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That moment, the kid realised some joke is off-limit and could have serious consequences.
a private joke?
Unfortunately, an app and justice will not differentiate between a joke and real, once it tripped either of this system then you pay the consequences. If you wanna joke about this, joke irl.
What was private about it?
private jokes made in public aren't private. (this was sent from the check in counter of the airport.)
It was a private chat group message, what's public about it?
If your in a public place, other people can see your screen. Also, snaps are frequently video, so he may have been over heard.
If your in public (like that), you have no expectation of privacy.
edit: also do you really think Snapchat won't be screening messages? They probably have his geolocation data, know he's an airport and just sent something about "planes" and "bombs" and "taliban". nobody in the world is going to review that and think, "oh, it's just a joke. move along."
As per the article, security saw the message, it was not reported by another traveller. So he presumably was, or thought he was, in private when he made the joke.
The Security Service is MI5. I doubt very much the agent was ever out at Gatwick that day. Either they scooped up the message via some form of mass surveillance or Snapchat reported it.
My assumption is he thought that the Snapchat group itself was private and didn’t realize that Snapchat absolutely will nark on you if you threaten to get them wrapped up in something Iike terrorism. Another article says he was at the check in counter.
If airport security saw the message/overheard it, they would never have let him through the security check point to board in the first place.
No I absolutely agree that he was probably auto reported by Snapchat. Nevertheless, my point holds that that would be very much considered a private conversation.