The woman's not-quite ex-husband admitted to placing a tracker in her vehicle, but because they're still married and own the vehicle together, Texas stalking laws get a little murky.
HOUSTON, Texas -- When a woman first heard a faint chirping sound, she thought it was coming from a toy her child had left behind in the car. The next day, she noticed a concerning message on her iPhone.Soon, this Houston woman, who doesn't want ABC13 to identify her because her divorce is not yet finalized, realized she was being tracked.
"All those technologies, they don't know whether they're being used to help you find your stolen bike or help you stalk your ex," said Dr. Dan Wallach, a professor of computer science at Rice University specializing in electronic security issues. That's exactly what happened in this woman's case. She was going through a divorce and said her not-quite ex-husband hid the tracker in the back seat of her car. Once she discovered it, she sent all pictures, screenshots, and other information to her lawyer. Then, she confronted her husband.
"So what that means is, the husband or the wife is going have the same interest in that vehicle. If we're talking about a vehicle, they can track that," said Tyson. "It would be nice if regulators could be ahead of the game, but that's just not the way regulation works," said Wallach, who would like to see laws passed that would make prosecuting people who use tracking devices easier.
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