Vice News reports that recently reviewed police records show that Apple’s popular AirTag tracking devices are being used to track women across the United States. Originally designed to help people track down their lost set of keys or backpacks, the small, affordable tracking discs have been used in a number of carjackings and robberies in recent months, now they’ve reportedly become popular tools to stalk women.
Vice requested records mentioning AirTags in the past eight-month period from dozens of police departments across the United States. Of the 150 police reports received that mention AirTags, 50 included women calling the police as they were receiving notifications that they were being tracked by a nearby AirTag.
Of those 50 cases, 25 of the women were able to identify an individual in their life who they strongly suspected had planted the AirTags on them in an effort to stalk them. The women reported that current and former romantic partners were using AirTags to stalk and harass them.
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