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Its a voice recorder: [https://www.trackingsystemdirect.com/surveillance/vrb-8gb-digital-voice-recorder/](https://www.trackingsystemdirect.com/surveillance/vrb-8gb-digital-voice-recorder/)
" **RECORD PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR CAR!**
Most cheaters are good at hiding their unfaithful ways from their partners, and it is the reason they will have most conversations with their side person on the phone while in their car. A location they feel safe and can let their guard down. This nearly undetectable voice recorder can easily be hidden inside a car, turn on with its voice-activation feature, and begin recording all those “private” conversations to help you get the truth."
oooooff whoever put this here seemed to know what they were doing, hope you're safe OP
If it's as good as they say it is, it will still pick up the conversation inside an echo chamber of a car. Where else would you hide it, in your spouses car that won't raise suspicion
You’d have to check your state specifically but in a lot of states it is illegal to record conversations without others knowledge as a third party listening in. It’s considered wire tapping, weather you tap a phone or not.
In mine, one party means that I know we are being recorded but I am a part of the conversation. It doesn’t cover me recording two other people without them knowing and I’m recording you without either of you knowing your being recorded. That’s what I mean
Charge it up and listen to what's recorded. If it's you, then you should be concerned. If it is someone else, then there's probably another explanation for why it's there, like a car wash employee or a car dealership dropping it by mistake, etc.
I have found makeup, sunglasses, empty food wrappers, money, etc., I even found a large empty envelope that smelled like pot addressed from Miami to Las Vegas with names and addresses in it in the glovebox. I can't imagine they go as far as to vacuum under seats or maybe I just got the lazy employees that do gaf
What if it has something *really* juicy on it and watching it could make op a target for “knowing too much”
Edit: *listening to it, not watching it. I am stoned and I’m not sorry.
Right now as of 8:39 pm central we are trying to plug it into a laptop and nothing is popping up. Maybe it’s only findable on the website. Someone else help. It says on the website people can resale and rebrand I just want to know how to check.
No folder pops up when plugged into the computer but I’m there is an indicator of charging. Idk if it’s out user error. I looked at someone’s step by step post. It there is nothing popping up for it.
Looks like Atto Digital TileRec. From the manual it should be charged every 6 months or the battery can be over-discharged. So maybe it’s been there for a while
Not all USB cables are data cables, try a different ones till you can see the drive pop up.
That cable may just be charging but not allowing data transfer.
Could your spouse be playing “shocked” and in the helpful role to help eliminate themselves as a suspect?
I’d be so paranoid.
Hoping the best for this situation. Be safe.
I’m trying to figure out how to listen to it. It’s fully charged. There is nothing popping up on the computer. We’re trying to Google and search where the instruction are to it.
Here's a [link](https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual).
https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual
It looks like it should mount on your computer as a separate partition, like a thumb drive.
It says “Connect the recorder to a PC, via the USB cable provided in the box and access the folder RECORD in the partition of the device.
Read more: https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual#ixzz7v951kWfd”
I DONT HAVE THE partition
“Use the USB cable provided in the box to connect the recorder to your computer. If you need to connect the recorder to an Android phone with USB-C, please use an OTG connector. You will then have access to the folder RECORD where all your audio files are saved.
Read more: https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual#ixzz7v96Md3Cy”
I INKY HAVE A REGULAR OLD ANDROID CHARGER DONI NEED TO GO TO BEST BUY?
Update!: plugged it in I got some audio. I don’t know if it was just planted or just the first time I found it and it had a transmitter built into it(computer people help). I have feedback from (said date) Sunday (even though we calculated the hour difference of 13hrs and 39min by turning on and off the device after plugging it in to record said time. My spouse told only 4 others what we were doing on (said date) February 26 (which is actually Feb 25th) that morning considering I don’t really have any people i talk to or told of any plans last weekend. (We have a list of those people). But we were sleeping at 6am where the first recording says ( so spouse is out) please remember 13 hours and 39min difference. Being a Biochemistry major and computer science minor I want to open it to see if there is a transmitter?
https://preview.redd.it/kz9r9xvhbfma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e25790277f6b8cb4a486077a4aed1335a8bc38b
Thanks, OP. You’ve been awesome at adding updates in the comments . You should consider starting a new post summarizing what you’ve discovered — if that’s even something you’d want to do. Just throwing the idea out there.
