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How to Find an Apple AirTag Hidden in Your Car and Stop It from Tracking You By Sergio Velasquez A special thanks to iDropNews for republishing permission. Images provided by iDropNews. Be sure to visit them at idropnews.com AirTags are extremely useful accessories that can help you keep all your stuff in check. Not only will you know where your things are at all times, but you can also get precise directions right on your iPhone when a misplaced item is nearby. Unfortunately, some folks have been using the Apple AirTag wrongly; many criminals use these accessories to track people rather than things. Some stalkers even leave AirTags in someone else’s car so they can track their victim’s every move, which is really disturbing. The good news is that while Apple can’t do much to prevent this kind of abuse, it has created a feature that notifies you on your iPhone whenever an AirTag that doesn’t belong to you is detected moving around with you. Note that this won’t simply alert you to every other AirTag in your vicinity — that would be chaos as you travel around town surrounded by legitimate AirTags owners. Instead, the feature tries to focus on AirTags that have been planted on you or in your personal belongings. This means the unknown AirTag first has to be out of range of its owner’s iPhone, meaning it’s been lost or deliberately left behind. Secondly, your iPhone has to detect that it’s moving