Scenarios where this could provide absolute life changing benefits

There are numerous cases I believe could have been solved (or solved much faster saving pain to any victims families) from this app.

A famous recent case was G.Milane which was solved luckily but it could have been solved quicker I believe. G.Milane had her phone with her and was very comfortable using it (and in fact the crime was only uncovered when her families 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 they believed the criminal had thrown it in the rubbish and it was buried in a land fill and not worth the effort to find and recover. Basedon her known propensity to take photos on her phone documenting her day, it is highly likely she would have photos of her tinder date that night and of the locations she went to.  These breadcrumbs would have been instantly available to law enforcement and to her worried family.

There was a terrible murder in Delphi USA. 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 young woman left a party at a remotely located house to try and make her own way home. She tried calling for a taxi 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 was waiting in the dark. If she was approached by anyone she can photograph 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) was known to pick up tourist hitchhikers – whom might not be immediately missed. If someone is hitchhiking they can take a photo of the cars licence 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 one circumstance could change 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.