More about the expert's report on the Google data of Tiphaine's phone.
"La police nippone prise en flagrant délit de mensonge" : révélations récentes dans l'affaire Véron qui accablent les forces de l’ordre japonaises
The interview with the Nikkō police: lies revealed
A few days ago, Karyn Nishimura, a journalist in Tokyo for the newspaper Libération, managed to secure a rare interview with the Japanese police. The same police force claims to have worked on the telephone data and to be aware of the latest information, a few weeks after Damien Véron handed it over to them in person during his stay last month.
Damien Véron categorically denies this: ‘That's impossible. We are the only ones who have access to Tiphaine's Google account,’ Damien argues. ‘We had this data analysed by an expert in Geneva, Paul-Olivier Dehaye. Not only did the police never have this information, but they never asked us for it. So when they say they did this work, they're lying."
In theory, the Japanese police cannot directly access Google account data (such as location history, emails, Google Drive, etc.) without going through a very strict legal process.
There are several options available to them:
Either they submit a request for international legal assistance between Japan and the United States, as Google is an American company (without this procedure, Google will not provide access. Neither the Japanese police nor any other foreign authority can legally ‘open’ a Google account from their country).
Or they could request authorisation from the Véron family to obtain the login details (password + two-factor authentication) in order to access the account directly, which they have not done. Without this authorisation, the Japanese police therefore do not have legal access to Google's servers.
The police can request local telephone data (Japanese antenna positioning), but this is completely different from Google data. This is the main issue with these latest important revelations.
The Nikkō police exaggerated, even lied, to give the impression of thorough work. Why else would they do that?
The independent technical report, based on analysis of Google logs and data, reveals another disturbing detail: Tiphaine's phone suddenly switched off. The report suggests three possibilities: violent impact, the device being crushed, or the battery being removed.
The evidence is clear: the Android/iOS system generates shutdown logs (process termination, network disconnection, status backup), but for Tiphaine's phone, the logs are missing. The last activity is cut off abruptly, with no trace of a system shutdown, as if the power had been cut off, the battery disconnected, or the circuit damaged. According to the expert, this is consistent with an impact, crushing or physical cut, but not with a manual shutdown. ‘The fact that the phone shut down suddenly shows that there was an incident,’ Damien Véron points out. ‘This is something the police did not take into account.’
This sudden shutdown not only coincides with the time she was supposed to leave the hotel according to the hotelier (which is contradicted by Google data), but it also reinforces the hypothesis that Tiphaine may have suffered physical violence before her disappearance.
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"La police nippone prise en flagrant délit de mensonge" : révélations récentes dans l'affaire Véron qui accablent les forces de l’ordre japonaises
The interview with the Nikkō police: lies revealed
A few days ago, Karyn Nishimura, a journalist in Tokyo for the newspaper Libération, managed to secure a rare interview with the Japanese police. The same police force claims to have worked on the telephone data and to be aware of the latest information, a few weeks after Damien Véron handed it over to them in person during his stay last month.
Damien Véron categorically denies this: ‘That's impossible. We are the only ones who have access to Tiphaine's Google account,’ Damien argues. ‘We had this data analysed by an expert in Geneva, Paul-Olivier Dehaye. Not only did the police never have this information, but they never asked us for it. So when they say they did this work, they're lying."
In theory, the Japanese police cannot directly access Google account data (such as location history, emails, Google Drive, etc.) without going through a very strict legal process.
There are several options available to them:
Either they submit a request for international legal assistance between Japan and the United States, as Google is an American company (without this procedure, Google will not provide access. Neither the Japanese police nor any other foreign authority can legally ‘open’ a Google account from their country).
Or they could request authorisation from the Véron family to obtain the login details (password + two-factor authentication) in order to access the account directly, which they have not done. Without this authorisation, the Japanese police therefore do not have legal access to Google's servers.
The police can request local telephone data (Japanese antenna positioning), but this is completely different from Google data. This is the main issue with these latest important revelations.
The Nikkō police exaggerated, even lied, to give the impression of thorough work. Why else would they do that?
The independent technical report, based on analysis of Google logs and data, reveals another disturbing detail: Tiphaine's phone suddenly switched off. The report suggests three possibilities: violent impact, the device being crushed, or the battery being removed.
The evidence is clear: the Android/iOS system generates shutdown logs (process termination, network disconnection, status backup), but for Tiphaine's phone, the logs are missing. The last activity is cut off abruptly, with no trace of a system shutdown, as if the power had been cut off, the battery disconnected, or the circuit damaged. According to the expert, this is consistent with an impact, crushing or physical cut, but not with a manual shutdown. ‘The fact that the phone shut down suddenly shows that there was an incident,’ Damien Véron points out. ‘This is something the police did not take into account.’
This sudden shutdown not only coincides with the time she was supposed to leave the hotel according to the hotelier (which is contradicted by Google data), but it also reinforces the hypothesis that Tiphaine may have suffered physical violence before her disappearance.
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