Yeah, but they used to be fairly obvious. Mechanics would routinely pull them off of women’s cars and people would get arrested. I think it’s good they’re keeping this in the public eye.
I don’t think anyone’s been keeping stats but it’s been a thing ever since GPS was widely available and cheap-ish. It seems to divide up between stalking and scummy car dealerships with a few people under fed surveillance thrown in.
I think it’s less that it’s disproportionately effecting women and moreso the bias that women are more likely to notice and report for social reasons. It’s kinda like with folks getting drugged at bars, one of my buddies got drugged and he just went to sleep in his car no police report no nothing.
This post is like a kid who grew up in country clubs and gated neighborhoods just finding out that people illegally sell drugs.
This kind of spy tech has been available and marketed the same way for decades. The only difference is that these are small.
Yeah, but they used to be fairly obvious. Mechanics would routinely pull them off of women’s cars and people would get arrested. I think it’s good they’re keeping this in the public eye.
Really? I’m almost 50 and this is the first time I’ve ever heard that. Do you have any data to back up that claim?
https://www.google.com/search?q=mechanic+found+tracker
I don’t think anyone’s been keeping stats but it’s been a thing ever since GPS was widely available and cheap-ish. It seems to divide up between stalking and scummy car dealerships with a few people under fed surveillance thrown in.
I’m fully aware of how to search the internet, how GPS trackers work, and how they are used.
The part I’m skeptical of is that mechanics routinely pull them off women’s cars and that people were arrested. That sounds like FUD to me.
I think it’s less that it’s disproportionately effecting women and moreso the bias that women are more likely to notice and report for social reasons. It’s kinda like with folks getting drugged at bars, one of my buddies got drugged and he just went to sleep in his car no police report no nothing.
When I was a kid my dad put one of these on my mom’s car. I found it. About the size of a wallet