being from Nottingham, this was just an absolute blast. As soon as he said "I'm going to Broadmarsh" I felt so sorry for him
Tom's shock at discovering the Broadmarsh was gone was hilarious
Also I assume everyone else from Nottingham also immediately started planning their own route in their head as soon as they saw the list of tasks
Same here haha
I did the same thing when I came home from Uni and was so confused. :D
I'm from the U.S. and didn't make it to Nottingham on my UK trip. I know very little about it (other than Robin Hood), but I was hoping they'd randomly run into Vicky McClure! Or at least ride her tram car haha!
Honestly, we need a weekly episode of Arun & Tom trying to find each other with airtags in random cities across the globe. I'll cancel my Netflix for that.
have you ever heard of jet lag the game?
4:34 Arun saying “There’s no way he doesn’t know where we are” followed by Tom saying “I’ve got no idea where he is” Great editing and hilarious
The two camera ops seeing each other and having to keep their mouths shut... priceless and YIKES that must have been hard. I'm seconding another's idea of them doing this again but they're both tagged and having to find each other AND complete tasks. Maybe more tasks that include interacting with other humans that might be able to rat you out... like, "Ask a barista they're favorite drink to make, get a selfie, and leave a nice tip" or "visit a dog park and get a selfie with a doggo"... definitely love the "change an article of clothing" one because that also involves interacting with a human who might rat you out.
This is seriously fun to watch and Arun is REALLY good at this. I think Tom's adrenaline gets pumping so much, his logic side sort of short circuits. I think with more practice, he'll do better.
The selfies would be really interesting if they had to send them to each other, too. If you know roughly which direction the other person is, and they just took a photo in a park, there'd be more immediate risk of being caught. The airtag alone helps get a general direction/area, but selfies for the tasks or selfies with the tasks would help pin down a specific area once they arrive.
Why would they look for each other then? They'll just complete the tasks by themselves. It would make more sense for both of them to try and track one person.
@@milesedgeworth132 I would like to invite you to Jetlag the game.
Would be an interesting sport if you weren't allowed to turn off your data, there was a random set of tasks (8) that would flip the roles. And the main goal is to catch the other player while you're the hunter.
In the Netherlands we have a show called jachtseizoen that has a similar kind of premise, where the participants have to stay out of the hands of a team that gets their location every so often. You can find it on TH-cam, it's made by stukTV, but I'm unsure whether it has subtitles.
Turning the data off feels like cheating.
If data was on. It would be too easy to find Arun. Scott would just need to follow the live ping and discover Arun in 15 minutes.
@@RonSimiyu Tom didn't do it last time, as far as we saw. Arun said Tom had turned on Airplane Mode, but to be fair he did just go straight for the tube where he'd lose signal anyway
@@Kaesewicht Airplane mode would actually be a much more interesting thing in a city the hider is unfamiliar with since they'd need to juggle the fact they'll self ping themselves vs figuring out where the tasks are via google maps or whatnot. Cheating wise, you could probably just turn off find my network to opt out of the pinging.
“If anyone thinks airtags are good for real time tracking they’re wrong”
The concerns people have over them aren’t that they could be used for real time, it’s that they could be used to find where someone lived/worked/frequented/spent a lot of time at. That’s where it gets scary, they’re obviously not perfectly accurate when someone’s racing around doing tasks but if for example Arun stood still for 45 minutes I’m sure you’d be able to find him easy enough.
yea, if you KNOW you have an airtag on you and are being chased is much different from "someone slipped an airtag in your backpack and you have no idea for days"
Also my local supermarkets have only 1 exit and I am generally in there for 30+ minutes. All somebody would need to do is loiter near the door and I would have to pass them to leave. In that case a ~5-10 min latency doesn't matter.
@@robmobz so no fire exit?
@@halbhatia6651 fire exit assumes both you know you’re trying to evade, and it isn’t alarmed which would bring all the attention on you.
