• Deceptichum
    arrow-up
    0
    arrow-down
    0
    ·
    11 months ago
    link
    fedilink

    Tf?

    Do you see that image, look how fucking visible the flash is and it’s in the dead centre of the seat. No way a 14 year old would not see that giant arse phone stickers to the lid.

    Also

    The family said an FBI agent later told the girl’s mother they did not arrest the man because they did not find any incriminating images on his phone.

    Innocent until proven guilty, and allegedly he’s been cleared by the FBI. Yet you’re here acting like he’s guilty, has a history of this, and should never have been hired.

    • dream_weasel
      arrow-up
      0
      arrow-down
      0
      ·
      11 months ago
      edit-2
      11 months ago
      link
      fedilink

      Of course! Let’s consider the following extremely reasonable options:

      • The attendant accidentally left his phone in the bathroom (with the flash on, or no passcode so a malicious 14 yo could turn it on). Kid goes in the bathroom and hatches a plot. Peels the sticker perfectly off broken seat lid, attaches the phone, and takes a picture of it.

      • Same as above, but the girl finds a pad of the stickers and a sharpie also left on the bathroom, thereby removing the need to peel. OR she carries her own pad of the united broken stickers and a sharpie.

      • The kid pickpockets his phone on the way by and either of the options above. Roll for dexterity!

      • The bathroom was so dark at the start of the flight, our good Samaritan flight attendant tapes a phone with the light on under a broken sticker (even though it’s fine to use) and writes seat broken on it just so everyone is aware anyway. Everyone can now see and doesn’t fall in.

      All completely sane and reasonable alternatives to assuming an unnamed individual (who is not getting publicly maligned because he’s unidentified) was trying to add kiddie fun bits to his spank bank.

      • Deceptichum
        arrow-up
        0
        arrow-down
        0
        ·
        11 months ago
        link
        fedilink

        Or it’s a parents phone, staged for a photo being why nothing was found on the accused’s, not that anything was ever taken.

        • dream_weasel
          arrow-up
          0
          arrow-down
          0
          ·
          11 months ago
          link
          fedilink

          In which case there is no traction for police or anyone else and this doesn’t become an article. Flight attendant says “no my phone is right here” and it’s all done. This theory doesn’t hold water.

          • Deceptichum
            arrow-up
            0
            arrow-down
            0
            ·
            11 months ago
            link
            fedilink

            You mean like how they let him go after checking it wasn’t him?

            • dream_weasel
              arrow-up
              0
              arrow-down
              0
              ·
              11 months ago
              link
              fedilink

              That’s not what the article says. It says 1) they didn’t confiscate the phone after the incident, and 2) there were no pictures when they later checked.

              He was not detained because there were no pictures on the phone. Luckily there is no feature in a phone that lets you remove videos or photos once taken, otherwise his innocence beyond reasonable doubt might be questioned.

              • Deceptichum
                arrow-up
                0
                arrow-down
                0
                ·
                11 months ago
                link
                fedilink

                Mate.

                Deleting a photo off your phone does not wipe the data, they can recover that in seconds after plugging your phone in and copying all the data which is frequently done at airports.

                • dream_weasel
                  arrow-up
                  0
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  11 months ago
                  link
                  fedilink

                  I would agree with you except it says the father was shown no pictures and later that the FBI didn’t arrest him. What it doesn’t say is the duration in between dad and FBI. There is not some permanent record of deleted files in your iPhone if you keep using it and it’s not confiscated. It doesn’t read like authorities picked the FA up at the stop, but more like this is a protracted dispute.

                  Even if no pictures in the first place it’s still suspicious AF and the sort of thing I would expect to receive a special visit by Chris Hansen.