During a routine oil change, one California college student found something more than just a little out of the ordinary going on with his car.

According to an article on nytimes.com, a mechanic, …”found a suspicious wire sticking out at the right rear of his car. The garage owner pulled on it, and detached a GPS transmitter that had been attached to the chassis with a magnet.” The owner of the car, Yasir Afifi, held onto the device and posted pictures of it a well known website called Reddit. Afifi’s post recognized the found object as a GPS tracking device.

Soon after the device was pulled off the vehicle, FBI agents arrived at Afifi’s apartment and demanded the device back. Afifi gave it to them willingly.

A recent ruling grants permission for GPS devices to be installed by federal authorities without the car owner’s knowledge. Afifi’s deceased father, “…was an Islamic-American community leader.”

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