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> “I did a search off the IP address to locate him,” said Roberson. “I got a longitude and latitude. Then I went to Google Earth. It works wonders. It uses lo
by drewcrawford 17y ago
> “I did a search off the IP address to locate him,” said Roberson. “I got a longitude and latitude. Then I went to Google Earth. It works wonders. It uses longitude and latitude. Boom! I had an address.
Wait, what? How can you get house-accurate geo coordinates from a (presumably dynamic) IP, without contacting the ISP in question? I thought the police got a warrant for this?
- ramchip 17y agoHe probably used a Visual Basic GUI interface. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU
- drewcrawford 17y agoYeah, but this isn't TV. A guy actually got arrested on this "evidence". Granted, they had his billing address, but I would imagine the defense will have an opportunity to lampoon the police on the stand.
- epochwolf 17y agoThey just used the information to find his location and have him deported to the US. There was already a warrant for this guy's arrest.