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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Police in Burlington, Vt. say its residents are finding hidden AirTags and other GPS tracking devices on vehicles returning from Montreal.

The Burlington Police Department said last week that it had received two separate reports in the past month from residents who discovered the devices on their vehicles.

The force says the technology is allegedly being placed there by criminals, and is asking anyone who notices a suspicious device on their vehicle to call police.

The warning comes as police forces across Canada are battling rising levels of auto theft, with criminals using increasingly quick and sophisticated methods to track and steal desirable vehicles.

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[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Just out of curiosity, I installed AirGuard on my phone so I'll get notified if a tag is following me.

At this point, I suspect a colleague catches the same train to the office from time to time.

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Interesting. I have a Pixel and it's not in my settings as described. I'm running GrapheneOS, but I find it odd to omit such a useful privacy feature.

Edit: The feature is part of Google Play Services, not Android.

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I'm currently running lineage with GApps. Had some problems getting everything to run without them, and the priority, for now, was a working phone.

I feel like AOSP has been getting less love than Google's proprietary stuff recently, more so than it used to. I don't really see a logical reason to not have this in AOSP.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Yes. I've been notified about airtags traveling with me (one of the people I was with had one) and I never turned anything on or installed any special apps.

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