The suspects go about the crime by placing the easily missed tracking devices on the luxury rides in “out-of-sight areas” while they’re parked in “public places like malls or parking lots.” Then, once the unsuspecting owner has driven the car home, the thieves track the vehicle to the victim’s residence. Officers reported they’ve looked into five incidents since September in which suspects used the unassuming tracking technology to commit grand theft auto. The $29 Apple AirTag is designed to help users keep track of their goods, while police warn they may also be a handy tool for car thieves. Investigators with the York Regional Police Auto and Cargo Theft Unit in Aurora are warning area residents that they’ve “identified a new method being used by thieves to track and steal high-end vehicles” across the region, the department warned in a Thursday blog post. The $29 AirTag devices that Apple released in April to help users keep track of belongings are being repurposed by crooks to steal cars, according to a police report out of Ontario, Canada.

This lost item-finding tech is also being used for more nefarious purposes.

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