Daniel said that a routine WhatsApp message he received from another contact on Sept. 3 was later analyzed during a forensic review, where the device revealed the sender’s exact location at the time the message was sent.

"Imagine receiving a normal WhatsApp message from someone… and later discovering that the message secretly contained their exact location, even though they never shared it."

He stated that neither party shared location information intentionally, yet the message metadata reportedly contained precise coordinates.

Daniel claimed that if a smartphone undergoes forensic imaging, a third party may retrieve the sender’s location from the recipient’s device, provided location services were enabled during the conversation.

He reported that synchronized accounts and passwords, application usage histories, and detailed internal logs were recovered without any jailbreak (device root access) or software manipulation.

The claim also suggests that #WhatsApp data remained visible even long after Daniel had left those groups.

Media files stored on the phone were also said to contain detailed #metadata. Daniel said photos, videos, screenshots, and voice recordings all included precise GPS coordinates showing when and where each file was created.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/whatsapp-messages-could-reveal-hidden-gps-data-forensics-probe/3754503
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