Another Way Police Are Locating People from Their Smartphones

A tool called Webloc, sold to police, uses location data from various smartphone apps to track individuals. The data is collected from commonly used apps such as weather, gaming, email, and religious apps. This information allows for the creation of a detailed picture of a smartphone's location history over the past year, with updates available on an hourly basis. The tool provides near real-time movement tracking of people. Law enforcement can utilize Webloc to identify all phones present at a specific location and time by zooming in on a map.