re: #4 klys

Which is why I’ve learned to include a link here at LGF, where we all look at variables instead of simply accepting. I hear you.

Here’s another one from Instagram…

What is a geotag?

Geotagging is a technical term for storing the latitude and longitude of your current location with your photo. This data is collected by the GPS device in your phone or tablet and is accessible to Instagram if you grant permission.

If you’d like to turn this off, please consult your phone/tablet manufacturer’s instructions and settings.

Personally, the more I look, I think if Instagram says they access GPS (or don’t record the info) and this nitwit stopped his Instagram posting after he got outed there’s a good chance Occam’s razor applies here.

Here’s another link to Business Insider
A Russian Soldier’s Instagram Posts May Be The Clearest Indication Of Moscow’s Involvement In East Ukraine

With Instagram’s geotagging feature, these two photos pulled the latitude and longitude from the GPS on his phone or tablet, placing him well inside Ukraine. Location data is added to photos as long as the user selects “add to photo map” before posting.

Since it’s based on GPS data, geolocation on Instagram is usually pretty accurate. However, as Seddon writes in his post, there is always the possibility Sotkin “spoofed” his GPS signal, or more simply put: used equipment to fake a location signal.

Even if that’s the case, it doesn’t seem it would make much sense.

Seems like RWC might have nailed it…
“So busted. Oh sooo busted.”

Of course there’s an element of chance that the data was spoofed, but why spoof data that says Russians were inside Ukraine? If he was in uniform that would be quite an offense in the Russian Army considering what their stated position has been. OTOH, youth and stupidity can be a revealing thing.