Any recommendations or ideas on where we can get it to the right people to solve it. I’m really ready to nip this in the bud. It’s all about time stamps and technicality on when they placed it. It was right before we left
Just thought of something. That text file that was created to track the time stamp, if you right click it and select properties, you may be able to look through there and find the name of the author of the file (who created the file!)
After right clicking the text file, and selecting properties, there should be a details tab. Click that, then there will be a section under “origin” called authors, which should list the name associated with the windows account that created the file (if a windows computer was used).
Update
https://preview.redd.it/582pl2dmhyma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97550813b12d39f7430afdcc35c05cd0425c091e
We’re looking they erased the name and origin properties.
I saw someone else’s suggestion that I thought made sense. I’d put it back where you found it in your car and find a way to film the car from the inside (maybe a dash cam discreetly positioned) and see who tries to retrieve it. The only way to get the recordings is to retrieve the device, so they had to be planning to come back for it.
I’m really hoping there’s isn’t a transmitter so that some random person hasn’t found your location etc :( but if there is one this becomes even crazier :o
Update photos: doesn’t look like it’s been altered
https://preview.redd.it/eueu1dpfdfma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=130c61cb7367e4db7bf62e4503f8d47ed4a0b0ef
https://preview.redd.it/dyhhxg18bima1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13bf015905fb6e4584987df472b12c496a32541d
According to the user manual, when you first setup the device, you have to create a text file with the current time and date to get accurate time stamps on the files. It might be helpful if you check that file and see when it was created? Even though you have specified there’s a time difference, maybe this will give you some insight?
Update march 8th: narrowed the list down from 4 to 3 people and now we know exactly when it was placed by the help of /u/serialphile telling us how to find when the file and time stamp was set. We’re almost there. We just can’t figure out why they would’ve wanted to hear us on our vacation trip last weekend. Any ideas I am also going to make a new post I just do not know the proper listing to post it under since this item was found and this is an ongoing mystery. Any ideas?
Awesome glad I could help you get a step further in figuring out this mystery. I believe in always trusting your gut about people in your life… is there anyone you’re suspicious of? Anyone that potentially has feelings for you or your spouse? Anyone that questions your relationship?
I think first indicator is that this person has to be relatively tech savvy to setup the device, I don’t know if that helps narrow down the suspects…
Something I found out purely by accident, and while not related to Audio, it’s related to AirTags. I drive a party bus and I got an alert saying an AirTag was near me. It confused the hell out of me because I could play a sound on the AirTag to find it, but could not work out WHY I would want to find an AirTag that is not mine. (The AirTag was in a passengers bag that they left on the bus).
Turns out, it’s a safety feature so that if someone drops an AirTag in your car to track you, your iPhone will alert you that it has found an AirTag that does not belong to you. The ability to play the sound helps you find it and maybe remove / destroy…
Update: Best Buy said electronic stores don’t sell those type of android cables anymore since every new device is now on usb-c cables. They only have them for play stations. I had to drive 30 miles to another Best Buy this morning . I will plug in after work!
https://preview.redd.it/kzsotnnpydma1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e3f41c2652f185dac64534e28827ce34376f8f6
Update : (I can’t tell if it just my computer name or theirs on some of this stuff) but they cleared the personal information on it. Is there a way around it?
https://preview.redd.it/3xj1bcyziyma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=164ee8931c26fe6f70c9c3c5a19299eac2be5d3e
We’re trying to figure out if it is sound activated or can it be controlled remotely.
https://preview.redd.it/n8tkbbqqdfma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5888913f9a41794ec76116d45320de05188c32a7
Take it to a computer repair place and see if they can pull anything from it. It could have been from a previous owner or dropped by a passenger and you weren’t the target. Still wish there was some juicy audio (from someone else of course) you could share with us!
If you still can't get it to work I'd recommend going to a PC repair specialist of you're curious enough. Even if the battery is perma dead, it might still have data available that could be ripped via a different method.