Apple have tried to mitigate this by having your phone alert you if it realised you are being followed around by a non-friendly AirTag. Of course this doesn’t help if you’re tagging someone with an android, and just getting updates from passers by…
Now it’s time for the of the Triology in another 6 months where they both have to complete challenges while also having to track the other person down, the challenge will be to take a selfie with the other person in frame without them noticing and we know they have 2 Air Tags cause Tom bought Arun one extra
Round 3: Paris!
(busy enough to consistently keep the AirTags updating but also to blend into crowds, no sliver of home turf advantage for either)
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Round 3 Doncaster or Edinburgh
That's so much 'I hired two private investigators to follow each other' rabbit hole Fosh vibes
@@sglenny001 edinburgh let's gooo
I love that Tom Scott is running by populated little stands and shops shouting things like "that was four minutes ago!" in a very stressed voice and then running off, only to run by in the opposite direction a few minutes later.
I have to wonder if anyone got a chuckle out of that.
"There's no way he doesn't know where we are."
"I've got- I've got no idea where he is."
*Perfectly* edited 😂
And nice echo of the London version.
Tom feels like a Wes Anderson character in this one
Eloquent and clever, but constantly confused, and just starts deadsprinting off camera at the drop of a hat
"And you think I did it..."
As someone from Nottingham, the "broadmarsh is gone" moment made me die laughing.
The look on his face when he realised was priceless
18:13 "Chasing minutes old shadows" is a fantastic line. Nice one, Tom.
These seem too hard for the catcher. Maybe the tasks need to be harder, more time consuming or more location bound? Even if you know someone is in a shop within 100 meters from you, how are you going to find them?
A version of this game where you can, every minute, accurately request the distance between you and the runner. That could be interesting.
I kind of thought so, but on the other hand Tom did end up within a few paces of Arun while he was shopping, so clearly it's not an impossible challenge!
@jetlag the game
Look up Jet Lag: The Game, it's just this video (and its prequel) but as a whole TH-cam channel and it's hilariously entertaining
it would be cool if the air tag worked
I really felt Tom is a terrible detective from this video. Too many errors in judgment, not a good decision maker under pressure, etc. Tom had a least 2 easy chances to catch Arun, but didn't make the correct decisions... However, there was 50 minutes of real-time where he was not even close or going in the right direction. IIRC Arun was slightly better, but not by much.
I think the main point originally was to test the Airtag tracking feature, which they did just fine.
12:21 the shock on his face followed by the cartoon run is hilarious
cartoon runs are quadratic
He’s almost running in slo mo 😂😂
You could probably legitimately sell this format to Dave. This exact thing but with comedians would probably run for 10 seasons, especially if you made the tasks a bit sillier. Essentially Taskmaster + Celebrity Hunted = Profit?
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as an American, who is Dave?
@@nate_storm - Dave is a UK TV channel.
@@nate_storm As I wrote this, it did occur to me how strange this sentence would be to people who aren't familiar with second-tier British TV channels!
They specialise in comedy panel shows and things like Taskmaster where comedians are given silly things to do which they take far too seriously.
It's probably a little too similar to Hunted
I think the takeaway here is that these challenges heavily favor the person being tracked. The odds that the tracker will be able to not only catch up with, but also actually see and identify their target, before they second guess themselves and move on, seem infintesimal.
Loading Ready Run did a vaguely similar contest in a way that seemed a bit fairer for the hunters called: chasing our friends with cars, or Carhunt. It worked because there was many targets on foot, two hunters who were able to use cars to travel much faster, and there wasnt lots of different goals sending the hunters mad with second guessing themselves.
I could see a combination of the ideas from both videos creating a very exciting competition, but the airtags alone are too iffy for a real time chase. It felt like chance that Tom got even close.
The final location was also a pub so Carhunt had that going for it too.
@@InShortSight For more fairness in this scenario, I think they could just implement an ordering element to the goals.
The very specific tasks like the Robin Hood statue could still be a free choice one, but things like shopping for clothes, feed ducks and recite a line of Shakespeare could be a set list of tasks that have to be done in a specific order. So if the tagged person chooses to do those, the chaser has a chance of getting the upper hand at some point
Even if youre on the same street you wil likely miss your target as you are panicking and running. I concur.
