I forgot to mention that the REPAIRMAN found these photos/chat evidence and he gave/sold it to a reporter, he did not hand it to the police first, if you suspect crime or danger wouldn’t you contact the police and not a reporter? It was only after the news spreading so big and so quickly that the police began investigating this case. Some people say because he is scared of corruption so he gave it reporters, then why didn’t the reporter give it to the police? Instead the news outlet released exclusive news and made a lot of money from it. There is obviously something we don’t know, otherwise the repairman wouldn’t be under investigation too.
I have read (how true? don't know) that the repairman did not go to the police because of corruption. I watched your video and It's hard for me to say he should get a pass in this. Yes he exposed vile and horrific crimes but at the same time he may have also committed one himself (unfamiliar with the law there) and if he's not charged or at least fined then what kind of message does that send? This is such a heartbreaking mess.
Wow u went and made a comment thread about this.. u should have waited on my response.. then you wouldn't have made such a long comment about something that's abvious... as the people have said in this comment thread and also what I have said in response to your response to my comment. The messages had in them that a high official cop had their back.. now please do the maths. I am out peace...
And reporters actually try to safely put up and secure their witness or source because they need them to verify and validate what has been reported in case of... so yeah I would trust a reporter especially the ones that have been involved in revealing other scandals.. maybe it's just or I'm stupid but that what i would have done instead of going to the cops that is probably rotten to the core.
Honestly, if we were to look at what the repairman did independently, I actually agree with you. It was a gross breach of privacy that is 100% illegal. I’m not sure how Korean laws work, but it was a breach of confidentiality. Kudos to the crime being exposed though. Big Bang was and always will be my forever flame, but should evidence that eliminates reasonable doubt be shown, action must be taken.
Your analysis is darn stupid. If this man needed money all he had to do is to take pics and blackmail seungri... come on are we so slow and dumb these days
MAXXAM Sinhwa Blackmailing is illegal, selling it to a news reporter for exclusive news is not. Who’s stupid now? If he blackmailed Seungri he would be in just as much trouble. If you wanted to just report a crime, wouldn’t you go to the police first and not to a reporter?
@@HenryPrinceMak wowwwww go to the corrupt police in south korea??? U look korean and I think I know more about Korea than you... This man could not trust any cop in south korea.. cause u dont know which cop is corrupt. It is in these messages in the chatroom that a high official had there back.. Ig he was thinking more than you not to go the cops... ig if it was you who had found the messages and even the messages hinted to you that a high official cop has their back and u still went to them, then maybe your body would be in a ditch or alley somewhere waiting to be found.. please, you're reporting on what's out there. Think critically thank you.
I think both sides were in the wrong, seungri should’ve been truthful and shouldn’t have done what he did, and the repairman shouldnt have snooped unless he was 100% sure something was wrong.
Yeah.. he shouldn't have created a prostitution bar..... and participated in a group chat that shared videos of raped women......... he shouldn't have done that...................
@Me Me their is such a thing as privacy. If I send personal, it migh even be a little racy, text to someone I don't want a repair reading those texts. Let's be honest here that repairman was looking for dirt. He had a celebrities phone and wanted to see what private info he could find out about that celebrity. He was not snooping through the phone looking for illegal content just personal/private. He just happened by luck to hit the mother load. How many more celebrities phones has he went through and got private info on them. How do we know he hasn't sold personal information from the phones he's been snooping in. The repairman is violating his clients privacy which is illegal. Yes he found something this one time but how about all the innocent people's privacy he violated before this. He violated people just like Seungri and them did just In a different way. He should be punished according to the violation he committed.
I mean, if I have lots of dangerous information in my phone that might put me behind bars, I ought to buy a new phone rather than repair it? Unless I have a tight grip on the repairman's balls.
He was probably tempted to snoop because the phone's owner was famous. He probably also wondered why such a rich person wouldn't just buy a new phone. Maybe there was something really important in the phone, and hmmm...what could that possibly be? He took a peek, and the rest is history!
Especially if you know you kept bad things on your phone. Not too smart since nowadays everything can be backed up onto a sd card. Like ha wanted to get caught. 😂
@@hitoshishinsou1034 Most new phones will pull your old phone's contact information and documents from the cloud. Unless he was using a flip phone or something older.
I can’t really say that the repair man is a hero. But I’m very glad and happy that he did what he did. If not I can’t imagine how much more girls will get hurt. Thank you very much repair man
But he prob saw it too and wouldn't have told if it wasn't on the news already. He's a snake. He's snooping to see some confidential stuff and once he saw the news about the scandal he exposed them hoping hed get rewarded. I don't think he did it out of kindness. He should've just told the police he had the suspects phones and let the police check it themselves.
Actually they do check if there's anything wrong or something by going through our phone, but they'll ask you for permission beforehand and you'll need to be there if you want to. However if you don't allow them, Idk about others but my uncle(who is one) assured me that 96% of the time they can't bothered to do those kind of shit, even if they did, they would've seen more shit than that. So unless they see something illegal by accident, they won't do anything or care.
The guy wasn't just a repairman, Jung Joon Young sent in his phone in for data recovery. Go watch DKDKTV's video on the scandal, they have a more in-depth analysis of the events.
Honestly I would have been upset that the repairmen was going to going through his phone and reading his message hoping for money. But the only good thing about this action of the repairmen was that Seungri was exposed and people was able to the true Seungri and the other idols. But if this repairman went inside Seungri phone means he might has also done it before. His wrong action I guess was actually helpful this once.
My phone is pretty innocent but JJY must be really really stupid to give his phone to be repaired when all this stuff was on it. As my parents used to say 2 wrongs dont make a right. The repairman is doing things that are illegal.
Yes he is really stupid. Maybe he want to keep copy of all those sex tape so he go to repairman. In Hong Kong, there's big scandal years ago, a famous male celebrity go to repairman with his broken laptop, turns out there are many sex tapes involve many other famous female celebrity. But there's nothing illegal about the sex tape though, as female agrees to take it. And the repairman or the guy who spread the sex tape to public, I think got arrested and go to jail instead,
THANK YOU! Every person that was talking about the repairman was acting like he was holy. Yes, what he exposed was helpful and probably saved alot of girls, but he still invaded somebody's privacy. And that's just what it is 🤷
Xenia The real question is privacy worth someone’s life? For all we know those women life’s were irrevocably altered. And he’s been doing it for years...sorry the serial rapist and his friends need to go find help with their maker. Anyone that says otherwise need to check their moral compass.
Sometimes u haf to invade someone privacy to get the full picture.. I used to see tis videos of small kids ended up dead cos social sevices ignore the signs of abused. Secrets behind close door or mobile phone.. Y should we respect their privacy if they themselves don’t respect others??
