(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 14, 2012, a Pakistani mobile phone user accesses Facebook from cellular phones in Islamabad. - In August 2016, the lifeless bodies of a young French man and woman were discovered on a beach in Madagascar, with murder suspected. Both, volunteers for a local whale protection group, communicated on Facebook's instant messaging service and via emails on Microsoft's Outlook. The secret to the case could be in the last messages they sent, but those are stored in the databanks of US tech giants who don't have to turn over the information to French investigators. The case is one of a growing number highlighting how key evidence needed to solve crimes could sit in computers a continent away under completely different legal jurisdiction. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
WASHINGTON: In August 2016, the lifeless bodies of a young French man and woman were discovered on a beach in Madagascar, with murder suspected.
The secret to the case could be in the last messages they sent, but those are stored in the databanks of US tech giants who don’t have to turn over the information to French investigators.
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