Comment on TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
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.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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?
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
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.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
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 this is something that is disproportionately common for women. That sounds like FUD to me.
zzx@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
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