But to both of you I don't think it was his first intention to safe those girls and how could he know that jjy did such things (so how did he know that they don't deserve privacy?)? The repairman probably was on the search for nudes, couple pictures or something along the lines to sell it to the media. So his initial action wasn't driven by morals or justice. That make him a bad person... Yes, he found smth and helped the girls with it, but at the end he did snoop around jjy phone to create some sort of typical scandal (eg. Dating) aka ruin someone's private life which they would have deserved to have. So what I am implying is that maybe the outcome is good, but still the initial thought wasn't that hero-like like you all make it seem
Xenia Wat if maybe the repairman knows 1 of the victims thus that’s y he wen thru the phone to see whether it’s true? There’s a chance tis victims might be too scared to expose themselves coz they worried ppl might ridiculed them??🤔 U can’t juz accused anyone w/o anything solid proofs
@@elisalavign679 Girl that sounds straight up from a fanfic. Okay let's take it into consideration as one of the possibilities, but the chances of your scenario are really really slim
Ok. And if a women had sent in her phone forgetting that she had sex texts and nudes on the phone and the repairmen snooped through the phone and keep the texts and photos for himself you think that's fair? Even though the victims in this case are criminals if this had been any other innocent victim you wouldn't be blowing this off. Don't be a hypocrite.
So I work in IT and have previously worked as a support agent, when I did we sometimes had to help customers call a phone-company that repaired their phones because we did not provide that by ourselves. One of the requirements for letting the customers have their phones repaired was that they deleted everything on the phone. Even the company themselves admitted that while working on the phone to solve issues they sometimes happened to find personal information, for example having to test if the calling functionality worked they would have to go to the phone list to make a phone call. Now where I am located we have the GDPR law in place to protect peoples personal information. But in the case of hearing or finding incriminating evidence of crime I think is still required to be reported. Now I don't know about the laws regarding personal versus public information in Korea but I do not think that there is any agreements or laws on doing what that repairmen did. But I could be wrong since it is probably a Korean company they might have different laws on this. But usually in most places I do not think looking through a phone as a repairmen is illegal. On the other hand, just a suggestion; delete any personal information before giving it to any repairing company. I am even surprised that such a high status celebrity would not delete the contents of their phone.
@@iniyama2 and who knows, if he was allegedly in it as well. (Repairman) maybe a revenge situation for not getting "any". I don't believe as well that he just did this out of good will. Let's run his tape in his shop to see why he went all the way back to 2015
The repair man is in the right. He is morally/ethically responsible to not encourage crime. Whether he looked or not, he did look. Once that happened and he found the crime and HAD to report.
I believe here in 🇨🇦 if u take in computers or phones 4 repair, if when doing the recovery of data process they see an inkling of illegal activity, they are required to report it or it's aiding & abetting a crime & it's really taken serious here. Also, I'm betting golden phone had recent activity too & that's what spurred the technician to look further. Key point is; this was a lifestyle not a random act. Thank goodness he reported it & used the channels he did or this would still be hidden & more victims would be hurt. Let's reflect here a bit... This is such a societal pervasive issue which begs us to ask the question, why aren't people valuing each other? Where is their moral compass & who is guiding young people to understand it's importance? And it's also important to ask why the companies who train people in the entertainment industry, why aren't educating they their staff better? Something needs to change... Personally, last night I was watching the reports from SK here in 🇨🇦. I read tweets, news articles & saw news clips from all over the world. But when I heard more about the victims, everything went into slow motion, I felt their pain; my stomach was turning & my heart hurts, tears were rolling down my face. How & why would you hurt someone you've been so intimate with, then use their weakness against them & then on top of that flaunt it in a forum for men to jeer at? It's the ultimate betrayal & form of evil. This is cruel beyond words. Recently I've deleted music from my itunes act & I like many others have been soared by this whole affair. They all need to do better.
Damn that repair man! He's a creep and should be punished! What he did is disgusting. He found dirt, yes, but that's exactly what he was hoping to find. Or nudes, or sext chats, he's a creep and possibly a criminal, I dunno SK's laws. In here he'd get in BIG trouble.
It’s kinda rude that to go through someone’s phone and check out personal stuff the police should say “why were you looking through his stuff?” I’m a fan from Canada 🇨🇦
@@karab3010 He is a hero for helping future victims,but there is no way he can say he randomly stumbled through it.He had to loom through the phone and that os jist scary that your info can be taken without really knowing.
I kinda agree with you....even if Seungri and the others decide to sue the repairman thanks to his assistance in exposing their crime he will possibly get a much lighter sentence or could get away with a simple fine...and I would also be happy for that because what they were doing and how long they continued to do it is just horrible
@@mochimacaroon400 rn I'm in between because sometimes has the 4th amendment helps and the other times it cause more issues to people idk its confusing with the 4th amendment..🤷🏽♀️
If this happened HERE in the States...probably. The guy didn't have a warrant and he isn't "the law", so he basically broke into the phone and stole information. But in S. Korea...I don't know how it works over there. Lol, I have enough trouble keeping up with all the rules/laws here from the federal and state to state and county to county...
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS TO COME UP! I already thought exactly the same. Is he watching all the private stuff from all his clients? This is so SCARY! And he committed a crime! And he still should be punished for this crime! And I don’t think he had a good intention, when he did that he couldn’t possibly know what he would find. I think a crime can not be covered up with another crime! He should face his punishment like everybody else did. It’s not like he is going to jail for this it would probably have to pay some money or sth, and I think that’s ok
Not hero at all lol was kinda friendly banter, wouldnt have done any harm whatsoever if the guys saw him having sex. i know it sound sick but its stupid
I've heard from another RUclips source that the phone was there for data to be recovered, and the repairman saw some suspicious files. Whether it's true or not, who really knows except the people directly involved.
@@caeciliahendharta931 If you are that stupid to interpret that is what I am conveying...have at it. My statement is pretty clear, I am not going to go back & forth with you about it.
He handed it on reporters instead of police because he found out some major police officers were include to this but the invasion of the privacy do no good. I he didn't give it to the reporters then we will never had the idea what seungri and the others was doing.
He did the right thing while doing the wrong things... Yes he's still a hero what he did was a crime, but still... we can't deny the fact that he exposed those illegal activities of some public figures and saved future the victims.
it is an invasion of privacy.. even if like you said.. he stopped any future crimes.. I don't have anything to hide on my phone.. but I would be PISSED if my repairman went through my phone... (i just realized autocorrect got me AGAIN)
THANK YOU EVERYONE 💜💜💜 I am thinking I shouldn’t think of him as a hero since all of u guys gave me an explanation to my question💜💜 Sorry for all the thank you ‘s I have said (it is a habit😅) 💜💜💜💜
I’m thinking the repair probably was looking things on JJY phone out of curiosity because of the 2016 incident when JJY made a video of his girlfriend without her consent. And who knows maybe he saw something else that was more recent that hinted at illegal activities that made him prove deeper? I’m guessing it will come out in the trial. I’m glad he went to the reporter and not the police. The GC clearly talks about bribing police. And he didn’t go to just any reporter, if I understand correctly he went to the reporter who was instrumental in getting the president impeached... He’s not an ideal hero but for right now I’d say more hero than not.
