Apple Airtag question...

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The AirTag, should've been named "iAirTag", helps you locate "tagged" item that you cannot find. It is utilizing Bluetooth to help locate the item, even if it is not in range for your devices. This article describes how it works, quote:

The real trick — and the hidden complexity — arises when you are tracking an AirTag out in the world, when something is truly lost. Like everything in Apple’s Find My network, the AirTag’s location is end-to-end encrypted so only you can see its location. But any iOS device can send that location to you.

If somebody comes upon a lost AirTag, they can tap it via NFC to see information about it, including its serial number (which could be important if you think it’s being used to track you). If the owner has put it in “Lost Mode,” they have the option to have that information page show their phone number and a brief message so you can contact them. This NFC feature works equally well with iPhones and Android devices.

That means all it takes to locate an AirTag is for any iPhone with Bluetooth on to see it — even if that iPhone is whizzing by in a car. Apple is leveraging its huge network of devices as a competitive advantage here — along with the competitive advantage of directly offering this functionality as a system-level feature. Tile has asked Congress to look into that.

Does the hidden complexity" mean that the connection between my iPhone and the AirTag takes place in the background, without any interaction/notification?

Of course, it does not work if/when Bluetooth is off on my iPhone, right?

TIA...