A woman has issued a warning after she found an Apple AirTag in her bag and she believes it was being used to track her movements.
TikTok user Molly shared her shocking news with her followers on social media, explaining she found the tracker when she went to get her vape from her bag.
She was initially confused about what the coin-sized device was, but after she discovered that it was a tracker she became worried and destroyed it, as the Daily Star reports.
She then took to TikTok to warn others, as she wanted her followers to be aware of the dangers of modern technology.
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In a TikTok clip, Molly, who uploads as @molly32320, said: "Girls if you're listening and this has happened to you before, just be careful. If you ever see one of these AirTags in your bag, be careful, go and soak it in water like me and put it in the grass."
TikTok users took to the comments to warn her. One user, Pauline Kiernan said: "It's a tracker they can find out where you live go to the police and report it hun. Please stay safe."
Then another said: "Go to the police, Apple can track the phone it is registered to."
And a third added: "How scary! Hope you are ok."
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This isn't the first time an AirTag has been used to track someone, as a model who says she had a tracking device planted on her at a bar and was followed for several hours afterwards has raised safety fears for other women.
Brooks Nader, a Sports Illustrated model living in New York, shared her bizarre experience on social media after receiving a notification on her iPhone that an unknown AirTag had been “moving with her for a while”.
The notification, which popped up just after 11pm on Wednesday night, told her that the owner of the device could “see its location”.
After checking her pockets, the 26-year-old realised the tracker, which was designed to locate easily mislaid items like keys, had been slipped into her coat pocket.
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