Tracking device operation in risk-classified zone

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform steps comprising:

• receiving, by a central tracking system from a mobile device, a location of a tracking device, the mobile device configured to provide the location of the tracking device to the central tracking system in response to receiving a communication from the tracking device;
• determining, by the central tracking system, a risk that the tracking device will be lost in a geographic region in which the tracking device is located;
• and
• providing, by the central tracking system, an instruction to the mobile device to configure the tracking device to operate in an operating mode selected based on the determined risk that the tracking device will be lost in the geographic region, the mobile device configured to configure the tracking device to operate in the operating mode in response to receiving the instruction.