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potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoYeah, 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
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I think it’s less that it’s disproportionately effecting women and moreso the bias that women are more likely to notice and report for social reasons. It’s kinda like with folks getting drugged at bars, one of my buddies got drugged and he just went to sleep in his car no police report no nothing.
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