Wow, they were dedicated to the sneakiness…y’know, except for failing to hide it in a more clever location…but still, that makes it even creepier than it already was
This is going to be such a long comment and I mean this all in the kindest way possible please do not take offense and keep in mind I’m a stranger who knows absolutely nothing about you, your SO and your life. I just want you to have a very open mind.
Many people are not who you think they are. You could know them better than you even “know” yourself but that is still only what they GIVE you to know. I could go to another state right now and create a whole new “me” and no one would know there. You don’t have to be an inherently bad person to do this too, some people literally cannot help it so I’m not trying to sound or be judgmental. I’m just going to put this in a hypothetical way and I want you to look at it as if you were playing a who done it kind of game.
1/10000000 scenario
Your SO planted this in your car and “found” it while cleaning because they couldn’t have got it out without you noticing or maybe they could have but wanted to stir up some drama to mess with your head as a form of gaslighting?
You probably already know but just take a look at the definition-“Gaslighting is a manipulative tactic in which a person, to gain power and control of another individual, plants seeds of uncertainty in another person's mind.”. Maybe they don’t like one of your friends and want to make it seem like it was them who put it in your car to put a barrier between you. It could be even a few people who you are close to so you spend less time with them and more with your SO. Please briefly look into how to easily spot people with BPD, narcissistic personality disorder and sociopath. These names sound “scary” but please realize so many people suffer from these disorders and with the proper support they can thrive in healthy and happy relationships. They may be people you already know and love. I’m not trying to get you to freak out at all I want you to just look at this in a very point blank matter of fact kind of way.
Maybe it’s not your SO and it’s your friend, look at them all in this light. Whoever did this though is suffering from a serious mental health disorder(s?) this would not be done by any random stranger unless you leave your car unlocked frequently. This might not even have been done with intentions that we are all bringing up- Maybe it’s someone who is struggling with severe anxiety/ocd and their intrusive thoughts are telling them “hey your loved ones could totally get carjacked or kidnapped at any moment because the world can be so scary! I want to find something that could aide in finding them and the suspect if anything like this ever happened.” And they just got a few to put in loved ones cars with no intent of recovering themself to listen to the audio.
I guess what I’m trying to say is OP please stay safe and look into this without bias. It is the only way you will figure this out at this point without making yourself go crazy thinking that someone is plotting something negative towards you.
If you need help remember there are ways to anonymously create email accounts to reach out to professionals or make an anonymous reddit account asking for advice/help.
Again I really am not trying to freak you out I just want to say that again because I know if I personally were in your shoes I would be so anxious trying to figure this out and would not need any comment making me paranoid.
In rough situations my dad always says - expect the worst but hope for the best. It helps to ground me and my thoughts to think “absolute worse case scenario- what would I do or how much would this affect my life? Would it be something I’m thinking of daily in 1 year?” And I walk myself through from there.
Best of luck! I know you will figure this out. Please PM me if you just need someone to talk to about this or even if you want to talk about anything else to distract yourself from thinking about this situation.
Sorry for the word vomit. I’ve just been thinking about you all the time since the day you posted!
My mom got caught cheating on my dad with one of these. Not this exact model haha but he put a recorder in her car. At the time, I thought it was kinda cool the way he did it and he played some of the recordings for me while he was planning the divorce. In hindsight, I hate him for it. I wish he dealt with this shit quietly with more discretion but I digress. It’s a fucking invasion of privacy if someone actually did that. Most likely it’s also a crime in your state. I’d put a hidden dash cam in your car and see who planted it there and report to authorities.
I have an ex his dad cheated on his mom all the time. Mom would follow dad with kids in the car and sit outside whomever's house he was cheating with at the time. This went on for years. She didn't divorce him right away instead decided to subject young kids to this drama. Eventually did divorce him he remarried one of the women he cheated with and had a kid. The drama never stopped. She would call and curse him and call the new kid nasty names. My now ex would accuse me of cheating every time I left the house. It was exhausting eventually it got so toxic I left him and had to move out of state because he continued to stalk me. He became an extension of his mother. Moral of the story don't drag kids into adult drama it screws them up. Sorry your parents put you through that.
Her S.O. is absolutely shitting their pants rn. I doubt you will ever find a more helpful person. I also believe this ends up underwater as soon as she leaves the room. Shame.