So this feels like Tom's open application for "Jet-Lag the game"
I don't think he will get in :D
Yes, having Tom as one of the guest players on Jet Lag the Game would be absolutely amazing
i just recently discovered that series, ands I bloody love it.
-and he should join :D
Thomas would probably win if he was in the latest video (series) that was filmed in France/Belgium/Netherlands
I love how at 21:04 right after Tom got the shampoo "because it is a hot day, and he might need it", a fly is seen circling and following Tom as he walks out of the shot.
bruh it's like those old 90s American cartoons
I think one important point that is overlooked here is that Arun knew he was being chased and stayed at locations as little as possible.
And still almost got caught.
It wasnt overlooked, but it wasnt mentioned in this video, but in the last.
Also. I personally think the real security/privacy flaw in this product is that you could slip the tag in someone's backpack and find out where they live just by checking the location at the end of the day.
It might not be great for tracking someone in real-time. But it can definitely be abused by stalkers
@@qkffn5118 they should start emitting a noise if they’re too close to another iPhone, and there should also eventually be a pop up notifying you abt the AirTag. It’s not perfect tho
Yes, in next episode, there should be a rule about deliberately preventing tracking.
As an American, I was just amazed at how you found a town you could run around in like that. We have walk able main streets, but generally no walkable areas off that one street. This is fantastic, and now I need to watch NotJustBikes and get angrier at our local city planning
That’s every city here, we don’t have any city’s like you do
I mean, both times I visited NYC, I walked everywhere...
@@IceMetalPunk NYC is very much an anomaly though.
Watching NotJustBikes must me infuriating as an American 💀
you can do that in literally any town
What a chase! Any chance of a part 3 with both of you tracking each other’s AirTag? Or something with one tracing a Tile and the other chasing an AirTag.
Tom Scott vs 5 hunters Grand Finale Rematch
They do it in a place none of them is familiar with in order to keep it as impartial as possible.
A sequel where the runner has a more realtime tracker on them would be fascinating (maybe something custom with a fixed 30 or 60 second delay would help keep it more interesting?)
@@netjeff
The very existence of a real-time tracker that could be secreted onto someone’s person or belongings is terrifying.
@@The-official-grindel taking place in the catacombs of France.
Arun's confidence when he's the one being chased is hilarious when you compare it to how paranoid and jumpy Tom was.
7:18
Tom: _crouches behind a tree_
Camera op: _stands back and points camera at tree_
I love this game of tag they've got going on. But it always just felt a bit off whenever they'd remark how difficult live-tracking someone with an AirTag is. I mean, its mostly true, especially if they only have an hour as they've shown. But I always expect Tom to contextualize that with how stalkers could use them to track stationary positions much easier over time (work, home, coffeeshop). It just feels a little too close to downplaying people's fears about stalkers using AirTags. Which has happened a bunch. Enough that you'd think there'd be a mention of it, when the framing is so similar, multiple times a video even. I still enjoy what is essentially grown-up tag though.
Apple has already thought of that. The tags are designed to alert you if they have been following you. It takes longer than an hour but it automatically triggers the alert if you reach a notable location you have stored in Maps such as your Home. Only issue is that it only applies to iPhone users.
"no way he doesnt know where we are"
"i have no idea where he is"
props to the editor, that was brilliant
Really exciting to watch as a Notts lad. Seeing just how close they get at some points. Arun walking past Waterstone while Tom is as Broadmarsh is great.
It kinda shows the shortcomings of airtags in that, since they rely on other phones to update the location, they're far less effective in less densely populated regions. That's probably the biggest difference between this video in Nottingham and the last in London.
It's also going to be impacted by the phones people use, for example if you live in a country where more people have android phones, you're less likely to get updates.
Nothing like the crushing anxiety of seeing Tom SO CLOSE to Arun at the shops.
This was great. Now I want one with ZERO home turf advantage. A major city with public transit and well-known landmarks, but that neither knows well. Edinburgh? Glasgow? Or outside the UK, Paris?
Somewhere with a big Xmas Market (like Birmingham) for a special edition filmed in December.
Paris would be good - Find Tim Traveller...
@chuggs What makes you think there's more iPhones in the US?
