Comment on TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
zzx@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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