British youth faces 100,000-euro bill for bomb threat joke that prompted Spain to scramble a fighter plane to escort easyJet flight
The accused was checking in for a flight at London Gatwick airport when he sent a message to friends via Snapchat. It was picked up by the UK security services when the plane was flying over French airspace
Source: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/british-youth-faces-100000euro-bill-for-bomb-20240122151721-nt.html
>send a meme on snapchat
>get fined 120k
Would he have been saved by using any chat service with end-to-end encryption? Even Whatsapp? How can one avoid this happening to them?
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The accused was checking in for a flight at London Gatwick airport when he sent a message to friends via Snapchat. It was picked up by the UK security services when the plane was flying over French airspace
Source: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/british-youth-faces-100000euro-bill-for-bomb-20240122151721-nt.html
>send a meme on snapchat
>get fined 120k
Would he have been saved by using any chat service with end-to-end encryption? Even Whatsapp? How can one avoid this happening to them?
⚡️hidden tech
#why #im #privacy