Country - United States: (9)
Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
February 2025

Cameras were found in front of several homes, in unmarked boxes on utility poles. The boxes were attached about 9 meters off the ground.

Sources: (en) theguardian.com
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Video
Location
Other
Country
United States
Last updated
October 4, 2025
American Midwest (United States)
July 2023

A tracking device was found under the car of someone who had been arrested two days earlier on an outstanding warrant. It was attached under the rear axle of the car with strong magnets. The device included a battery, a cellular antenna and a SIM card.

Sources: (en) itsgoingdown.org
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Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
August 5, 2023
Memphis, Tennessee (United States)
August 2020

A camera was found in front of a home, in a box installed on a power pole.

Sources: (en) web.archive.org
Type
Video
Location
Other
Country
United States
Last updated
October 4, 2025
United States
2014

A tracking device was found on a truck. It was attached with a magnet to the frame of the truck.

Sources: (en) copblock.org ; (en) youtube.com
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Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
March 25, 2023
San Jose, California (United States)
2011

A GPS tracker was found on a car. Shortly after this first tracker was removed, a second GPS tracker was found on the same car. The first tracker was attached with magnets to the wheel well of the car's spare tire. It was in a fabric sleeve. The second tracker, of model “Sendum PT200”, was attached with a magnet. It included a 3.6 V lithium battery and was able to communicate on the mobile phone network.

The second tracker was marketed by the company Sendum.

First tracker, in its sleeve
First tracker, out of its sleeve
Second tracker (1)
Second tracker (2)
Sources: (en) wired.com
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Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
March 3, 2025
California (United States)
October 2010

A GPS tracker was found on a car. It was attached with a magnet. Its model was “Orion Guardian ST820” and it included a transmitter and a battery pack.

The tracker was marketed by the company Cobham.

Sources: (en) reddit.com ; (en) wired.com
Type
Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
March 3, 2025
Cincinnati (United States)
February 2008

A GPS tracker was found under the car of Marius Mason. It was attached to the car with magnets.

Sources: (en) web.archive.org
Type
Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
March 25, 2023
United States
2005

A GPS tracker was found under a car. It was located under the car rear bumper. It included a battery pack, a GPS antenna, a transmitter-receiver module and powerful magnets. It was installed by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).

Overview of the device before it was disassembled
Tip of the battery pack
The batteries
Transmitter-receiver module (closed)
GPS antenna
GPS antenna board
Side of the transmitter-receiver module
Transmitter-receiver module (open)
Transmitter-receiver module (open)
Transmitter-receiver module (open)
Module providing the GPS signal
Module providing the GPS signal (other side)
Module providing RF transmission capabilities
Module providing RF transmission capabilities (other side)
Overview of the device after it was disassembled
Sources: (en) wired.com ; (en) wired.com
Type
Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
March 25, 2023
Boulder (United States)
July 2003

GPS trackers were found under three cars. They were attached by powerful magnets behind the rear bumpers on the driver's side. Each one contained a battery pack made of four lithium D cell batteries, a GPS antenna, a cellular antenna and a main component box. The component box contained a GPS receiver, a computer chip and a cellular modem. All the components were wired together. The trackers were probably installed by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).

Sources: (en) web.archive.org ; (en) web.archive.org
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Location
Location
Vehicles
Country
United States
Last updated
March 25, 2023