For me , putting his life at risk is enough to be a hero.ok let's give him the benefit of the doubt.but if it wasn't him.they will just continue messing people's life and we're not here.
FIRST 💜💜💜💜💜 Is the comment section broken?? Am I really the first one?? This is funny since I literally just watched your other Seungri video Love your videos Henry 💜💜💜💜
It's not ethical, but I don't think that is the point of discussion, the whole matter should truly be resolved within the repair man and the laws of Korea, the real point here is that idols take advantage of their social and economic power to do disgusting stuff, just like any other powerful influence person in the world. Let's take down the korean artists from the high celestial pedestal where they've been for a long time.
@@tjjohnson136 That's also true, that's why I said he has to face it's consequences with the police. On our point we only have the power to scrutinize the artists and stop asking for non guilty verdicts until the investigation says so, right now we have more proof against them than on their favor.
JACOBO SURET Someone in my circle is telling me that the girls were sex workers and that Seungri was the one who introduced them to the high profile clients and that they were secretly taped when they didn’t know and they claimed they were violated to save face. But people were saying that they were raped. Ok how did he get in contact with these girls. Were they for the idea of sex work until they found out they were being filmed? Or were they kidnapped and forced to have sex? How did they supposedly get photos,ages and bios off the girls to show to clients? Were the girls unconscious in the video or participating? Can you tell me which one is it. Please and thanks 🙏🏽
@@tjjohnson136 Well I know the story as an outsider just like you, it would be impossible for us to know the real versions until the police releases all the case details. I personally would prefer not to make assumptions until is closed case, and suggest the same for people defending him or accusing. All I say it's at this moment things point these guys more on the guilty side but the investigation conclusion it's what will tell us the whole truth.
I see what you're aiming at and honestly, I'd so love to have a person to person discussion with you because I in a way understand the motifs of the repairman (since smth like that happened to some celebs here). Ofc what he did was not right and all, but this case is really a gray area. And people telling "it only happens in k dramas, don't believe it", yeah, it happens irl too, but your attention is just distracted from it. Let's see how it all develops 😔 P. S. Dog pictures 🐶❤️ And good to see you post more :D take care!
He did morally and ethically wrong...but remember it helped a lot of victims , and saved many future vistims..so when v luk at that it has more positive side than negative
The repairman shouldn’t be accountable. If he is, no one else would dare to report any others wrongdoings in the future. That is why before sending your phone for repair, format everything in the phone!
I just wanted to mention that JJY left his broken phone in the digital forensics company (where the chat was discovered by the informant) for data recovery in the first place. So while restauring the data as he was supposed to do he probably came across something suspicious and decided to report.. Invading privacy? sure, but I'd say he was an accidental hero Oh another thing is that during his previous scandal in 2016 when he was accused by his ex-girlfriend of secretly filming her, police asked for his phone but JJY said it was broken and that he left it for data recovery in that same company.. So JJY is definetely not the normal customer and the whistleblower probably had some informations or suspicions even before starting the process.
I can't say he is a hero cause he is technically wrong but I can say that he made a good decision considering the severity of this case. He did both good and bad thing.
At this point, I think what he did is not right but it is necessary... If money is the objective he can go to the owner of the phone and blackmail him, case closed. But instead, he goes to the media with the expectation to bring this crime to the light. Now imagine if this repairman being punished of what he did, what do you think of people would do if they found something not right as big as this one in the future, they just gonna ignore it in order to keep them out of trouble. And that would be really sad... This world is so chaotic that the line between the good and bad is not clear anymore, therefore I think we should always see into the bigger picture and be wiser (hopefully)...
Well it depends on how he came across the information. If while he was checking to see if the phone worked he saw a recent text of criminal activity then I would not consider that snooping. Also not clear from any of the reports what he found vs what police found when they took possession of the material. Situations do matter and do do facts. Right now I do not have enough information on either.
Omg. You need to pitch that movie idea! Thank you for posting your videos. I just stumbled on them and have been watching one after the other. Awesome!
Thank you for going into more reasoning behind this! Unless the repair man was told to restore old information than yeah his behaviour is odd and a bit concerning. If the police think he needs to be searched than so be it, if he sat there and scrolled through years worth of messages just to find something he could be a scam artist like you said, a blackmailer, could be trying to steal someones identity, etc. And yes he would be an accessory if he saw the illegal activity and didn't say anything. I knew someone who witnessed a murder and didn't say anything and they got put on house arrest for several years.
Last night I read an article of the person who inform about the scandal and probably he is in danger just for say the truth pray for him and his family safety.
I do not think the repairman is wrong. If you give your phone for repairing, there are three common senses that you need to know: 1. Back up your own files first. If not, tell the repairman to back it up in front of you first. 2. Once you let someone else holding your phone, he/she can do anything to your phone, so make sure there's nothing bad/private there. 3. If you are afraid that your personal infos will be breached, never log anything important in permanently/always put password in every acc. 🤷♀️ I dont know about your country, but that's the common sense in my country when you want to repair any electronic device. Make sure that it is clean yourself. You dont know what happens when you are not there. Therefore, I dont think the repairman is wrong. Just an opinion.
Wait am I the only one who first asks themselves what the process of repairing a phone (in this case recover lost data) is like? I mean I don't know how they do it and many of you probably won't either (If someone knows please tell me, I'm curious!) So since I don't know how the process works I think there might be a chance that he saw those messages without even trying...!? Does this make sense? Either way: I'm also against invading privacy but first and foremost I'm glad this crime came to the surface!
I know I feel the same way, technology sometimes depends on system, brand and even the device. People are assuming that he invaded his privacy. But i have a friend that repairs and recovers data from computers and laptops and in some cases he had to go through the data manually due to corrupted files and other tech stuff I don't understand. He is not a creep and he warms clients that sometimes he will see all or most of the stored data on the device in case they wish to not go through it if there is sensitive information. There is many kind of people and situations, without the whole story we don't know the repairman's motivation to browse the data. I think that if he was just perving he would have kept the videos and never talked, him waiting could have been fear due to corrupted police. It's quite complicated because we don't know this person, so at this point we are just speculating about his motivations and character.
The repairman was tasked to recover data from the phone so of course, he had to look into the files to make sure it was successful. So he came across illegal spy cams and brought this up to the authorities. Should he be penalised for this? This is why many people prefer to be bystanders when they see a crime committed.
