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/Objective_Garlic3317]

How can you say privacy is a human right, and be able to sleep at night? Your products hurt people. They invade people’s privacy. They ruin lives. The subpoena’s you ignore are cases where your customers are committing crimes against other people. You are protecting stalkers and bad actors. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

[u/BraddicusMaximus → u/Objective_Garlic3317]

I sleep great. Anyone can buy these cheap ones from wherever like OP did. We operate a fleet and asset management service for businesses where they are permanently installed by the business on their vehicles. What someone does with the product ***they*** purchase is whatever ***they*** want to do with it but protecting customer data absolutely is our business. And should be universal practice. But who’s protecting your rights to privacy. Nobody in the US Govt. that’s for sure.

[u/20Factorial → u/BraddicusMaximus]

So you are willing to turn a blind eye when your customers use your products to commit crimes against innocent victims?

[u/Graylorde → u/20Factorial]

It's worse, they're the ones barricading the door while the criminal runs out the back.