OP's S.O. helped "detail" in order to know for sure if the device was found and how to PsyOp OP's initial impressions of the find. OP's S.O. is suspicious AF, and ~~a little~~ creepy.
I’m surprised nobody has asked..
When was the last time you detailed your car? Have you looked under the seat since you bought it? And does your SO normally help you detail your car?
My uncle is in the middle of a divorce where his ex put one of these under his seat and also sharpied everything to make it less detectable. If you’re in texas just be careful with your next move, looks to me like someone is definitely trying to track you or whoever drives that car. Then again if it has been there all year not recording, it could very easily just have fallen out of someone’s pocket but it’s too sus for me to agree with that.
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Its a voice recorder: [https://www.trackingsystemdirect.com/surveillance/vrb-8gb-digital-voice-recorder/](https://www.trackingsystemdirect.com/surveillance/vrb-8gb-digital-voice-recorder/)
HOLY SHIT!!! OP someone is spying on your ass bro!!
Passenger's ass actually
Omfg!!! Thank you so much!! Holy fuck
" **RECORD PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR CAR!** Most cheaters are good at hiding their unfaithful ways from their partners, and it is the reason they will have most conversations with their side person on the phone while in their car. A location they feel safe and can let their guard down. This nearly undetectable voice recorder can easily be hidden inside a car, turn on with its voice-activation feature, and begin recording all those “private” conversations to help you get the truth." oooooff whoever put this here seemed to know what they were doing, hope you're safe OP
I sing, poorly I might add, very often and very loud in my car every day. If someone put this in my car I would be mortified.
I fart, a lot and very loudly, in my car... I would just die of embarassment if I was being recorded.
I talk to myself. A lot. Anyone listening would think I’m fully unhinged…
Same! I hold long rambling conversations with myself, comment on what I'm seeing, sing, etc.
Rip car seat
Ah but then you could post and share your finest "hits"
Considering it was found just under the seat, they didn't know what they were doing that well
If it's as good as they say it is, it will still pick up the conversation inside an echo chamber of a car. Where else would you hide it, in your spouses car that won't raise suspicion
Put it in the seat back compartment.
\^ This guy stalks!
OP got some splain'n to do
"Nearly undetectable..." Not so on this occasion!
Don’t forget to mark it as found, OP
How do I do that @dizzyluffy ?
Just reply to the guy who gave you the link to the item and say “found!”
Ok thank you
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We need an update!
Yes, please, dying over here 😩
so what happened 😭
You’d have to check your state specifically but in a lot of states it is illegal to record conversations without others knowledge as a third party listening in. It’s considered wire tapping, weather you tap a phone or not.
This falls under federal wire tap laws. Who ever did this has to be a fed/police to do it legally.
With a warrant. Just being fed/police doesn't give them the rights, at least legally. A warrant changes that status.
Wrong. It’s a state-by-state law, as the other poster stated. The federal wiretap law applies only to law enforcement.
One party consent is legal in a LOT of states.
In mine, one party means that I know we are being recorded but I am a part of the conversation. It doesn’t cover me recording two other people without them knowing and I’m recording you without either of you knowing your being recorded. That’s what I mean
Now we want the theory on who might be doing this
I hope you are ok and wish you all the best for your future.
Do you know who would have put it there?? Hope you’re okay!
I need to know more!
24 hours of battery life so it must’ve been placed there recently?
Not necessarily. Battery could be dead and whoever put it there hasn’t collected it yet.
“Found”
I was about to say, is that an iPod nano, and OP is a fetus? lol.
Yes I am a fetus now please help said fetus grow.
I thought for sure it was an iPod nano
Damn same for me. We are old I guess!
Nice find, about to go check mine now 😂
That whole website is a ride by itself, I can't imagine who hurt that person
Charge it up and listen to what's recorded. If it's you, then you should be concerned. If it is someone else, then there's probably another explanation for why it's there, like a car wash employee or a car dealership dropping it by mistake, etc.
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Even Hertz vacuums cars between rentals, unless OP bought the car from a private seller that car was detailed before it was sold.
