Device tracking company GadgetTrak has officially launched its camera tracking service, dubbed "CameraTrace". Previously available in beta under the name GadgetTrak Serial Search, the tool relies on web crawlers that seek out image files on photo sharing websites. Each file downloaded by the crawler is checked for a serial number in the EXIF headers, and if a serial number known to be stolen is found, this is reported to the owner. GadgetTrak claims to have scanned more than five billion images, although it doesn't provide any information as to which sites it monitors, nor what proportion... (read more)
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