// Core Service
A magnetic tracker attaches to a vehicle in under ten seconds and runs for weeks. A hardwired unit runs forever and emits no Bluetooth signal at all, which is why phone apps do not find it. A physical and RF inspection does.
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Tracker detection apps look for Bluetooth advertisements. They are genuinely useful for finding a tag dropped in a bag, and we recommend running one as a first step. But the limitation is fundamental.
A GPS tracker reporting over the mobile network broadcasts no Bluetooth at all. It has no reason to. It talks to a tower, not to your phone. No app will ever see it. The same applies to a hardwired unit drawing vehicle power, which additionally has no battery signature and no reason to ever go quiet.
Finding those requires physical inspection of the places they are actually installed, combined with RF analysis across the cellular bands to catch a unit while it reports.
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The most common location for magnetic units. Flat steel, out of sight, accessible in seconds from outside the vehicle.
Reachable without opening the vehicle and sheltered from road spray, which extends device life considerably.
Plug in units draw permanent power and are concealed by the dash trim. Often overlooked entirely.
Under seats, inside seat pockets, beneath boot lining and behind interior panels, where tags and recorders are commonly placed.
Hardwired units spliced into a live circuit, often tucked against the loom where they read as factory wiring.
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The instinct on finding a tracker is to remove it and throw it away. That is usually the wrong first move.
A tracker that stops reporting tells the person monitoring that it has been found, at a precise moment and location. If your safety depends on them not knowing what you know, that matters enormously. The device is also evidence, and placing a tracker on another person's vehicle without consent is an offence under surveillance laws across Australian states.
Leave it in place. Photograph it without disturbing it. Contact us, and if relevant your solicitor or police. We document it properly and advise on timing before anything is removed.
// FAQ
Full chassis, interior, OBD and RF inspection. We find what an app cannot.
Tell us the vehicle and where you are. We can attend to you or arrange a location that suits.