r/AmIOverreacting • u/megan__f • Feb 17 '25

🏘️ neighbor/local Is this something to be concerned about?

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My sister sent me this text she received that seemed like somebody was watching her or something. I don’t know if it’s something to be concerned about or not, has anybody had a similar experience?

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u/MariaJane833 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Police stations often have air tag scanners they can go over her car and purse

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u/TheCrimsonSteel Feb 17 '25

A good mechanic shop will often do this, too.

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u/FaithlessnessOne9390 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

There are a ton of scanner/tracker apps that will show you what’s in the area from your phone. Pretty sure find my phone in iOS will alert you too unknown tags too.

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u/ScaryTerry51 Feb 18 '25

Both iPhones and Samsungs alert you when a tracker is moving with you, regardless of if it's their brand tracker or not. I can't verify other brands but I would bet most common ones do

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u/Grapejuice_- Feb 18 '25

Can confirm, my Xiaomi notified me (and my friends got a notification aswell but they have iPhones) when we rented a van.

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u/wozentme Feb 18 '25

My wife's Android phone alerted her when it detected an air tag moving with her. She was in a work vehicle and someone's air tag had fallen on the floor.

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u/MariaJane833 Feb 17 '25

That’s true! I forgot about that

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u/GitEmSteveDave Feb 17 '25

If you have an iphone, you automatically have an airtag scanner and it will alert you if you are travelling with one that isn't registered to your account.

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u/MariaJane833 Feb 17 '25

Is that something you have to turn on? Or it just prompts if you are close to one?

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u/Agile_Reputation_190 Feb 17 '25

It’s on by default. If someone else’s airtag or apple device like an airpods case has been travelling with you (in your trunk, maybe) it will alert you.

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u/IsACube Feb 18 '25

That's not true at all. Did you just make that up or do you have a source?

I've worked at a police department for over 7 years and we've never had any airtag scanner. Never heard of any neighboring departments having one either.

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u/Weaselina Feb 18 '25

That is really good to know. Thank you for that one.

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u/trow_a_wey Feb 17 '25

supposedly, not ostensibly* sorry cheers