Then he should be handling this all to the police right n what he did was sold all these evidence to a reporter huhhhh ....so now what's your opinion on him(the repair man)
I think you are asking the wrong question. The question should be: When one crime reveals a bigger crime, should the initial crime be punished? Is he/she considered a criminal? Legally yes, but morally due to the enormity of the crime no. Obviously you bring up an big point in the invasion of privacy which I do think should be punishable. However, how can you assume that the repairman did this to multiple people? Unless there have been cases of stolen identity it would be rash to make such a judgement and put him in the same box as Seungri and 'friends'. Another question should be why did he wait 5 years before sending this information in? This would decide if he was a hero or not because he could have prevented any more victims if this type of criminal activity continued to occur from 2015. Then we should take into account that in recent updates and the repairman would know how connected the guys were to the police. How would he hand in the information and report this.
What if the phone was brought for repair and data recovery? Of course he have tho check several files whether they are successfully recovered. And after seeing what is the contents... What? Go to the police. 😂 It's sad that everybody has already sentenced him without even knowing his part of the story.
@@godzilla6835 I agree, if I bring my laptop to get repaired. I assume he/she would click on files, internet, Skype all major things to see if they are working. How else would they if your device is working.
I’m pretty sure everyone feels the same way you do about the repair man Henry 😂😂. What he did definitely saved so many innocent women from these horrible experiences. Although at the same time, it’s true that going as far as he did into these messages it super sketchy. I think we shouldn’t focus on wether he was in the wrong or not until it’s eventually revealed. Great video and thank for keeping us updated on this horrible scandal ❤️❤️❤️
Ok idk I feel torn on this. My ex boyfriend worked at geek squad and one time he and his work mates found child porn on a customer’s computer. They called the police and the guy got convicted. But in this case they weren’t looking for anything fishy they just happened to find it while fixing some viruses.... 🤷♀️
Twas JJYs phone indeed,the 1 he told the police was "broken" and couldnt give 2 'em...sinc3 he wanted 2 recover his "data" prolly_and this is just me_he wanted 2 have some leverage to blackmail victims in2 b quiet. Also,then the repairman HAD 2 look at files 2 recover all of the data...so Im glad he reported it.
Suddenly realise I’ve watched a lot of your videos but never left a comment. Mainly because I always agree with you I guess. So it seems nothing more I need to say. Anyway I think you deserve a thank you note from me, or a dozen, maybe. Thank you for continuing your channel. Interesting insights. Good job mate!
Whatever that crime is..... that repair man shouldn't touch others personal items... if his a repair man...then repair that phone bitch...not to mind all the information inside of the phone.... This repair man should face charges and jailed
Well, now seungri is proved that he is not wrong. Till now, there is some accusations that goes to him is not true. The burning sun, group chat, the birthday party are clean from seungri, and also i hope for another scandal which could be clean too from seungri. You guys such a bad accuser, before you make blaming to other people, please check it carefully!!! And also, be wise when you got a news... Cause we don't know which one who said a truth
This scandal is seriously wacked and everything is beyond fiction! It has made headlines in Danish newspapers as well and we are not even that serious kpop worshippers in Scandinavia. I read somewhere that one of the investigative journalists on the case have disappeared as well, so it seems that this case will spin off for some time. How and why the repairman retrieved this crucial info from the phone is not explained anywhere, so it's difficult to judge on that first domino that caused the disclosure of this nasty shit that has been going on.
Oh my lord . I've been so engrossed with this whole scandal that I didnt even look at "how was this leaked" and I feel unsure. Like it's great that they're exposed but it's wrong that they're privacy were looked into... You know you bringing this up reminds me that old case with Edison Chen's laptop scandal. Jesus I feel old now. ☹
This is the same defense crooks use. He could have blackmailed for a large sum. If he didn’t...these women would NEVER have gotten justice. If you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to fear. YES that guys is a HERO in my eyes.
this is a reminder to back up your phones, kids 😂 then he couldve just ditched his old phone, bought a new one and done a restore. instead he handed over his device to a stranger knowing it contained incriminating information 🤦♂️ clearly he didnt think that one through
That happened to me. AT&T repair tech went through my phone. He went through my photos, bank account, text messages, and other things. I don't have any explicit things on my phone, but I know other people do. This thought made me feel like he was looking for things like nudes or something. I had a major panic attack in the parking lot. AT&T treated the incident poorly when I reported it, so I switched carriers and had to pay fees to leave the company. I used to have his job, so I know he didn't need to access any of that. It was a traumatizing experience. I caught him because I didn't want to do a reset just yet. But how many other customers did he do this to? And is still doing this to, because he wasn't even reprimanded formally by the company? That being said, I also used to do pc repair. We weren't allowed to snoop, BUT there are some instances where you happen across sensitive info. For most illicit things, we were just to ignore it. But for cases like this, or things like other major crimes, we were allowed to report it. And the repair guy was supposed to be doing data recovery, from what I've heard, so coming across years old messages and seeing their contents could happen as part of the job. If he snooped, he's wrong and should be dealt with, but if he didn't and just happened on it as part of the data recovery, then he did the right thing. It's likely impossible to know his intentions at the time, so given he helped put an end to some of this debauchery and criminal activity, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
I do agree with you, snooping through people's phones is probably something he shouldn't have been doing at all. But again, he shouldn't be incriminated for snooping either. After all, its thanks to him this is being brought to light, as it rightfully should. Whether he leaked the chats or not, it doesn't change the fact that he still looked through the phone. If it had been found out that he did look through the phone and saw the messages but chose to NOT report them, it would look even worse on his part and could lead him to being an associate of the crime.
EXACTLY. that's the first thing I thought about. But I guess we can all agree that it was for the better than he did in this case. If he chose to not say anything, it probably would've been even worse
i think that repairman story is definitely a cover up for the original informant. A regular repairman would be delighted to find tons of free porn instead of reporting it.
I forgot to mention that the REPAIRMAN found these photos/chat evidence and he gave/sold it to a reporter, he did not hand it to the police first, if you suspect crime or danger wouldn’t you contact the police and not a reporter? It was only after the news spreading so big and so quickly that the police began investigating this case. Some people say because he is scared of corruption so he gave it reporters, then why didn’t the reporter give it to the police? Instead the news outlet released exclusive news and made a lot of money from it. There is obviously something we don’t know, otherwise the repairman wouldn’t be under investigation too.
Maybe Cz he know have police involved in this case from the conversation Kakaotalk
I have read (how true? don't know) that the repairman did not go to the police because of corruption. I watched your video and It's hard for me to say he should get a pass in this. Yes he exposed vile and horrific crimes but at the same time he may have also committed one himself (unfamiliar with the law there) and if he's not charged or at least fined then what kind of message does that send? This is such a heartbreaking mess.
Wow u went and made a comment thread about this.. u should have waited on my response.. then you wouldn't have made such a long comment about something that's abvious... as the people have said in this comment thread and also what I have said in response to your response to my comment. The messages had in them that a high official cop had their back.. now please do the maths. I am out peace...
