Finding Phones With Google Maps Part 1 (Android)

I am a firm believer that digital forensic artifact discovery is, at times, equal parts persistence and luck, with the latter being a combination of preparation and opportunity. You really never know what you will discover until you actually start looking. Sometimes you start looking for evidence of A and end up finding evidence of B. This year’s Cellebrite CTF resulted in my finding data in a Google Maps artifact that I was aware of, but did …

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