When investigating various cases, the police also rely on the stupidity of some criminals, like one drug dealer who... WhatsApp sent a photo with partial fingerprints of his.
The drug dealer sent over WhatsApp several messages in which he offered drugs for sale, and one of the photos showed ecstasy pills in his palm. The officer looked at the photo and thought about it, noting that it would be possible to get fingerprints from the photo. However, the wrong part of the finger was visible.
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“Only the middle and bottom part of the finger was visible – but the records only keep the top part. So it means that no match was found from the photo in the national databases.” the officer stated.
However, the police had other evidence that led directly to the suspect, with the photo beingonec used to prove that he was a drug dealer. All it took was a small piece of the photo to prove that the suspect was a wanted drug dealer. 11 other criminals connected to the case were subsequently caught.
That's special because whatsapp They are end-to-end encrypted, so did he send the photos directly to the police?
It's not WhatsApp encrypted? ?
WhatsApp belongs to Facebooku so it's kind of encrypted