Timeline for Tracing the location of a mobile IP from an email
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| May 10, 2016 at 12:46 | comment | added | Twinkles | For those of you doubting the viability of this, it has happened: nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/12/03/john-mcafee-location-exif | |
| May 9, 2016 at 20:12 | comment | added | John Deters | @AndrejaKo, noted and updated my answer. | |
| May 9, 2016 at 20:12 | comment | added | John Deters | @HagenvonEitzen, the average person who is caught committing a crime is not a career criminal, and rarely thinks to cover their tracks in advance of committing the crime. Besides, the request is for a TV script. The script writer can choose to make the person behave in any way they see fit. | |
| May 9, 2016 at 20:10 | history | edited | John Deters | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 9, 2016 at 13:41 | comment | added | AndrejaKo |
This option is turned on by default I'd say citation needed! Here in Europe, at least with Samsung Galaxy S4/5/7 devices I've seen from several different carriers, the option is turned off by default!
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| May 7, 2016 at 21:32 | comment | added | Hagen von Eitzen | Anybody with their right mind will not enable access ot location data by default when activating a new phone. A criminal being careful enough to buy a throwaway phone certainly won't | |
| May 7, 2016 at 0:02 | comment | added | John Deters | @Rolfツ, sure, but this is for a TV script. The investigator only has to jump over the hurdles the scriptwriter puts in his or her way. :-) It also depends on whether the image is inline or an attachment. Most attachments aren't stripped like that. | |
| May 6, 2016 at 23:36 | comment | added | Rolf ツ | Note: Some mail providers (read as: 'way toooo much') remove exif data and modify (compress) attachments, especially images. At one of my jobs we used to send images with embedded data inside them but quickly found out many users experienced problems because mail providers where compressing images from incoming mails. | |
| May 6, 2016 at 21:02 | history | edited | John Deters | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 6, 2016 at 20:57 | history | answered | John Deters | CC BY-SA 3.0 |