Rabu, 27 Desember 2017

Using A Digital Forensic Investigator To Track Runaways

By Stephanie Walker


It is not uncommon for children, and sometimes women, to disappear seemingly without a trace. It is always hoped that these kids are found and returned safely home. However, no matter the outcome, parents want to know where their missing loved ones are, and a digital forensic investigator may be able to track them if they carry any Internet-connected device.

The GPS system which provides us with directions to our local coffee house can also be used to find our missing kids. Smart parents keep location sharing turned on with their kids so they can see where they are at all times. This can not only save their lives in an emergency, but it helps keep the kids out of trouble, or at least informs the parents if their kids are not where they said they would be.

Hackers in the late 1990s began showing police the potential for these technologies in missing persons cases. When they were able to get a hold of a device and bring up messages, even deleted ones, it helped the detectives create an accurate timeline. The results were so effective that there are entire groups in many larger police departments devoted to this task.

The Nineties was an era where this technology was just being introduced, and most people did not know how much information could be gleaned from their phones. This lack of foresight on the part of a perpetrator was helpful to law enforcement at that time. However, as the potential for data mining a phone to prosecute crime became a mainstream notion, criminals learned how to evade this type of investigation.

Due to the erection of cellular and WiFi towers, as well as the launch of many hundreds of satellites, every Internet interface device can be tracked to a few feet of its location. RFID chips help people to find lost pets, and now they can even be used to find lost toys. The fact is, it is more than just telephones that a kidnapper would need to get rid of in order to prevent being tracked.

The downside to such technology is that a great deal of privacy is being eroded. However, in the United States, law enforcement must be able to obtain a court order in order to pry into such private data. Parents are regarded as having a right to monitor the whereabouts of their children via their devices, and the technology to do so has become more and more available.

As this technology becomes more and more available to average citizens, a debate has come up on where the line between acceptable monitoring and stalking exists. Parents are encouraged to keep tabs on their children and teens through electronic means. However, when and how couples should be allowed this type of monitoring remains a debated topic.

The argument about electronic spying runs right down the middle between women and men. Women are more eager to know where there partner is, and what they are doing both on and off the Internet. Women are also more willing to be monitored themselves while men seem to wish to keep a window of opportunity open for themselves to get away with infidelity and deceit.




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