Find me if you can
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:39 am
Find me if you can
In the modern world, it is difficult to hide or remain unnoticed. So, there are many ways, both legal and not, to determine the location of a subscriber by his mobile phone number. Let's consider each of them in more detail.
By law and not only
A completely legal way is to connect the official geolocation united states of america phone number library service of a mobile operator. It is fast and inexpensive, but requires the presence of a telephone device of the subscriber who is going to be monitored. And, accordingly, his good will and consent to this.
In mobile app stores, you can download various applications - direction finders that allow you to track the coordinates of users. These applications can monitor the routes of subscribers, as well as control the entry and exit from a specified geographic area. There are both free and paid programs. Most often, direction finders are designed for family access. Among the disadvantages, we can note the definition of the subscriber with a large error - it can reach 3 km. In addition, direction finders greatly drain the battery of mobile devices, since the phone constantly communicates with the base station to determine the coordinates. These applications also do not allow you to track a person anonymously.
And finally, the last option of geolocation is widespread on the Internet on “gray” forums, where illegal surveillance services are offered without the subscriber’s consent.
“99% of surveillance sites and mobile apps are a scam, created only to infect your computer with a virus or to drain money from your card or mobile phone account,” says Yevgeny Ermolaev, head of the Legion detective agency.
According to him, only special services with the permission of the court can legally monitor a subscriber, using the SORM system (System of Operational Investigative Measures). The regulator obliges all Internet providers operating in the territory of the Russian Federation to monitor user traffic for terrorist, extremist and other suspicious messages. All traffic is processed in real time, and when suspicious information appears, employees conduct an analysis manually. If the operator for any reason does not comply with SORM standards, it will lose its license. Thus, all users of mobile and fixed-line communications are "under the FSB's hood" - that is, under the supervision of SORM.
“There are no legal services for tracking a user using a mobile application without their knowledge on the Russian market, and there cannot be any, since they contradict the criminal code and are a direct invasion of a person’s privacy,” emphasizes Evgeny Ermolaev.
A word about safety
It is worth dwelling on the completely legal methods of geolocation applications, when users literally "on a silver platter" hand over confidential information about themselves and access to personal data to the application developer. When a user downloads applications from the store, he often automatically allows access to his phone book, photos, messages, etc. It is important that some permissions are granted access to certain user data automatically if he has approved at least one permission in the group. For example, the subscriber has allowed reading SMS, and the application can not only read, but also send messages.
Access to contacts allows the application to use the subscriber's entire address book. And this is a "tasty morsel" for spammers and scammers.
By allowing access to the camera, an unscrupulous dev
In the modern world, it is difficult to hide or remain unnoticed. So, there are many ways, both legal and not, to determine the location of a subscriber by his mobile phone number. Let's consider each of them in more detail.
By law and not only
A completely legal way is to connect the official geolocation united states of america phone number library service of a mobile operator. It is fast and inexpensive, but requires the presence of a telephone device of the subscriber who is going to be monitored. And, accordingly, his good will and consent to this.
In mobile app stores, you can download various applications - direction finders that allow you to track the coordinates of users. These applications can monitor the routes of subscribers, as well as control the entry and exit from a specified geographic area. There are both free and paid programs. Most often, direction finders are designed for family access. Among the disadvantages, we can note the definition of the subscriber with a large error - it can reach 3 km. In addition, direction finders greatly drain the battery of mobile devices, since the phone constantly communicates with the base station to determine the coordinates. These applications also do not allow you to track a person anonymously.
And finally, the last option of geolocation is widespread on the Internet on “gray” forums, where illegal surveillance services are offered without the subscriber’s consent.
“99% of surveillance sites and mobile apps are a scam, created only to infect your computer with a virus or to drain money from your card or mobile phone account,” says Yevgeny Ermolaev, head of the Legion detective agency.
According to him, only special services with the permission of the court can legally monitor a subscriber, using the SORM system (System of Operational Investigative Measures). The regulator obliges all Internet providers operating in the territory of the Russian Federation to monitor user traffic for terrorist, extremist and other suspicious messages. All traffic is processed in real time, and when suspicious information appears, employees conduct an analysis manually. If the operator for any reason does not comply with SORM standards, it will lose its license. Thus, all users of mobile and fixed-line communications are "under the FSB's hood" - that is, under the supervision of SORM.
“There are no legal services for tracking a user using a mobile application without their knowledge on the Russian market, and there cannot be any, since they contradict the criminal code and are a direct invasion of a person’s privacy,” emphasizes Evgeny Ermolaev.
A word about safety
It is worth dwelling on the completely legal methods of geolocation applications, when users literally "on a silver platter" hand over confidential information about themselves and access to personal data to the application developer. When a user downloads applications from the store, he often automatically allows access to his phone book, photos, messages, etc. It is important that some permissions are granted access to certain user data automatically if he has approved at least one permission in the group. For example, the subscriber has allowed reading SMS, and the application can not only read, but also send messages.
Access to contacts allows the application to use the subscriber's entire address book. And this is a "tasty morsel" for spammers and scammers.
By allowing access to the camera, an unscrupulous dev