A Kenyan man used YouTube web address for Diamond Platnumz’s song ‘My Baby’ to pin a woman’s exact without her knowledge.
The man who goes by the name Micro Tech254 on TikTok demonstrated how people are so vulnerable even without knowing when clicking internet links.
He warned his viewers to not click on all links sent to them – especially if it is music video/audio links.
“So guys, this is how someone can track you – maybe the police or any other person – and another good reason why you shouldn’t click onto links. First, I want to track a friend of mine so this is the process. I’ll go to YouTube and copy that YouTube link (in this case, the link to Diamond’s song). After copying it, I will go to Grabify IP logger and paste the link to create a URL (Uniform Resource Locator- a unique web address) and here I will agree to their terms and conditions,” he explained.
“It will give me a new Grabify URL which I will copy and got to Bitly URL shortener and paste it there. I will copy the new Bitly link and send it to my friend via WhatsApp. Then if she clicks it, I will get all details about her. I went back to Grabify to check the details because she had already clicked it and here are all her details including the type of phone and her IP (Internet Protocol) address.
“I copied her IP address, went to Geobytes and pasted it there. I took the latitude and longitude (information) it provided me with, copied and pasted that information on Google Earth and you can see her location is being located. To see the actual building that she is in, I used the image search on Google Earth and it took me to her pinned location,” the man explained.
He zoomed in to street view and was able to pinpoint the exact building his friend was inside as well as the live images of the surrounding neighborhood and environment.
