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FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child (kotaku.com)

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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

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[–] intothesky@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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...)

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] intothesky@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

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