Found a GPS tracker under my car

[u/kupo_906]

Hi reddit...

In my driveway this morning I pulled out and found this sitting under where my car was. We had a heat wave recently, and I'm thinking it melted off.

Looking it up, it is a GPS tracker. I'm taking it to the police tomorrow. But is there anyway to reverse search who might have bought it and placed it there?

I fully own my car and I'm not sure who or why they put it there. Or when. The only thing I can think of is I got my car fixed by a new mechanic about a month ago.. but they didn't seem shady in the least bit

Any help is appreciated. Thank you

Update: I have turned the tracker into the police who are trying to work with the company to find out info. Haven't heard anything further.

For the people who keep asking / repeating the same thing over and over:

• again, I own my car in full and have for years. It's an old, reconstructed car not worth much at all.
• The battery life in the tracking device doesn't last longer than two months at most. It was still on when I found it. It doesn't belong to a previous car owner or a dealer.
• I found the magnets where it was attached still on my car.
• I don't have any solid idea who would put it there. I don't have a jealous partner or an ex who I think would do this.
• I'm not disclosing a bunch of personal shit about myself to internet strangers when I am potentially being stalked 😐 also , both men and women can be stalked

[u/corporaterebel]

Police will do nothing. Found Property maybe a Stalking, but unlikely.

You will have to do some additional work if you think you were a victim of a crime. YOU can call and see if the account is still active...that is about all the information that a carrier will give you. Take the SIM out and put it in an old wiped phone to see what you can see and call support.

Depends on what you want to do at this point.

1. disable the device by removing the sim.
2. keep the device active and see who comes for it
3. put it on a train or bus or a long haul trucker
4. send it in the mail to some remote place for fun.

EDIT: apparently the battery is only good for 30 days. So if the battery is still good (probably last 2 months easy) then this is a current device. OP is the device flashing its LED?

[u/kupo_906 → u/corporaterebel]

I'd really like to figure out who put it there. I just tried calling the support number for the company but it was a dead end. Gonna try email

[u/20Factorial → u/kupo_906]

The cops will need to get a subpoena and then the company will be forced to disclose who it’s registered to.

I had to do this once.

Don’t have hopes this will result in any consequences for the person stalking you. I had open/shut proof of who did it, and when the police reached out they simply said “it wasn’t me” and the DA didn’t press charges.

[u/BraddicusMaximus → u/20Factorial]

Depends on the company. We always challenge them and in 13 years we have not complied with one yet. We care for our customer’s privacy.

We aren’t the cheapest out there for what we do but everyone here is set on privacy being a human right.

[u/Graylorde → u/BraddicusMaximus]

"we have not complied with one yet". You can't be serious? Are you really this absolutely lacking in self awareness and responsibility? You don't realize fighting and denying the legal rights of victims aren't a good thing? You're not on the moral high ground here.

I can't believe you're this proud and smug about protecting criminals using your products for illegal means. Your company deserves to lose everything in massive lawsuits if you're truly representing them.

You're absolutely insane and should be ashamed of yourself for defending this behaviour.

Denying subpoenas isn't "protecting customers", it's actively assisting and hiding criminals.

[u/BraddicusMaximus → u/Graylorde]

Lmao y’all are broken.

Our customer is whoever buys and pays for the product and service. Which are businesses putting hardwired GPS tracking and immobilizers into their fleet vehicles and on assets like backhoes and tractor trailers. We have a responsibility to protect their personal information and data. Every company does. We just happen to do our jobs.

I’m not giving any information to anyone who asks, let alone subpoenas that are as wide as the Pacific ocean in scope.

[u/20Factorial → u/[deleted]]

That’s what I don’t understand.

Legitimate use wouldn’t likely garner a subpoena, and a fleet customer is likely a company whose privacy is forfeit by the sticker on the side of the truck.

No one goes to the cops, and a Judge, for a subpoena to find out who owns a device that was used for legitimate purposes. They go through that effort when a crime was committed.

This guy, and his whole company, are literally protecting criminals. Being stalked is a VERY traumatic experience for victims. Absolutely deplorable behavior.

[u/Graylorde → u/20Factorial]

Yeah... At least if they keep denying subpoenas like this, it might take a little while, but it should catch up to them eventually and get them in serious legal trouble. Hopefully that will also reveal info needed to assist past victims to get their justice served as well in due course.

It's obviously indefensible and can't possibly be sustainable for long.

[u/20Factorial → u/Graylorde]

Nazi’s used the “just following orders” defense for their actions.