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Scenarios where this could provide absolute life changing benefits

There are numerous cases I believe could have been solved (or solved much faster saving stress) from this app.

A famous recent case was G. Milane. Yes it was solved luckily but it could have been solved quicker I believe. Ms. Milane had her phone with her and was very comfortable using it (and in fact the crime was only uncovered when her familys communication with the phone ceased) but her phone was never recovered. The police spent days trying to locate the phone and the final advice was that it was buried in a land fill and not worth the effort to find and recover. If only she could have taken a photo of her tinder date, if she could have photographed the room number that she went into it, these breadcrumbs would have been instantly available to law enforcement and to her worried family.

There was a terrible murder in Delphi. A very young girl had the absolute wherewithal to covertly document snippets with her phone that would go on to help convict the guilty person. There was a six year gap though before the criminal was identified and arrested. If he had known that he had been photographed using this app he may have continued walking and not committed the crime. 

Another local crime happened years ago where a 20 year old woman left a party at a remotely located house to try and make her own way home. She tried calling for a ride and by the time it showed up she was no longer around and has never been seen since. With my app she could take a photo of where she is waiting in the dark. If she is approached by anyone she can photography their car. If a perpetrator knows that they have been identified and they have no way to recall or destroy that identification then they may not take criminal action.

Ivan Milat Australian Serial Killer (this case precedes the ubiqitious adoption of cellphone usage but I use it to illustrate how this scenario might be avoided in future). If someone is hitchhiking they can take a photo of the cars license plate as they hop into it – The criminal will know that he will come under immediate suspician as the last person to be with a missing person.

I do not wish to re-ignite the pain of old criminal cases and state that the outcomes would have been different if only this app had been available to them as a change in any circumstance could have changed the outcome. I do though think that my idea presents an easily achievable idea that could save one life – at a time.

Domestic abuse. If someone photographs domestic abuse then the abuser cannot delete the photos. If a teenage schoolgirl is scared and feels she is being followed home then she can take a photograph. If you witness a suspicious parked car or someone running strangely you can take a photo (or video or voice note) and again the perpetrator will know that he cannot remove that image. Perhaps you are going out on a date with someone you haven’t met. You can take a photo of the person or the venue which can provide instant clues if anything goes wrong. Perhaps you are freedom camping and as you pull into an offroad carpark late at night where there is already a vehicle parked. You take a photo before you go to sleep.