One of the big practical problems in automotive tracking for anti-theft reasons is concealment. Some thieves know to check for common, especially factory-fit tr

One of the big practical problems in automotive tracking for anti-theft reasons is concealment. Some thieves know to check for common, especially factory-fit trackers, and so will take precautionary actions like storing vehicles under metal cover until they can disable the tracker. How effective this is depends on the tracker and the thief's knowledge level, but there is a cat-and-mouse game here where you want to prevent the thief knowing a tracker is fitted. With AirTags this is rather difficult because of the anti-stalking feature, but on the upside they are easy to conceal places so you will get a time window of good functionality. With more conventional GPS trackers a good way to install them is often under the dashboard plastics below the windshield, which offers a clear sky view and is a fair amount of work to get to in a lot of vehicles. Of course the labor on that installation method drives up price so it's not unusual for them to be somewhere far less discrete like in the engine compartment with an external antenna or glued to the bottom of the rear deck in sedans.