so if you want to track people/pet, are the word that spring to mind "GPS tracker" or "air tag"? What happens when you google "GPS tracker"? NOTHING shows up?

so if you want to track people/pet, are the word that spring to mind "GPS tracker" or "air tag"? What happens when you google "GPS tracker"? NOTHING shows up? Before AirTag which was only a year ago, did bad actors just sit there thinking to themselves: "man I wish there was a technology to track people, I wish I knew what it's called"?