That the applications are useful for almost everything is something that no one should no longer miss. The curious thing is that events that are less than incredible continue to happen around them, offering very different possibilities to those that their creators had in mind. This is the case of Spotify and the rescue of two kidnapped children in the United States An event that has allowed the minors to be rescued thanks to its location of the kidnappers through the aforementioned Internet music service.
This has been echoed by the media outlet Coloradoan, where they detail the kidnapping case. It appears that a couple kidnapped their own 6 and 4-year-old daughters after losing custody by court order. After fleeing the country in a hurry, the authorities lost their track, beginning with an investigation that dragged on for months without any notable achievement. That is why an investigator from the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, where the events originated, decided to take a twist and start investigating withless conventional methods
This is where the key to the case lies, finding that the mother of the kidnapped girls, the kidnapper herself after losing custody ( against the respective parents of the girls), was regular user of various services and applications such as SpotifyThis made it possible to track her location by knowing the IP address from which her user account was used Questions that helped locate and detail a plan to rescue the minors And they had changed countries and an extradition order and a thorough investigation were necessary by the FBI A case that has little to envy to Hollywood movies.
Thus, thanks to Spotify and other services like Netflix , which were regularly used by the family on the run, it was possible to determine their location All this by scanning the IP address and tracking their user accounts when receiving packages of music and audiovisual content. Issues that can make the most jealous users of their privacy stand on end, but in this case it has been satisfactory to rescue the minors.With this, and with an effective investigation, it has been possible to rescue the girls safe and sound after several months on the run.
Without a doubt, every step taken through the internet services, applications and tools is recorded Something that should not be biggest problem for the average user, but it can be of great help to the authorities if they want to locate a person. Of course, running away and using the same Spotify or Netflix account doesn't seem like the most effective option to go unnoticed.
At the moment there are no known similar cases in Spain, but police investigations increasingly take the into account use of applications and technology when clarifying facts. And it is that we are little aware of the registration of activity and locations that means having a smartphone in your pocket and several dozen applications running on it