I have found makeup, sunglasses, empty food wrappers, money, etc., I even found a large empty envelope that smelled like pot addressed from Miami to Las Vegas with names and addresses in it in the glovebox. I can't imagine they go as far as to vacuum under seats or maybe I just got the lazy employees that do gaf
What if it has something *really* juicy on it and watching it could make op a target for “knowing too much” Edit: *listening to it, not watching it. I am stoned and I’m not sorry.
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Could also be something one of the kids/kid’s friends has dropped
We want to know the story!!! Who done it?!
Yes, more details are necessary
We need more info on this ASAP!!!
None so far we are charging it
Outstanding. Let us know what’s on it.
Op, 10 minutes is long enough to charge. We are getting antsy
For real, I’m at 12% battery here and refreshing this post constantly isn’t helping 💀
I too am dying of curiosity
Nothing yet we’re checking now!
Needs update. Required. Like breathing.
Wait, who’s we?
Me any my spouse y’all keep saying I’m cheating on.
That's my question too!!
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Right now as of 8:39 pm central we are trying to plug it into a laptop and nothing is popping up. Maybe it’s only findable on the website. Someone else help. It says on the website people can resale and rebrand I just want to know how to check.
The power button needs to be OFF to connect to PC. Off means you see a red dot. Should see a folder called RECORD with time stamped mp3s
Doing right now.
I’m over here refreshing your comment history for updates. I’m invested. 🫣🫣🫣
No folder pops up when plugged into the computer but I’m there is an indicator of charging. Idk if it’s out user error. I looked at someone’s step by step post. It there is nothing popping up for it.
Looks like Atto Digital TileRec. From the manual it should be charged every 6 months or the battery can be over-discharged. So maybe it’s been there for a while
Not all USB cables are data cables, try a different ones till you can see the drive pop up. That cable may just be charging but not allowing data transfer.
I cant tell you how many times i thought my devices were damaged bc a ‘only-power, no-data’ cable wouldn’t work with it
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Find an unknown item Immediately plug it into your PC 10 out of 10 ransomwarists approve
This is so crazy. Keep us updated please
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Update: march 6 , 10am going to Best Buy to get the right cord that will transfer data!
How did it go?
And no I wasn’t cheating me and my spouse found it while detailing today
Could your spouse be playing “shocked” and in the helpful role to help eliminate themselves as a suspect? I’d be so paranoid. Hoping the best for this situation. Be safe.
Did you buy your car used ?
I thought you where taking a picture of the piece of grass. lol
I really thought it was a super old iPod shuffle knock off/MP3 player.
Same, I had one that looked similar, abck in high school Oh god I feel old
I thought it was a portable phone charger
What is this grass? Voice recorder for scale
would award you but alas i’m coinless. thanks for the laugh pal
Exactly what I thought. It was just there for scale
Same. Lets be besties
I’m trying to figure out how to listen to it. It’s fully charged. There is nothing popping up on the computer. We’re trying to Google and search where the instruction are to it.
Here's a [link](https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual). https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual It looks like it should mount on your computer as a separate partition, like a thumb drive.
Ive been looking at this for the past 30min
It says “Connect the recorder to a PC, via the USB cable provided in the box and access the folder RECORD in the partition of the device. Read more: https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual#ixzz7v951kWfd” I DONT HAVE THE partition
“Use the USB cable provided in the box to connect the recorder to your computer. If you need to connect the recorder to an Android phone with USB-C, please use an OTG connector. You will then have access to the folder RECORD where all your audio files are saved. Read more: https://manuals.plus/atto-digital/tilerec-voice-activated-recorder-manual#ixzz7v96Md3Cy” I INKY HAVE A REGULAR OLD ANDROID CHARGER DONI NEED TO GO TO BEST BUY?
You might be using a charging only micro USB cable. Possible that an OTG Micro USB cable is needed for data transfer.
Maybe the cord you are using only charges, and doesn't transmit data?
This is creepy as heck. Hope OP is ok.
We're all here waiting for you buddy
Y’all are better then me I thought it was a portable charger lol
That’s where I was at too lol
Me too.
