Muscle Car Owner Targeted With Hidden AirTag Placed by Thieves
21st December 2021
According to a Fox 2 Detroit report, Nelson visited the Great Lakes Crossing shopping center in Auburn Hills, where he spent about two hours. After departing, he got a notification on his phone that informed him he was being tracked by an unknown AirTag.
Nelson was able to tap on the notification, and his iPhone provided him with the option to play a sound on the AirTag, which is one of the safety features that Apple has made available in addition to the tracking notifications. Following the sound the AirTag emitted, Nelson found it under the drain cap in the trunk of his car, which had required the thieves to unscrew the cap and place it inside.
I wonder if this is a marketing trick by Apple? If you’ve got an iPhone, it will notify you of this sort of thing; supposedly Android phones will do the same, but I’d hate to depend on that.
If this happened to me, the first place I’d drive to would be a police station. Fortunately, nobody ever wanted to steal a Hyundai, so I’m safe.