FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child [Update]
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A friend notified the authorities after seeing the missing girl sign on to her console to download a game

FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child::A friend notified the authorities after seeing the missing girl sign on to her console to download a game

  • Into The Sky@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Does someone know HOW they did that? Did they just use the switch gaming account to ask her the location she was at?

    I don’t have a switch so i don’t know what you can do by knowing the account name of someone (like sending DMs etc…)

    • grasib@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s written in the article…

      A friend saw that she was online and informed the authorities. With Nintendo’s cooperation, the FBI culled the Switch’s IP address, uncovered her location, and moved in to arrest Roberts.

      • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Surprised Nintendo’s servers bothered to log the IP with how backwards they are in regards to anything online or storing user data.

    • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
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      1 year ago

      According to the article, her friend saw her online and tipped the FBI off, and Nintendo provided them the IP address that last connected to the account.