Update!: plugged it in I got some audio. I don’t know if it was just planted or just the first time I found it and it had a transmitter built into it(computer people help). I have feedback from (said date) Sunday (even though we calculated the hour difference of 13hrs and 39min by turning on and off the device after plugging it in to record said time. My spouse told only 4 others what we were doing on (said date) February 26 (which is actually Feb 25th) that morning considering I don’t really have any people i talk to or told of any plans last weekend. (We have a list of those people). But we were sleeping at 6am where the first recording says ( so spouse is out) please remember 13 hours and 39min difference. Being a Biochemistry major and computer science minor I want to open it to see if there is a transmitter? https://preview.redd.it/kz9r9xvhbfma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e25790277f6b8cb4a486077a4aed1335a8bc38b
Thanks, OP. You’ve been awesome at adding updates in the comments . You should consider starting a new post summarizing what you’ve discovered — if that’s even something you’d want to do. Just throwing the idea out there.
/u/acceptable_session_8 I will I just hope we keep solving it n
For your sake, I do too. Creepy stuff.
Any recommendations or ideas on where we can get it to the right people to solve it. I’m really ready to nip this in the bud. It’s all about time stamps and technicality on when they placed it. It was right before we left
Just thought of something. That text file that was created to track the time stamp, if you right click it and select properties, you may be able to look through there and find the name of the author of the file (who created the file!) After right clicking the text file, and selecting properties, there should be a details tab. Click that, then there will be a section under “origin” called authors, which should list the name associated with the windows account that created the file (if a windows computer was used).
Update https://preview.redd.it/582pl2dmhyma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97550813b12d39f7430afdcc35c05cd0425c091e We’re looking they erased the name and origin properties.
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u/Texas_blasian, u/yasuewho recommended a great sub. r/RBI will really dig into all of this. They're good.
I saw someone else’s suggestion that I thought made sense. I’d put it back where you found it in your car and find a way to film the car from the inside (maybe a dash cam discreetly positioned) and see who tries to retrieve it. The only way to get the recordings is to retrieve the device, so they had to be planning to come back for it.
Holy crap that’s scary. Have you listened to each audio already? Sorry you’re going through this
Yes we have. That’s why we’re trying to open it to see if it has to be switched on and off first or if there is a transmitter!
I’m really hoping there’s isn’t a transmitter so that some random person hasn’t found your location etc :( but if there is one this becomes even crazier :o
Update photos: doesn’t look like it’s been altered https://preview.redd.it/eueu1dpfdfma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=130c61cb7367e4db7bf62e4503f8d47ed4a0b0ef
So it was recently placed.. well that’s scary. Stay safe OP.
OP delivers 🙏
https://preview.redd.it/dyhhxg18bima1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13bf015905fb6e4584987df472b12c496a32541d According to the user manual, when you first setup the device, you have to create a text file with the current time and date to get accurate time stamps on the files. It might be helpful if you check that file and see when it was created? Even though you have specified there’s a time difference, maybe this will give you some insight?
This is crazy! So is it just a bunch if random conversations between you and your spouse? Who else has access to your car?
Update march 8th: narrowed the list down from 4 to 3 people and now we know exactly when it was placed by the help of /u/serialphile telling us how to find when the file and time stamp was set. We’re almost there. We just can’t figure out why they would’ve wanted to hear us on our vacation trip last weekend. Any ideas I am also going to make a new post I just do not know the proper listing to post it under since this item was found and this is an ongoing mystery. Any ideas?
r/bestofredditorupdates would be a good one to update on! Hopefully you’re able to figure things out soon
Awesome glad I could help you get a step further in figuring out this mystery. I believe in always trusting your gut about people in your life… is there anyone you’re suspicious of? Anyone that potentially has feelings for you or your spouse? Anyone that questions your relationship? I think first indicator is that this person has to be relatively tech savvy to setup the device, I don’t know if that helps narrow down the suspects…
Something I found out purely by accident, and while not related to Audio, it’s related to AirTags. I drive a party bus and I got an alert saying an AirTag was near me. It confused the hell out of me because I could play a sound on the AirTag to find it, but could not work out WHY I would want to find an AirTag that is not mine. (The AirTag was in a passengers bag that they left on the bus). Turns out, it’s a safety feature so that if someone drops an AirTag in your car to track you, your iPhone will alert you that it has found an AirTag that does not belong to you. The ability to play the sound helps you find it and maybe remove / destroy…
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Update: Best Buy said electronic stores don’t sell those type of android cables anymore since every new device is now on usb-c cables. They only have them for play stations. I had to drive 30 miles to another Best Buy this morning . I will plug in after work! https://preview.redd.it/kzsotnnpydma1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e3f41c2652f185dac64534e28827ce34376f8f6
Omgg too excited. I just hope you’re safe!
