Joshua Wyliea resident of Memphis, Tennessee, Hyundai Santa Fe stolen, but thanks to him managed to find the vehicle apple Air Label. Wylie’s car had already been targeted by thieves, causing the owner to hide the mini-coin locator inside the SUV.
AirTag is an Apple tracker designed to help owners find lost objects. Often the item is hung on key chains, wallets or even travel bags to make it easy to locate if lost.
increasingly popular strategy
According to police, the vehicle has already been targeted and stolen at least once. As a precaution, Wylie decided to install a security camera in her apartment, in addition to putting a hidden AirTag in the vehicle.
The user accessed the app when their Santa Fe was stolen Find My, He helped the police find the car before the thief found the device or disposed of the car.
With all the lost luggage problems these days, #air tag The luggage system is simply fantastic. It works incredibly well. #apple #air tags pic.twitter.com/Hm4xEvDaXD
— Steve Lai (@sly111) 25 July 2022
This is not the first time this type of locator has been used to prevent theft. At the end of June, a Range Rover Autobiography placed three AirTags on different parts of his truck that were stolen at other times.
Even if the criminals disabled the factory-installed tracking device, the victim was able to recover the vehicle the same day thanks to the Apple device.
Source: Tec Mundo
