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Title: Driver finds a hidden AirTag in his car ahead of likely theft attempt
Post by: HCK on December 23, 2021, 04:05:22 pm
Driver finds a hidden AirTag in his car ahead of likely theft attempt

What you need to know


An Apple AirTag was found in a car that appears to have been tracked for a later theft.
The driver's iPhone alerted them that an AirTag was present.
This is the latest in a run of similarly concerning reports.


The driver was alerted by his iPhone that an AirTag was present.

Amid ongoing AirTag privacy concerns, one appears to have been used to try and track a car that had been marked for a later theft. According to local reports, a Detroit man found an AirTag in his 2018 Dodge Charger after leaving it parked at a mall.

Earlier this month, just two days after buying the car, Detroit man John Nelson parked up at a shopping center for a couple of hours. When he returned, his iPhone warned him of an AirTag that wasn't his.

FOX 2 Detroit picks up the story.


  "I was able to click on that notification and it gave me an option to have the air tag emit a sound and I heard it underneath my vehicle," Nelson said.
 
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Source: Driver finds a hidden AirTag in his car ahead of likely theft attempt (https://www.imore.com/driver-finds-hidden-airtag-his-car-ahead-likely-theft-attempt)