I found an AirTag stashed in my car when my husband went away for a wedding – is he tracking me?
A woman has revealed how she discovered that her husband had hidden an Apple AirTag in her car while he went away on a three-week trip.
Taking to British parenting platform Mumsnet, the woman explained her husband had bought a few AirTags to put in his luggage before his travels – and must have decided to also plant one in her car.
She said her phone notified her that the device was tracking her movements and when it prompted her to ‘play sound’ it beeped in the back seat.
Taking to the forum, she asked what others thought of the situation and asked if she should be concerned.
Many rushed to the comments with their own thoughts, with some suggesting she should ‘have some fun with it and teach him a lesson.’
A woman on Mumsnet revealed that her husband hid an Apple AirTag in her car while he went away on a three week trip (stock image)
The post read: ‘Don’t know if I abu [am being unreasonable] or not but my husband has gone abroad for three weeks for his brothers wedding and left me at home with the kids, our youngest is only 13 weeks old.
‘He’s been gone since Sunday evening and today as I had just arrived back from doing the school run I had a tracker alert on my phone that says an AirTag tracker has been detected and it showed me everywhere I had been that morning on the map.’
She says she was ‘very confused at first’ but added that she knew ‘100 percent’ that it had been placed in her car ‘because it showed everywhere I’d been that morning, and when I pressed “play sound” I could hear it beeping inside the back of my car!’
Taking to the British parenting platform, the woman explained her husband bought a few AirTags to put in his luggage before his travels and must have decided to also plant one in her car
The woman surmised: ‘He’s obviously hidden it the day before he travelled when he went to fill my car up with petrol before he left.
‘I’m just so upset and don’t know why. Surely if it was for safety with him being away from home he would have told me before putting it in there?’
She suggested that he might be ‘spying on me and tracking me or could it really be he’s thinking about safety?’
People suggested the woman should hide the device in various places to play games with her partner.
Many rushed to the comments with their own thoughts, with some suggested she should ‘have some fun with it and teach him a lesson’
One person said: ‘I’d have some fun with it, teach him a lesson. Appalling behaviour from him.’
Another said: ‘Find it and then drop it on a bus or something. When he then starts questioning you on where you’ve been you’ll know he did it for nefarious purposes and didn’t just drop it by accident.’
Someone else wrote: ‘I would dig it out and drop it by the side of your drive so that it stays there and annoys him for next 3 weeks.
‘How would I deal with it? You have 4 weeks to think about it and see what he does when he realises his trick isn’t working…’
A fourth wrote: ‘Post it to him – then he’ll think you’re en route to catch him out.’
Meanwhile others suggested that the device might have fallen out of his suitcase and into her car.
One person said: ‘I’m wondering though, have you ruled out the possibility that it fell out of one of his bags by mistake since you say he’s never had these before and bought them ahead of a trip away to keep his luggage safe/trackable?
‘I mean, just thinking there could be a simple explanation for this that we could be missing.’
Meanwhile others suggested that the device might have fallen out of his suitcase and into her car, but some claimed she should report it to the police as stalking is a crime to teach him a lesson
Another said: ‘Is it at all possible that it is there by accident? If not, yeah I think I would let a friend in on it and get them to carry it around.’
The woman replied: ‘When I go out now, I’m going to find out where exactly it is then I will know for sure, but I really Don’t believe it’s been an accident I do think he has put it there on purpose’.
Others claimed she should report it to the police as stalking is a crime to teach him a lesson.
One person said: ‘I would work on the basis that it wasn’t your husband and report to the police that you have a stalker. Be interesting to see your husband’s face when he realises his actions (assuming it was him) are now part of a crime investigation.’
Another added: ‘This is a criminal offence, so you could report him to the police. I’d also be checking your home for secret cameras and recording devices.
Don’t put it on some random car, but do have some fun driving to random places that would wind him up or you couldn’t get in trouble for accidentally leaving it on a bus…’
Someone else wrote: ‘Call him up and tell him that you’re terrified that you have a stalker, you’ve had to report it to the police and he should come home immediately as you don’t feel safe.’
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