his mistake was using a phone to amuse himself while he waited for the ceo to appear. even if that's a "burner phone", it leaves a digital trail back to the hostel. it doesn't matter that he smashes the phone later, the data (which towers he pinged, mobile data is all there). check the hostel cctv to see for a guy in matching clothes leaving, you now have a clearer picture of his face. if he's ever dumb enough to have posted his face to facebook, twitter, etc they now know who he is. and going to the hostel gets them the fake name he used. from there it's crawling through his pictures, like seeing him with the mcdonald's goyslop and using all available data they have (it doesn't matter if you later deleted your social media, these companies never actually delete your data). they work backwards from there, the slowest process is actually obtaining cctv footage in areas they think he might have been. the actual matching of the video files doesn't take long because it's facial recognition, giving matches and times to flick through. that will eventually give up his whereabouts, even if he's hiding and using fake names, he will still need to venture out to eat. then you have a plausible story of how you found it without needing that data. the dumb boomer at mcdonald's who gave you the footage give you a tip or whatever. keep in mind that this isn't the government doing this. ceo level of wealth means they can pay private detectives (the best) and use companies like palantir that don't have to worry about laws that constraint the government because they're a private company. and they also are protected in the sense that they do work for spooks, etc. so there's no incentive to go after them or even reveal that this capability exists. and if you think some whistleblower will come forward, the investors in that comapny (theil) are all psyopaths that kill guys, even who simply revealed that he was an actual faggot who had an affair with him.
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