Wednesday 27 December 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.

The police departments are able to access the information even if the phone is turned off or destroyed. Not only that, but they can access all messages shared right up until communication is terminated. During the late 1990s the possibilities of this technology became apparent in missing persons cases, and most police departments took heed and hired professionals in this field.

At that time GPS did not exist for the average individual, so finding the device was imperative to the investigation. In those days it was easier to delete historical data for good. However, most people were not yet aware of the fact that law enforcement was going after cellular telephones for the messages or other data they could provide, and this ignorance actually assisted them in many investigations.

In the years hence, there have been literally thousands of cellular towers erected and satellites deployed. Now the entire planet is on a high-tech grid that can potentially be watched in real time, whenever necessary. Anyone with any form of Internet device on their possession, in their bodies, or on their clothing can be tracked to within a few feet of their location.

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.

Debate rages when it comes to what is or is not allowable between private citizens, as much of this technology has become available to everyone. Parents routinely keep tabs on their children. However, controversy remains about whether or not these same parents, if married and/or living together, should be able to keep such tabs on each other.

Women generally want to be able to keep tabs on their men, and are often more than willing to have their partner keeping tabs on them too. Men, on the other hand, are finding more and more ways to cheat on wives via the Internet. They are the loudest when it comes to the argument that adults should not be able to monitor one-another without being charged with stalking.




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