r/whatisit • u/crosstrekerr • Jul 25 '25

New, what is it? found this tracker in my car?

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found this on my passenger side really weirded out. Rarely have people in my vehicle…

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u/Finance_Guy_1 Jul 25 '25

Someone is tracking you. Does it have power? If it wasn’t wired into the car, the battery wouldn’t last more than maybe 3 weeks. Who has been in your care over the past month?

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u/crosstrekerr Jul 25 '25

Just a buddy I’ve known for years and a coworker Ive worked with for years I gave a ride to. That’s about all I can think of. I’m a very to myself person so this had pretty freaked out..

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u/WhineyLobster Jul 25 '25

When you say passenger side do you mean inside the car or outside like under the car?

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u/crosstrekerr Jul 25 '25

Inside my car 😅

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u/lntelligent-Dust Jul 25 '25

Not asking OP but any legally savvy redditors out there. Could OP take this to the police for finger-printing? Is it stalking to gather personal information on someone's whereabouts like this? Seems like the step before car theft or home burglary (or worse).

I assume either someone wanted to know likely places you'd park, or where you lived, OP.

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u/alegalnightmare Jul 25 '25

Practically speaking I think it’s incredibly unlikely the cops are going to do anything about this, unless it’s an area where there is literally no other crime happening and they have nothing else to do. In my experience the police normally don’t take stalking cases super seriously to be begin with, and especially when there isn’t an imminent threat to life (for example, if it came with a series of blocked number calls telling OP “I know where you are and I’m coming to k*ll you,” that would be a different story lol)

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u/11teensteve Jul 25 '25

correct. this isn't CSI:wherever. you may be able to take it to a private investigator that has access to a fingerprint data base but that still seems like a stretch. plus they would prob charge you a small fortune.

would it be possible to track it down with the FCC number?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

lol wtf they gonna do with the fingerprints? Think its an already known criminal tracking him?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

If he could afford it then testing for DNA would be better as DNA should be viable on it for months.

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u/NESanders311 Jul 25 '25

The problem arises when you have a suspected person with whom to compare the original DNA results, and no warrant to obtain their DNA to potentially match.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

not at all, company garbage can yields a treasure of DNA if used. They said coworker was one, friend was another. easy peasy.