In response to my case, London’s Metropolitan Police said the city is “seeing phone thefts on an industrial scale”.

We tested the best Bluetooth trackers to find out which ones were actually worth buying. We loved the Pebblebee.

India’s Sanchar Saathi portal helps users block, track, and recover lost phones via IMEI, aiding recovery of over 4.5 lakh devices nationwide.

Life360: Family Locator & GPS Tracker is another app that helps you locate lost Android or iOS phones. This app integrates with Tile for device tracking and relies on GPS to track registered devices.

Victims track stolen phones to ecoATMs After a Steve On Your Side producer tracked her daughter's stolen cellphone to an ecoATM, we asked police how often stolen phones end up there.

I keep track of my health metrics with my smartphone. While a smartwatch is superior when it comes to activity tracking, our phones can also log and track a lot of data.

This means that the tracker's location will ping off thousands of these devices to help give an accurate location. Apple’s network is made up of iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

I quickly discovered I was far from alone. According to a recent survey, 58% of parents use cell phones with built-in tracking features, while 53% rely on dedicated family monitoring apps.

Spylix is an uncomplicated family phone tracker for Android and iPhones. No root or jailbreak is required, and it has advanced features such as geofencing, social media monitoring, and keylogging.

I grew up in the '90s and didn't have a cellphone for my parents to track where I was. Now I'm the mom of two teenagers and I track their location on their phone.

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