There’s a reason why Apple refuses to let Android have iMessage, and it’s because it’s apparently very very popular in the US
Arun: "Did you see him"
Camera Op: " I'm not allowed to tell you."
Arun: " So, that's a yes then."
The sequel we've all been waiting for 😌
The sequel I never knew I needed.
Yes
Agreed
9:42 Where Tom gets utterly pissed 😂
Tom learning that the broadmarsh doesn't exist any more is my favourite moment
That was actually quite lively and entertaining to watch. Well done both of you. EDIT: I just thought of something. You should do one of these in a city/town that *neither* of you have been to before. :D
I'm so glad there's a sequel to this, the last one was so enjoyable to watch!
Tom is the only person I know that puts a lot of effort into both his main and second channels, the content is always great on both!
Seeing tom so confused about how Arun is moving around so quickly just makes me giggle a bit, nottinghams such a small city centre and it's surprising how fast you can get around with all the side streets and alleyways that snake through the city
Tom DID technically get closer to catching then .... the camera operators never met whenhe was on the run.
and hats of to the camera operators for not giving it away.
14:06 This scene is perfect!
It would be interesting to see a 'rematch' but using an actual GPS tracker. These are generally more expensive than the airtags, and some either need a sim card or a subscription. But it would be cool to see if those have more precision.
Those also have more scary potential because they don't alert your iphone that an airtag is nearby...
They could just share live location on WhatsApp.
But like, what's the point tho? It probably heavily favors the hunter since the gps has live tracking (instead of the 5 min ago ping like Airtag), the hunter would just easily intercept the prey on the road, and the prey wouldn't have a chance to hide since he doesn't know where the hunter is
I was sceptical about this channel when it launched, but it has produced some of the most entertaining videos I've ever watched. The editing is great, Arun was great, Gavin the slow-mo guy was great, and I can't wait to see who's going to be great next.
It's clearly Tom's way of having tax-deductible fun and I am 100% okay with that.
I actually love this idea, wouldn't mind it becoming a series playing the game in different cities in the UK.
check out Jet Lag - The Game here on youtube. The latest series is playing a game of tag across europe, while completing challenges
I love this episode, seeing Arun just rolling and getting all those tasks while Tom was panicking was hilarious. I hope there's part 3!
I honestly thought this was going to be boring with how long the airtag updates but holy, middle part onwards was intense
I love the fact that the camera ops saw each other and didn't let on!
Now we just need a roller coaster sequel, and we’re complete
As a local it was sideplitting comedy seeing Tom stop and stand where there used to be a shopping centre 2 years ago
I really hope they keep making these in different locations, they’re so incredibly suspenseful.
As someone who lives near Nottingham, when Tom said he was heading to the Broadmarsh my instant response was "you're going back in time?". Very interesting to watch, I could work out where Tom was at any given time far easier than where Arun was.
An entertaining episode, and one that raises awarenesss about how can track you at the same time.
Could you do one where Tom plays detective and learns as much as he can about some random person (who's on your team and gives consent, obviously), like their location, interests, their day to day movements, etc., from information that can be bought online? Could be an exciting episode and also good awareness-raising. Not sure exactly how to make it entertaining, though.
Problem is, you can't buy just individual info, its all aggregated data that you need to combine. Prolly not cost effective to find info just one single individual. Ad companies are using that for info about lots of individuals.
I think the problem is that it would be a bit unethical to then share that data in a video
Tom did a video a few years ago (I can't find it at the moment) where he actually had a randomly pulled Facebook profile and live on stage correctly guessed a man's location, favorite sports team and occupation from just a glance at the page.
Scary to think with all the advances since then how much companies know about you.
@@theglimpse3785 That sounds like something he'd do for one of his old scripted "this is a bad future"-what-if type of videos where he never acknowledges in the video that is what he's doing
That's a similar premise to "I know what you did five minutes ago", an old talk he did
"im being chased" is the perfect thing to say while checking out with an incognito cloak
toms incompetence and that lovely store assistant is the best combo
this could be a game show, it's very watchable. and they could mix it up with different places and tasks
A sequel to one of my favourite concepts you’ve done on this channel. My lucky day
This is such a great concept, and I love how your commentary bounces of each other. Knowing they went to a pub right after together makes me feel warms and fuzzy inside.
