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IOS Location Services Significant And Frequent Locations
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IOS Location Services Significant And Frequent Locations
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IOSLOCATIONSERVICES · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS
iOS Location Services, Significant Locations and
Frequent Locations
The Places a Phone Remembers, and Why It Matters Where the Location Came
01 Executive summary
02 The problem in plain English: the phone remembers where it has been
11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording
12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert
13 Frequently asked questions
14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist
Executive summary
The headline point: iOS keeps location in several places, the encrypted Significant Locations record, app
location, cached network and system location, and photo geotags, which together can place a phone in time
and place with force, provided location is attributed and its accuracy read honestly, and Significant Locations
is reached law full y.
§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES
The problem in plain English: the phone remembers where it
has been
§ 12 · QUICK CONTROL
Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic
expert
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§ Common questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is Significant Locations?
- An iOS feature that records the places a person regularly visits and when (
- Does location prove where a person was?
- It proves where a phone was; the inference to a person needs care (
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