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The FBI catching suspects with push alerts

Posted by Husky on 2024-March-15 08:25:07, Friday

An FBI agent then got Google to quickly hand over a list of email addresses this month linked to that code, known as a “push token,” and traced one account to a man in Toledo, an affidavit shows.

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Three applications and court orders reviewed by The Post indicate that the investigative technique goes back years.

Court orders that were issued in 2019 to Apple and Google demanded that the companies hand over information on accounts identified by push tokens linked to alleged supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group.

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In two other cases, prosecutors were able to find Michigan men sharing child abuse images after demanding that the encrypted messaging app Wickr share information on push tokens for users who sent the images through its app.

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