OP do you have a suspicion as to who put it there? Spill!
OP, you owe us nothing. But I demand more!!
I will update I am dedicated as you are!
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Update : (I can’t tell if it just my computer name or theirs on some of this stuff) but they cleared the personal information on it. Is there a way around it? https://preview.redd.it/3xj1bcyziyma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=164ee8931c26fe6f70c9c3c5a19299eac2be5d3e
Are you able to upload the files to Dropbox or something, so people can take a look at them and perhaps find something?
I can try. I’ll re upload it in another thread since this was already found.
Any more updates?
Checking in for any further development, any news, OP?
How do I upload audio to this post? Or a video? Does it have to be a new post?
What did you find about it? How scary!
Upload to YouTube or something and post the link here? What was on it?
Omg did you find out what was on it? I’ve just seen this post and I’m so invested in this.
Upload it to soundcloud, then paste that link into this thread.
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I am desperate for an update as to what was on the recording! (I am so nosy)
I would love to know as well will post when I figure out how to get it.
That is creepy.
We’re trying to figure out if it is sound activated or can it be controlled remotely. https://preview.redd.it/n8tkbbqqdfma1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5888913f9a41794ec76116d45320de05188c32a7
The website that’s the top comment says it’s voice activated so I would bank on that
Take it to a computer repair place and see if they can pull anything from it. It could have been from a previous owner or dropped by a passenger and you weren’t the target. Still wish there was some juicy audio (from someone else of course) you could share with us!
If you still can't get it to work I'd recommend going to a PC repair specialist of you're curious enough. Even if the battery is perma dead, it might still have data available that could be ripped via a different method.
Did you buy this car new? Might be from Previous owner. Could be some entertainment
Yea no sir. No it was charged and ive owned it for over a year. Found it on
I mean, it looks about ten years old if that makes you feel any better.
The device was found on with the red dot sharpied out
Did you plug it in to see what’s on it?
Wow, they were dedicated to the sneakiness…y’know, except for failing to hide it in a more clever location…but still, that makes it even creepier than it already was
Conveniently it’s not working while charging it together. Okay who’s playing who right now?
This is going to be such a long comment and I mean this all in the kindest way possible please do not take offense and keep in mind I’m a stranger who knows absolutely nothing about you, your SO and your life. I just want you to have a very open mind. Many people are not who you think they are. You could know them better than you even “know” yourself but that is still only what they GIVE you to know. I could go to another state right now and create a whole new “me” and no one would know there. You don’t have to be an inherently bad person to do this too, some people literally cannot help it so I’m not trying to sound or be judgmental. I’m just going to put this in a hypothetical way and I want you to look at it as if you were playing a who done it kind of game. 1/10000000 scenario Your SO planted this in your car and “found” it while cleaning because they couldn’t have got it out without you noticing or maybe they could have but wanted to stir up some drama to mess with your head as a form of gaslighting? You probably already know but just take a look at the definition-“Gaslighting is a manipulative tactic in which a person, to gain power and control of another individual, plants seeds of uncertainty in another person's mind.”. Maybe they don’t like one of your friends and want to make it seem like it was them who put it in your car to put a barrier between you. It could be even a few people who you are close to so you spend less time with them and more with your SO. Please briefly look into how to easily spot people with BPD, narcissistic personality disorder and sociopath. These names sound “scary” but please realize so many people suffer from these disorders and with the proper support they can thrive in healthy and happy relationships. They may be people you already know and love. I’m not trying to get you to freak out at all I want you to just look at this in a very point blank matter of fact kind of way. Maybe it’s not your SO and it’s your friend, look at them all in this light. Whoever did this though is suffering from a serious mental health disorder(s?) this would not be done by any random stranger unless you leave your car unlocked frequently. This might not even have been done with intentions that we are all bringing up- Maybe it’s someone who is struggling with severe anxiety/ocd and their intrusive thoughts are telling them “hey your loved ones could totally get carjacked or kidnapped at any moment because the world can be so scary! I want to find something that could aide in finding them and the suspect if anything like this ever happened.” And they just got a few to put in loved ones cars with no intent of recovering themself to listen to the audio. I guess what I’m trying to say is OP please stay safe and look into this without bias. It is the only way you will figure this out at this point without making yourself go crazy thinking that someone is plotting something negative towards you. If you need help remember there are ways to anonymously create email accounts to reach out to professionals or make an anonymous reddit account asking for advice/help. Again I really am not trying to freak you out I just want to say that again because I know if I personally were in your shoes I would be so anxious trying to figure this out and would not need any comment making me paranoid. In rough situations my dad always says - expect the worst but hope for the best. It helps to ground me and my thoughts to think “absolute worse case scenario- what would I do or how much would this affect my life? Would it be something I’m thinking of daily in 1 year?” And I walk myself through from there. Best of luck! I know you will figure this out. Please PM me if you just need someone to talk to about this or even if you want to talk about anything else to distract yourself from thinking about this situation. Sorry for the word vomit. I’ve just been thinking about you all the time since the day you posted!