And reporters actually try to safely put up and secure their witness or source because they need them to verify and validate what has been reported in case of... so yeah I would trust a reporter especially the ones that have been involved in revealing other scandals.. maybe it's just or I'm stupid but that what i would have done instead of going to the cops that is probably rotten to the core.
Honestly, if we were to look at what the repairman did independently, I actually agree with you. It was a gross breach of privacy that is 100% illegal. I’m not sure how Korean laws work, but it was a breach of confidentiality.
Kudos to the crime being exposed though. Big Bang was and always will be my forever flame, but should evidence that eliminates reasonable doubt be shown, action must be taken.
Let's be real he looked into it hoping he will get some money on some info/pics
Your analysis is darn stupid. If this man needed money all he had to do is to take pics and blackmail seungri... come on are we so slow and dumb these days
@@maxxamsinhwa6897 yeah but probably wouldn't wanna ever risk going to jail
MAXXAM Sinhwa Blackmailing is illegal, selling it to a news reporter for exclusive news is not. Who’s stupid now? If he blackmailed Seungri he would be in just as much trouble. If you wanted to just report a crime, wouldn’t you go to the police first and not to a reporter?
@@HenryPrinceMak wowwwww go to the corrupt police in south korea??? U look korean and I think I know more about Korea than you... This man could not trust any cop in south korea.. cause u dont know which cop is corrupt. It is in these messages in the chatroom that a high official had there back.. Ig he was thinking more than you not to go the cops... ig if it was you who had found the messages and even the messages hinted to you that a high official cop has their back and u still went to them, then maybe your body would be in a ditch or alley somewhere waiting to be found.. please, you're reporting on what's out there. Think critically thank you.
Maybe
I think both sides were in the wrong, seungri should’ve been truthful and shouldn’t have done what he did, and the repairman shouldnt have snooped unless he was 100% sure something was wrong.
He shouldn’t have snooped period 😂😂
But I don’t care .. I’m just trying to understand this whole situation 😩😩
Yeah.. he shouldn't have created a prostitution bar..... and participated in a group chat that shared videos of raped women......... he shouldn't have done that...................
I mean isnt it fair if repair man get into too? To make it far to all parties
@Me Me their is such a thing as privacy. If I send personal, it migh even be a little racy, text to someone I don't want a repair reading those texts. Let's be honest here that repairman was looking for dirt. He had a celebrities phone and wanted to see what private info he could find out about that celebrity. He was not snooping through the phone looking for illegal content just personal/private. He just happened by luck to hit the mother load. How many more celebrities phones has he went through and got private info on them. How do we know he hasn't sold personal information from the phones he's been snooping in. The repairman is violating his clients privacy which is illegal. Yes he found something this one time but how about all the innocent people's privacy he violated before this. He violated people just like Seungri and them did just In a different way. He should be punished according to the violation he committed.
I mean, if I have lots of dangerous information in my phone that might put me behind bars, I ought to buy a new phone rather than repair it? Unless I have a tight grip on the repairman's balls.
I wish humans ...wouldn’t do such things
That's what every decent human being wishes.. 😔
I wish they were better humans ☹️
He was probably tempted to snoop because the phone's owner was famous. He probably also wondered why such a rich person wouldn't just buy a new phone. Maybe there was something really important in the phone, and hmmm...what could that possibly be? He took a peek, and the rest is history!
Just bc you're a celebrity doesn't mean you should get a new phone. People have important documents and numbers to save
Especially if you know you kept bad things on your phone. Not too smart since nowadays everything can be backed up onto a
sd card. Like ha wanted to get caught. 😂
@@hitoshishinsou1034 Most new phones will pull your old phone's contact information and documents from the cloud. Unless he was using a flip phone or something older.
@@Mandy0943 I know, right?
I can’t really say that the repair man is a hero. But I’m very glad and happy that he did what he did. If not I can’t imagine how much more girls will get hurt. Thank you very much repair man
You're so right! 🙌
Agree
Its fucked up the person who's paid for secretcy came forward and the people who seen it didn't
But he prob saw it too and wouldn't have told if it wasn't on the news already.
He's a snake. He's snooping to see some confidential stuff and once he saw the news about the scandal he exposed them hoping hed get rewarded.
I don't think he did it out of kindness.
He should've just told the police he had the suspects phones and let the police check it themselves.
You really don’t know how people think these days. You can never really trust anyone anymore. You guys out there stay safe.
It's like breaking into someone's house to steal only to find an illegal drug ring. You still committed a crime even if you reported it to the police.
Exactly. Thank you.
and he even didnt report to police but sold info to reporters
Corrupt catching the corrupt. Hmm? How ironic? Lol dog eat dog world hot there
The repairman should face charges as well, it was definitely an invasion of privacy.
GreenApple 88 I totally agree
Well, except he sold the info for cash instead of turning it over to authorities.
well how else would he save those girls then dimwit?
It’s really weird, who the hell looks through somebody’s phone while your phone when you’re supposed to fix it?
@Stan_exo Itsgood4urhealth Bruh, naw if my phone breaks im just getting a new one
Actually they do check if there's anything wrong or something by going through our phone, but they'll ask you for permission beforehand and you'll need to be there if you want to. However if you don't allow them, Idk about others but my uncle(who is one) assured me that 96% of the time they can't bothered to do those kind of shit, even if they did, they would've seen more shit than that. So unless they see something illegal by accident, they won't do anything or care.
Apple does it a lot
The guy wasn't just a repairman, Jung Joon Young sent in his phone in for data recovery. Go watch DKDKTV's video on the scandal, they have a more in-depth analysis of the events.
Lmfao if someone went through my phone all they'll find is memes and photos of kpop idols 😂😂😂
You just exposed yourself.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No no, definitely not me. *sips tea nervously*
They'd find random (horrible) photos of me and my friend that we took cuz we were bored,very cringe videos pics of food and stuff like that
Honestly I would have been upset that the repairmen was going to going through his phone and reading his message hoping for money. But the only good thing about this action of the repairmen was that Seungri was exposed and people was able to the true Seungri and the other idols. But if this repairman went inside Seungri phone means he might has also done it before. His wrong action I guess was actually helpful this once.
Sorry I started laughing when he said this needs to be made into a drama
It's not unlikely though. A lot of legal and crime Kdramas are based off of real cases
N S they are already few that talks about corruption just
Himeyuki Matsumoto what do you mean?
My phone is pretty innocent but JJY must be really really stupid to give his phone to be repaired when all this stuff was on it. As my parents used to say 2 wrongs dont make a right. The repairman is doing things that are illegal.
