What is a digital alibi and why you may need it

Modern man almost always leaves behind a "digital footprint". Browser data, posts in social networks, geolocation, information about transactions with a bank card and about conversations on a mobile phone — if necessary, you can find out the whole background of a person and dissect his explicit and secret life to the smallest detail. This can create problems, and it can seriously help out.

Thanks to the digital alibi, the innocence of hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of our planet is proved every year. It's time for us to learn about this way to avoid serious trouble with the law.

If during the coup d'etat you left the city by train to the forest for mushrooms, then you can confirm this fact by receiving the data from the travel card and removing the information from the validator. But in addition to this method, there are other, no less simple and effective.

Such a device as a DVR, especially with the function of shooting on two sides, can save you from serious hassle and expenses. If an experienced fraudster wants to stage an accident with a pedestrian or a vehicle, then it will not be easy to prove your innocence without video footage. Just one minute of "amateur" video will also help to put all the dots over the I, if a random fellow traveler decides to artistically act out a scene of harassment in order to get a modest fee for it.

If you are asked what you were doing at the same time, but exactly a year ago, you will hardly be able to remember exactly. Especially if we are talking about a certain time interval, for example, from 14.00 to 15.00. But if on this day you took a selfie near the Eiffel Tower, and even posted it on Instagram, then the question will be closed. And it will be easier for you to remember what you did after visiting the attraction or before it, than to restore the events in some abstract period.

Most modern mobile devices can find their location if they are allowed to do so. There are also those who do it themselves, without asking the owner. Billing data will allow you to determine where the mobile phone was located, even if geolocation and the Internet are disabled. But sometimes one device is not enough to convince law enforcement officers, but if a smart watch and a car navigator were moving along with your smartphone, then this is already a serious alibi.

Someone said that an honest person can't have an alibi. Therefore, the idea of installing an application on a smartphone that provides a digital alibi may seem somewhat extravagant. But if you are trying to completely protect yourself from false accusations, then all means are good. The Alibi program for Android and iOS gadgets asks you to enter the address where you are going, and upon arrival asks you to confirm this by pressing the Touch ID button or touching the fingerprint sensor.

Just imagine how many people could have escaped from blind justice by being able to refer to a digital alibi.