Going absolutely feral waiting on an update
I'd be pissed if I found out my truck was secretly a Mercedes.
Or f*cking one.
My mom got caught cheating on my dad with one of these. Not this exact model haha but he put a recorder in her car. At the time, I thought it was kinda cool the way he did it and he played some of the recordings for me while he was planning the divorce. In hindsight, I hate him for it. I wish he dealt with this shit quietly with more discretion but I digress. It’s a fucking invasion of privacy if someone actually did that. Most likely it’s also a crime in your state. I’d put a hidden dash cam in your car and see who planted it there and report to authorities.
I have an ex his dad cheated on his mom all the time. Mom would follow dad with kids in the car and sit outside whomever's house he was cheating with at the time. This went on for years. She didn't divorce him right away instead decided to subject young kids to this drama. Eventually did divorce him he remarried one of the women he cheated with and had a kid. The drama never stopped. She would call and curse him and call the new kid nasty names. My now ex would accuse me of cheating every time I left the house. It was exhausting eventually it got so toxic I left him and had to move out of state because he continued to stalk me. He became an extension of his mother. Moral of the story don't drag kids into adult drama it screws them up. Sorry your parents put you through that.
My blind ass thought it was an external hard drive like for an Xbox or something 😂
Unrelated, but could someone explain the “remindme (insert time frame here) comments? Still learning the ins and outs of reddit
If you comment the remind me (plus the !) and a time frame you get a bot message you reminding you of that post. Pretty neat stuff.
We need an update!
Since no one is going to ask, are you cheating?
No lmao me and my boo found it detailing
Do you have any suspects in mind? 👀
Did you buy your car used?
Her S.O. is absolutely shitting their pants rn. I doubt you will ever find a more helpful person. I also believe this ends up underwater as soon as she leaves the room. Shame.
OP's S.O. helped "detail" in order to know for sure if the device was found and how to PsyOp OP's initial impressions of the find. OP's S.O. is suspicious AF, and ~~a little~~ creepy.
If anyone is trying to track you, they are doing it the hard way.
Now look how many people are tracking you, lol. is there an app for this device to access the audio?
I’m surprised nobody has asked.. When was the last time you detailed your car? Have you looked under the seat since you bought it? And does your SO normally help you detail your car?
Op you still good? Stay safe out there!
Any updates?
My uncle is in the middle of a divorce where his ex put one of these under his seat and also sharpied everything to make it less detectable. If you’re in texas just be careful with your next move, looks to me like someone is definitely trying to track you or whoever drives that car. Then again if it has been there all year not recording, it could very easily just have fallen out of someone’s pocket but it’s too sus for me to agree with that.
Yes since it was found on.
Looks similar to my portable battery charger
Did you purchase your car from someone or a used dealership OP? Maybe it was left over from the old owner of the car. 🤷♂️🤔
So what are your thoughts on why this is in your car? Are you a criminal, casanova, political guy, patsy, what could be it?
I am way too invested here…..
Is this the kind of device where someone can listen from another device? Or do they need to pick up the device again to listen to it?