The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has warned its most wanted criminals of “cutting edge tech” designed to track down individuals using phone calls or images posted on social media sites. The AFP, which has members based in 33 countries, have been trawling the social media accounts of criminals to look for geospatial information—giveaways hinting at the whereabouts of persons of interest. This extends beyond typical “geotagging”—the default process whereby a smartphone tags an image with its GPS location, which can be easily turned off. Instead, it also includes scrutinising the attributes of an image taken, such as for buildings or other physical features, which may be compared with satellite imagery to determine where an individual is in the world. Beyond images, the AFP has also outlined their ability to trace the movement of targets through the records of phone calls made. In all, AFP specialists are equipped with gathering information …