Seeing Tom react to the AirTag & task updates is hilarious 😂
This needs to be turned into a series, it’s absolutely amazing
This just looks like a fun game to play in general with your friends
I wonder how many seekers you’d need hunting 1 person for it to swing the favor of the seekers. Obviously, if some shady government types were tracking your air tag, they’d probably send more than one agent. Great vid as always, Tom. Can’t wait to see part 3 with every TH-camr on the face of the earth hunting Mr Beast.
The new season of Jet-Lag the game has two seekers and a live tracker, but they play across a LOT more space
This needs to be done in a city where neither person knows. knowing where things are gives an advantage
That was so cool. It's like every time Arun was so chill and Tom just panics.
14:28 Tom gives us so many memeable moments in this video 🥰
What I've learned: You can't win a game of tag by using an AirTag, but you can have a lot of fun getting your cardio in by trying to
Alternative title: Tom Scott slowly fading into insanity, confused running around, screaming at his phone
14:11 HAD ME DYING
It’s funny because Arun had already unintentionally mimicked the Robin Hood statue
I would LOVE to see the Tech Dif crew split up in pairs doing this challenge!!! This is SO much fun to watch!! Excellent editing and WELL DONE, both of you!
I assume Gary would both have an advantage, and also spend most of the time swearing his lips off 😂
I’d love to see this too but unfortunately I think all of them except Tom are too out-of-shape nowadays for all the running they need to do.
Chris would solve all the tasks at the drop of a hat.
@@IceMetalPunkBut Gary may also struggle to get everything completed in time. And if he gets found, how coupd he ever get away?
After all, he is built for leisure, not for speed.
...oh gods, it's been six months since that last video? I need to sit down for a second.
This absolutely has to become a recurring thing! I just love the personalities on you two, love the thrill of the chase, the techy side, the whole thing!
I would like to thank you again Tom for making accessible subtitles, they are a worth investment and you are appreciated very much.
Woah, these subtitles have color, are on the right, on the left, congrats to whoever makes the subtitles.
Very much appreciate the captions using different colors, and even a couple indicators of tone! This should absolutely be the standard on TH-cam
11:51
"I'm being chased... for a challenge. I'm safe. I promise." was funny!
The original Airtag video is one of my favourites on this channel for a number of reasons, glad to see it get a follow-up!
13:20 So close 😄 Arun could've just got the hat and called it good but maybe changing was a good idea
This feels like it could be a show. Just get two people and you can do this in any city.
I love these air tag tracking videos, I hope you decide to do a third round, perhaps in a place where neither contestant has a sizable homefield advantage
Love how it ended the same as the last with "Let's go to the pub!" At the end.
i love the contrast of fun mischief from Arun’s perspective to deepening confusion and light psychological horror on tom’s end
lets remember the problem is a creep can find out where you live, they work great for static locations when not on a foot pursuit
What a chase! We need a part 3. Kudos to the camera operators and editing team!
the cinematography for "broadmarsh is gone!" was perfect
Was the airplane mode Arun was using during this a legal move? I don't remember tom doing that on his run.
He turned his phone off which I believe produces the same effect
@@basementboi4620 Was his phone off? Wasn't the list of tasks on the phone?
I think Tom did
@@DerringerHK yes but i think he turned it off everytime he didn't need it
'I'm being chased!... for a challenge'
'I'm safe, I promise'
I got some weird thought that the tag got lost on Black's and that's why it continued pinging it there. It's weird that it still continued pinging the tag to there even when Arun was already away from there...
absolutely love the different colors for the CC on this video btw :) thx for the great captioning
Arun is a genius
You too scott!
I don't know, i feel Arun could have used an Android phone so his own phone at least doesn't tag him!
This vid was such a bromance and I’m here for it
19:48 Something about the lighting when the camera turns here to face Arun makes it looks like it's a shot from like Grand Theft Auto or something
You're right! The lighting looks computer generated there
This was actually really entertaining I’d love to see this done with other types of trackers.