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If my understanding is correct, they're using the tiny variations in phones' signals to identify them. Could such evidence be used in court? Couldn't they just
by Oculus 13y ago
If my understanding is correct, they're using the tiny variations in phones' signals to identify them. Could such evidence be used in court? Couldn't they just argue that it was merely a coincidence that the signal fingerprint is the same, since it's just based on randomness in the phone?
- keithpeter 13y agoGood point, but they might not need to use the evidence in court if, by linking the appearances/uses of a specific phone across different phone numbers, the police are able to catch someone 'in the act'.
- ape4 13y agoI suppose real fingerprint differences (on your fingers) are tiny variations that are merely a coincidence.