Phonandroid Airtag: a young woman found a clandestine tracker hidden under her car

An Airtag was used to track a young woman at the exit of a bar.According to the American, the Bluetooth tag was hidden above the wheel of her car during her absence.Terrified, she did not dare to go home.

In a thread published this December 18, 2021 on Twitter, a young American testifies to her recent mishap with an Airtag, the controversial Bluetooth tag of Apple."So, something quite terrifying happened to me last night - someone attached an Apple Airtag below my front wheel while I was inside a bar," says the Internet user.

It is an increasingly popular tactic by car thieves.Criminals place the Airtag when the car is parked in the parking lot of a supermarket, a bar or a cinema.With the Localize Integrated Apple application to Apple devices, they can then follow the trace of their victim to their home.They then steal the vehicle in the alley of their owner, in the middle of the night at the shelter of looks.

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An Airtag was used to follow a young woman on track

The young woman was alerted to the presence of an Airtag by her iPhone.To avoid abuse, iPhone are indeed capable of spotting the presence of an unknown tag nearby.A notification then appears on the screen of the smartphone to alert users that a malicious individual probably seeks to track them.In this case, she received several alerts on her iPhone before understanding that a tag was fixed to her car.

Frightened by her discovery, she refused to go home, fearing to reveal the position of her home to a possible harasser.The young woman preferred to spend the night with a knowledge.In the morning, the Airtag was finally found on the car.“In the morning, while I was sleeping, I asked someone close to me to check my car and he found her stuck under the passage of the front passenger.I would have liked him to take photos before throwing him away, ”continues the young woman.

The alert system in the event of a nearby Airtag is reserved for iPhone.To protect users from an Android smartphone from spies, Apple recently offers an Android app called Tracker Detect.The application can identify a hidden airtag in your belongings.On the other hand, the app does not work continuously.To flush out a tracker, you have to launch a search manually.In fact, it is still very simple to track users who do not have an iPhone.