Yes he is really stupid. Maybe he want to keep copy of all those sex tape so he go to repairman. In Hong Kong, there's big scandal years ago, a famous male celebrity go to repairman with his broken laptop, turns out there are many sex tapes involve many other famous female celebrity. But there's nothing illegal about the sex tape though, as female agrees to take it. And the repairman or the guy who spread the sex tape to public, I think got arrested and go to jail instead,
THANK YOU! Every person that was talking about the repairman was acting like he was holy. Yes, what he exposed was helpful and probably saved alot of girls, but he still invaded somebody's privacy. And that's just what it is 🤷
Xenia The real question is privacy worth someone’s life? For all we know those women life’s were irrevocably altered. And he’s been doing it for years...sorry the serial rapist and his friends need to go find help with their maker. Anyone that says otherwise need to check their moral compass.
Sometimes u haf to invade someone privacy to get the full picture.. I used to see tis videos of small kids ended up dead cos social sevices ignore the signs of abused. Secrets behind close door or mobile phone.. Y should we respect their privacy if they themselves don’t respect others??
But to both of you I don't think it was his first intention to safe those girls and how could he know that jjy did such things (so how did he know that they don't deserve privacy?)? The repairman probably was on the search for nudes, couple pictures or something along the lines to sell it to the media. So his initial action wasn't driven by morals or justice. That make him a bad person... Yes, he found smth and helped the girls with it, but at the end he did snoop around jjy phone to create some sort of typical scandal (eg. Dating) aka ruin someone's private life which they would have deserved to have. So what I am implying is that maybe the outcome is good, but still the initial thought wasn't that hero-like like you all make it seem
Xenia Wat if maybe the repairman knows 1 of the victims thus that’s y he wen thru the phone to see whether it’s true? There’s a chance tis victims might be too scared to expose themselves coz they worried ppl might ridiculed them??🤔 U can’t juz accused anyone w/o anything solid proofs
@@elisalavign679 Girl that sounds straight up from a fanfic. Okay let's take it into consideration as one of the possibilities, but the chances of your scenario are really really slim
If you really care about privacy, you wouldn't let a stranger repair your phone with sensitive information on it.
truetrue
Ok. And if a women had sent in her phone forgetting that she had sex texts and nudes on the phone and the repairmen snooped through the phone and keep the texts and photos for himself you think that's fair? Even though the victims in this case are criminals if this had been any other innocent victim you wouldn't be blowing this off. Don't be a hypocrite.
this is the only person who i'll liSTEN TO ABOUT THE SCANDAL NEWS
Yes
So I work in IT and have previously worked as a support agent, when I did we sometimes had to help customers call a phone-company that repaired their phones because we did not provide that by ourselves. One of the requirements for letting the customers have their phones repaired was that they deleted everything on the phone. Even the company themselves admitted that while working on the phone to solve issues they sometimes happened to find personal information, for example having to test if the calling functionality worked they would have to go to the phone list to make a phone call.
Now where I am located we have the GDPR law in place to protect peoples personal information.
But in the case of hearing or finding incriminating evidence of crime I think is still required to be reported.
Now I don't know about the laws regarding personal versus public information in Korea but I do not think that there is any agreements or laws on doing what that repairmen did.
But I could be wrong since it is probably a Korean company they might have different laws on this.
But usually in most places I do not think looking through a phone as a repairmen is illegal.
On the other hand, just a suggestion; delete any personal information before giving it to any repairing company.
I am even surprised that such a high status celebrity would not delete the contents of their phone.
This is a k-drama. Would he have done it for a none celebrity ? That's the big question.
@@iniyama2 and who knows, if he was allegedly in it as well. (Repairman) maybe a revenge situation for not getting "any". I don't believe as well that he just did this out of good will. Let's run his tape in his shop to see why he went all the way back to 2015
The repair man is in the right. He is morally/ethically responsible to not encourage crime. Whether he looked or not, he did look. Once that happened and he found the crime and HAD to report.
I'm so shocked honestly and I agree with you
I believe here in 🇨🇦 if u take in computers or phones 4 repair, if when doing the recovery of data process they see an inkling of illegal activity, they are required to report it or it's aiding & abetting a crime & it's really taken serious here.
Also, I'm betting golden phone had recent activity too & that's what spurred the technician to look further. Key point is; this was a lifestyle not a random act. Thank goodness he reported it & used the channels he did or this would still be hidden & more victims would be hurt.
Let's reflect here a bit... This is such a societal pervasive issue which begs us to ask the question, why aren't people valuing each other? Where is their moral compass & who is guiding young people to understand it's importance? And it's also important to ask why the companies who train people in the entertainment industry, why aren't educating they their staff better?
Something needs to change...
Personally, last night I was watching the reports from SK here in 🇨🇦. I read tweets, news articles & saw news clips from all over the world. But when I heard more about the victims, everything went into slow motion, I felt their pain; my stomach was turning & my heart hurts, tears were rolling down my face. How & why would you hurt someone you've been so intimate with, then use their weakness against them & then on top of that flaunt it in a forum for men to jeer at? It's the ultimate betrayal & form of evil. This is cruel beyond words.
Recently I've deleted music from my itunes act & I like many others have been soared by this whole affair. They all need to do better.
Damn that repair man! He's a creep and should be punished! What he did is disgusting. He found dirt, yes, but that's exactly what he was hoping to find. Or nudes, or sext chats, he's a creep and possibly a criminal, I dunno SK's laws. In here he'd get in BIG trouble.
fi0rella
+1
In Korea he is a hero
Here he would be in big trouble
:')
happened in the Uk where we have strict privacy laws and the repairman was not prosecuted. He was deemed a hero for snoping on celebrities computers.
This should be made into a movie 💀💀💀
It’s kinda rude that to go through someone’s phone and check out personal stuff the police should say “why were you looking through his stuff?” I’m a fan from Canada 🇨🇦
its not rude, its illegal......but I am kinda happy people that deserve to pay for their crimes are being exposed...
True
@@atinyxstay4ever413 it's both 😂
The repairman was not a hero...I mean my privacy is my privacy 😑
mw ._.blahblahblah but he saved future victims
Your privacy is your responsibility - not anyone else's. If you don't want it found, don't do it, keep it, share it. Period.
@@karab3010 He is a hero for helping future victims,but there is no way he can say he randomly stumbled through it.He had to loom through the phone and that os jist scary that your info can be taken without really knowing.
You're right he's an antihero he did the right thing by doing the wrong thing
I kinda agree with you....even if Seungri and the others decide to sue the repairman thanks to his assistance in exposing their crime he will possibly get a much lighter sentence or could get away with a simple fine...and I would also be happy for that because what they were doing and how long they continued to do it is just horrible
We need Henry prince mak merch! 😂
I just wish everyone would be more truthful....:( this hurts everyone
If that were to happen here wouldn't it be invading the 4th Amendment wouldnt it get the repair man in trouble for invading someone privacy??
