A pair of armed criminals used Apple's AirTag to track a couple for miles before they tried to abduct them. This doesn't have to happen to you — here's what
A pair of armed criminals used Apple's AirTag to track a couple for miles before they tried to abduct them. This doesn't have to happen to you — here's what you can to to keep yourself safe.

Car key fob, brown keychain with a tracker, and smartphone displaying tracking app on a white background.
AirTags can help you find your car keys, or criminals track your car.

Despite AirTags finding missing children, missing luggage, and many times stolen cars, they have also been used before by criminals tracking victims. Now according to the New York Post, two armed burglars in Florida tracked a couple's SUV by sticking an AirTag underneath it.

Luis Charles and Odardy Maldonado-Rodriguez are accused of using the AirTag to follow the couple back to their home on Odessa. As the couple got out of their car, the two men grabbed them and took them inside their house.


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