This workshop provides critical insights into how tracking devices and mobile ecosystems are shaping investigations into crimes against children. Learn how Bluetooth Low Energy and Ultra-Wideband geolocation technologies—particularly in Apple devices like AirTags™ and CarTags™, as well as Google's expanded "Find My Device" network—are increasingly being used by those who offend against children. Examine the role of these technologies in facilitating covert tracking and how investigators can identify and respond to their misuse. Discover the investigative impact of iCloud Private Relay™, which can obscure online activity and hinder efforts to detect grooming or other exploitative behavior. Additionally, explore how Apple’s Advanced Data Protection complicates access to critical cloud-based evidence in these highly sensitive cases.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the processes and deadlines for serving legal process on Apple when an AirTag is used during domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault offenses.
Learn how the Apple Find My network can be used during investigations involving missing endangered victims.
Understand how offenders can use devices such as the AirPod Pro 2 to track child victims.
