what i actually meant is the stuff he describes on how he expects this to work for him. for example a kidnapper would already know the best time to kidnap him is after he had lunch because that's a recorded activity which resets the timer. they also know he will send location data so they might take his phone on a different tour directly after kidnapping and there is probably more usable information in this post...

however, i assume here this is a kidnapping specifically targeting someone with proper due diligence. but that might not be very realistic at all and you actually are telling me about it. referring to them as fb/whatsapp users just made me think you might talk about technical aspects they would not get but i think there is more to it that might be easier to comprehend.

Around here, when someone is kidnapped, it's usually because a person from the victim entourage leaked some financial information. The kidnappers would just remove the phones from the victim and drive the victim around in a car for hours. After it the victim is moved into a safe house.

It's a pretty low tech business (from what I've heard from surviving victims or the family members of those that did not survive), no one will bother with investigating the online aspects of victim's life.