Not every country has the 4th Amendment...
@@mochimacaroon400 rn I'm in between because sometimes has the 4th amendment helps and the other times it cause more issues to people idk its confusing with the 4th amendment..🤷🏽♀️
GIRL this is Korea not fucking America
@@emobih6665 i guess that is why she said if that happened HERE.. but yes, Korea does not have the 4th Amendment to protect them.
If this happened HERE in the States...probably. The guy didn't have a warrant and he isn't "the law", so he basically broke into the phone and stole information.
But in S. Korea...I don't know how it works over there.
Lol, I have enough trouble keeping up with all the rules/laws here from the federal and state to state and county to county...
This scandal has gotten worst, from kakaochat, golden phone and now repairman?? I'm tired with all this mess.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS TO COME UP! I already thought exactly the same. Is he watching all the private stuff from all his clients? This is so SCARY! And he committed a crime! And he still should be punished for this crime! And I don’t think he had a good intention, when he did that he couldn’t possibly know what he would find. I think a crime can not be covered up with another crime! He should face his punishment like everybody else did. It’s not like he is going to jail for this it would probably have to pay some money or sth, and I think that’s ok
Omlll this is crazy 😭😱😱
Luv u tho 😂😂❤️👏🏻
Not hero at all lol was kinda friendly banter, wouldnt have done any harm whatsoever if the guys saw him having sex. i know it sound sick but its stupid
NOTIFICATION SQUAD WHERE U AT!?
Ayeee
Wasuuup
Hereee
Thank you, you read my mind Henry ,finally someone talking about this. I love you btw ^^
I've heard from another RUclips source that the phone was there for data to be recovered, and the repairman saw some suspicious files. Whether it's true or not, who really knows except the people directly involved.
Moral of the story, don't record rape and keep it on your phone, especially if you take it in for repair.
moral of the story do not do rape at all in the first place
@@caeciliahendharta931 This idea kinda goes without not much need of saying, yet rape continues.
@@kpopcougar6832 so you are saying its ok then? since it happen anywhere anyway?
@@caeciliahendharta931 If you are that stupid to interpret that is what I am conveying...have at it. My statement is pretty clear, I am not going to go back & forth with you about it.
@@kpopcougar6832 yeah agree, it should be done by you saying that your first comment was not right on the first place...
It was an invasion of privacy but I’m still thankful he did that. I know I know yes it’s illegal but I’m still kinda grateful
He handed it on reporters instead of police because he found out some major police officers were include to this but the invasion of the privacy do no good. I he didn't give it to the reporters then we will never had the idea what seungri and the others was doing.
Repairman prob got tones of money by giving it to the reporter and thts the tea. Really think he should get a fine tho, atleast.
This repairman 100% looked through the phones/electronics of all his customers.
Are you a clairvoyant, mind reader or have you just forgotten your medication?
He did the right thing while doing the wrong things...
Yes he's still a hero what he did was a crime, but still... we can't deny the fact that he exposed those illegal activities of some public figures and saved future the victims.
it is an invasion of privacy.. even if like you said.. he stopped any future crimes.. I don't have anything to hide on my phone.. but I would be PISSED if my repairman went through my phone...
(i just realized autocorrect got me AGAIN)
I am confused if I should think of the repair man as a hero or not??🤔🤔
@basher basher thank you for telling me this💜💜
@goku son ok 👌 thank u for explaining this to me 💜💜💜
@Bettina Puskás thank you for this explanation 💜💜
THANK YOU EVERYONE 💜💜💜
I am thinking I shouldn’t think of him as a hero since all of u guys gave me an explanation to my question💜💜
Sorry for all the thank you ‘s I have said (it is a habit😅) 💜💜💜💜
No He's not
They should both get punished.... they shouldn't leave the repairman out
Phone repairman needs arrested. Violation of privacy is a crime even if her saw and reported said crime.
I’m thinking the repair probably was looking things on JJY phone out of curiosity because of the 2016 incident when JJY made a video of his girlfriend without her consent. And who knows maybe he saw something else that was more recent that hinted at illegal activities that made him prove deeper? I’m guessing it will come out in the trial. I’m glad he went to the reporter and not the police. The GC clearly talks about bribing police. And he didn’t go to just any reporter, if I understand correctly he went to the reporter who was instrumental in getting the president impeached...
He’s not an ideal hero but for right now I’d say more hero than not.
Maybe the repair man was undercover agent.
😂. Now conspire.
Completely right, that’s a breaching privacy and that’s breaking the law on itself
For me , putting his life at risk is enough to be a hero.ok let's give him the benefit of the doubt.but if it wasn't him.they will just continue messing people's life and we're not here.
FIRST 💜💜💜💜💜
Is the comment section broken??
Am I really the first one??
This is funny since I literally just watched your other Seungri video
Love your videos Henry 💜💜💜💜
You are actually #16. Try again next time!
This series is so helpful. I was legit so confused about this entire thing. It cleared a lot up
I'm so Shocked with this Whole Seungri Thing I totally agree with you Prince Mak!
Thank you for keeping me on track because I'm too slow to search for all this information😅👏
It's not ethical, but I don't think that is the point of discussion, the whole matter should truly be resolved within the repair man and the laws of Korea, the real point here is that idols take advantage of their social and economic power to do disgusting stuff, just like any other powerful influence person in the world. Let's take down the korean artists from the high celestial pedestal where they've been for a long time.
JACOBO SURET but what he did was illegal. 😂
@@tjjohnson136 That's also true, that's why I said he has to face it's consequences with the police. On our point we only have the power to scrutinize the artists and stop asking for non guilty verdicts until the investigation says so, right now we have more proof against them than on their favor.
JACOBO SURET Someone in my circle is telling me that the girls were sex workers and that Seungri was the one who introduced them to the high profile clients and that they were secretly taped when they didn’t know and they claimed they were violated to save face. But people were saying that they were raped. Ok how did he get in contact with these girls. Were they for the idea of sex work until they found out they were being filmed? Or were they kidnapped and forced to have sex? How did they supposedly get photos,ages and bios off the girls to show to clients? Were the girls unconscious in the video or participating? Can you tell me which one is it. Please and thanks 🙏🏽
@@tjjohnson136 Well I know the story as an outsider just like you, it would be impossible for us to know the real versions until the police releases all the case details. I personally would prefer not to make assumptions until is closed case, and suggest the same for people defending him or accusing. All I say it's at this moment things point these guys more on the guilty side but the investigation conclusion it's what will tell us the whole truth.
