Geolocation: Big Brother is watching you

[Детективное агентство. Москва. Арбат.]

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[Орлан]

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[Плотников Юрий Михайлович]

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[Игорь Коракс]

One of the most revolutionary and effective means of conducting investigations that have made themselves known loudly in recent years is geolocation, namely the ability to accurately determine the actual geographical location of a computer or any mobile device connected to the Internet, based on the IP address, data embedded in software or hardware, or other information. With the current growth in the use of mobile devices, geolocation capabilities are becoming a powerful tool in the implementation of investigative actions, since they provide a significant advantage in finding answers to questions: who, what, when, why and where ...

Recent sales statistics show a strong preponderance of consumer interest in mobile computers compared to traditional stationary models. So, according to Forrester Research, this year the sales of tablets, netbooks and laptops will amount to 73% of total computer sales. Despite the fact that an increasing number of smartphones contain a global positioning system (GPS), this technology does not adapt so quickly for mobile computers. Nevertheless, the discovery of a real geographical location is possible even for mobile devices in which the GPS function is not available. To complement and even replace GPS, which, for example, cannot work indoors, geolocation of the device by the nearest WiFi access points or triangulation by cell towers is successfully used, in addition, you can also determine the location of the Internet user by his personal IP address. Since each technology has its own shortcomings, according to analysts, the future lies with hybrid systems, and by 2014 they will occupy about a quarter of the geolocation market.

Geolocation through the eyes of business and consumers
If the device is connected to the Internet, has a cellular modem, wireless network card or access to GPS, then with a high degree of probability the data on its geographical location has already been generated and saved. This opportunity opens a new round of race in the mobile marketing industry. For example, the owner of a mobile device is located near a restaurant, from where a special offer for a business lunch is immediately transferred to him, or upon arrival at the conference he immediately receives accurate information about the location of all his contact persons. Such applications really exist both in the West and in Russia, and specialists in the field of computer forensics can use data on the geographical position of an object at one time or another.

HTML5
To clearly imagine the future of geolocation, it is enough to pay attention to the fifth version of the HTML standard, which is currently under development. The W3C consortium includes a geolocation API specification in HTML5 to provide developers with a unified way to create web applications that use user’s location information. All of the most popular browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 9 already support the geolocation API.

The geolocation API can not only help with determining the geographic location of the device at the current time, it is also possible to track the dynamics of the user's movements, for example, the watchPosition function automatically calls the feedback function when the object (computer or mobile device) is shifted.

From the point of view of investigations, the inclusion of geolocation in the HTML5 API is the best of all possible scenarios, since the standardization of geolocation methods leads to an increase in the reliability and reliability of the results of investigations.

Cartographic Services
The market for geolocation services is now actively developing, new players are appearing, but most users and websites prefer to use the map services Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yandex, providing the user with an interactive map with an accessible set of information about surrounding objects. The main task of the mapping services is to show the person exactly where he is at the moment, find the point on the map where he needs to get and lay the optimal route to it.

Social geolocation
The growing competition for map services is made by social geolocation services, which are more a communication tool than a search for a path, since all the information on the map is devoted to the places surrounding the user, as well as the marks that people from the user's contact list have put on the map. The social geoservice immediately informs the user if someone from his friends in social networks or a subscriber from the phone book is in the same section of the map as he is. The prominent representatives of this segment of the geolocation market are the English-language service foursquare and the Russian AlterGeo. Marking his location in restaurants, cinemas, parks and other places, the user will find out what kind of people are nearby, whether his friends were here, and what they think about this place.

Privacy concerns
The confidentiality of personal data cannot but cause concern for users when the question arises of sending information about their physical condition to a web server. The geolocation API specification says the following: “Browsers should not send location information to sites without special user permission.” In other words, the exchange of location information always occurs with the participation of the user. If the user does not wish, the exchange should not be carried out. This is in theory, but how is the situation in practice?

This spring, security experts Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden discovered that Apple iOS 4 was collecting user location data even without their permission. Some time later, a test conducted by The Wall Street Journal showed that the iPhone collects and stores information about the user's location, even if the corresponding services in the settings are turned off.

It is a mistake to assume that other popular smartphones do not collect such information. So, for example, Android smartphones, just like the iPhone, constantly calculate the geographical coordinates of their location, recording this data in special geolocation files. Moreover, this information with the default consent of the owners is regularly sent to Google to form an impressive geolocation database.
Concerned about data privacy, Americans intend to accept a bill that says:

- collection of location data can only be carried out with the express consent of users;
- transparency of the use of geolocation data should be ensured;
- users should be able to refuse the service at any time;
- User location data must be deleted after a limited period of time.

But not everything is so clear on the issue of maintaining data confidentiality. Studies have shown that a fairly large number of users do not mind the so-called presumption of guilt in order to ensure overall security. And they are not confused by the ability to constantly be under the gun of cameras or geolocation services. Who has nothing to hide - nothing to fear. And the recent high-profile case of the abduction of Kaspersky’s son, when his abductors were tracked by a phone call made using mobile communications, once again confirms the effectiveness of geolocation in investigations that require determining the user's physical location, whether it be a suspect or a victim.

Source www.securityinfowatch.ru

 

[Евгений СБ]

Thank.

 

[Детективное агентство. Инициатива. Самара.]

Thank. Very modern stuff.

 

[Детективное агентство. Москва. Арбат.]

Personally, we have been using this practice for a very long time, and very successfully.

 

[Частный детектив Оренбург]

Thank you, this information broadens the mind.

 

[Частный детектив. Панда. Краснодар.]

Thank. Informative.