I see what you're aiming at and honestly, I'd so love to have a person to person discussion with you because I in a way understand the motifs of the repairman (since smth like that happened to some celebs here). Ofc what he did was not right and all, but this case is really a gray area. And people telling "it only happens in k dramas, don't believe it", yeah, it happens irl too, but your attention is just distracted from it. Let's see how it all develops 😔
P. S. Dog pictures 🐶❤️ And good to see you post more :D take care!
He did morally and ethically wrong...but remember it helped a lot of victims , and saved many future vistims..so when v luk at that it has more positive side than negative
The repairman shouldn’t be accountable. If he is, no one else would dare to report any others wrongdoings in the future. That is why before sending your phone for repair, format everything in the phone!
The SBS funE journalist needs to make a Netflix special about this whole ordeal once it's done.
I just wanted to mention that JJY left his broken phone in the digital forensics company (where the chat was discovered by the informant) for data recovery in the first place. So while restauring the data as he was supposed to do he probably came across something suspicious and decided to report.. Invading privacy? sure, but I'd say he was an accidental hero
Oh another thing is that during his previous scandal in 2016 when he was accused by his ex-girlfriend of secretly filming her, police asked for his phone but JJY said it was broken and that he left it for data recovery in that same company.. So JJY is definetely not the normal customer and the whistleblower probably had some informations or suspicions even before starting the process.
I can't say he is a hero cause he is technically wrong but I can say that he made a good decision considering the severity of this case. He did both good and bad thing.
At this point, I think what he did is not right but it is necessary... If money is the objective he can go to the owner of the phone and blackmail him, case closed. But instead, he goes to the media with the expectation to bring this crime to the light. Now imagine if this repairman being punished of what he did, what do you think of people would do if they found something not right as big as this one in the future, they just gonna ignore it in order to keep them out of trouble. And that would be really sad...
This world is so chaotic that the line between the good and bad is not clear anymore, therefore I think we should always see into the bigger picture and be wiser (hopefully)...
Well it depends on how he came across the information. If while he was checking to see if the phone worked he saw a recent text of criminal activity then I would not consider that snooping. Also not clear from any of the reports what he found vs what police found when they took possession of the material. Situations do matter and do do facts. Right now I do not have enough information on either.
Omg. You need to pitch that movie idea! Thank you for posting your videos. I just stumbled on them and have been watching one after the other. Awesome!
two vids in a row ?? we stan 💜💜💜
I was just thinking of you in that one video with Jackson😂💜
Hope you are prepared to be sued
Thank you for going into more reasoning behind this! Unless the repair man was told to restore old information than yeah his behaviour is odd and a bit concerning. If the police think he needs to be searched than so be it, if he sat there and scrolled through years worth of messages just to find something he could be a scam artist like you said, a blackmailer, could be trying to steal someones identity, etc. And yes he would be an accessory if he saw the illegal activity and didn't say anything. I knew someone who witnessed a murder and didn't say anything and they got put on house arrest for several years.
Last night I read an article of the person who inform about the scandal and probably he is in danger just for say the truth pray for him and his family safety.
I do not think the repairman is wrong. If you give your phone for repairing, there are three common senses that you need to know:
1. Back up your own files first. If not, tell the repairman to back it up in front of you first.
2. Once you let someone else holding your phone, he/she can do anything to your phone, so make sure there's nothing bad/private there.
3. If you are afraid that your personal infos will be breached, never log anything important in permanently/always put password in every acc. 🤷♀️
I dont know about your country, but that's the common sense in my country when you want to repair any electronic device. Make sure that it is clean yourself. You dont know what happens when you are not there. Therefore, I dont think the repairman is wrong. Just an opinion.
Identity of Repairman is now confirmed to be protected by the Courts and authority. Korean newspapers March 18.
the reporter will definitely gain a big promotion. the repairman will literally have a lots of money.
I don't think he's a hero, but I thank life for making this man even try that.
Wait am I the only one who first asks themselves what the process of repairing a phone (in this case recover lost data) is like? I mean I don't know how they do it and many of you probably won't either (If someone knows please tell me, I'm curious!) So since I don't know how the process works I think there might be a chance that he saw those messages without even trying...!? Does this make sense? Either way: I'm also against invading privacy but first and foremost I'm glad this crime came to the surface!
I know I feel the same way, technology sometimes depends on system, brand and even the device. People are assuming that he invaded his privacy. But i have a friend that repairs and recovers data from computers and laptops and in some cases he had to go through the data manually due to corrupted files and other tech stuff I don't understand. He is not a creep and he warms clients that sometimes he will see all or most of the stored data on the device in case they wish to not go through it if there is sensitive information. There is many kind of people and situations, without the whole story we don't know the repairman's motivation to browse the data. I think that if he was just perving he would have kept the videos and never talked, him waiting could have been fear due to corrupted police. It's quite complicated because we don't know this person, so at this point we are just speculating about his motivations and character.
The repairman was tasked to recover data from the phone so of course, he had to look into the files to make sure it was successful. So he came across illegal spy cams and brought this up to the authorities. Should he be penalised for this? This is why many people prefer to be bystanders when they see a crime committed.
Then he should be handling this all to the police right n what he did was sold all these evidence to a reporter huhhhh ....so now what's your opinion on him(the repair man)
@@phidasyiemlieh2326 Why would he give it to the police if he saw that the police themselves are corrupt?
I agree with you.. For me that repairman still make a 'crime' because he digging up all the conversation without permission..
I think you are asking the wrong question.
The question should be: When one crime reveals a bigger crime, should the initial crime be punished? Is he/she considered a criminal? Legally yes, but morally due to the enormity of the crime no.
Obviously you bring up an big point in the invasion of privacy which I do think should be punishable. However, how can you assume that the repairman did this to multiple people? Unless there have been cases of stolen identity it would be rash to make such a judgement and put him in the same box as Seungri and 'friends'.
Another question should be why did he wait 5 years before sending this information in? This would decide if he was a hero or not because he could have prevented any more victims if this type of criminal activity continued to occur from 2015.
Then we should take into account that in recent updates and the repairman would know how connected the guys were to the police. How would he hand in the information and report this.
What if the phone was brought for repair and data recovery? Of course he have tho check several files whether they are successfully recovered. And after seeing what is the contents... What? Go to the police. 😂
It's sad that everybody has already sentenced him without even knowing his part of the story.
@@godzilla6835 I agree, if I bring my laptop to get repaired. I assume he/she would click on files, internet, Skype all major things to see if they are working. How else would they if your device is working.
I’m pretty sure everyone feels the same way you do about the repair man Henry 😂😂. What he did definitely saved so many innocent women from these horrible experiences. Although at the same time, it’s true that going as far as he did into these messages it super sketchy. I think we shouldn’t focus on wether he was in the wrong or not until it’s eventually revealed. Great video and thank for keeping us updated on this horrible scandal ❤️❤️❤️
Ok idk I feel torn on this. My ex boyfriend worked at geek squad and one time he and his work mates found child porn on a customer’s computer. They called the police and the guy got convicted. But in this case they weren’t looking for anything fishy they just happened to find it while fixing some viruses.... 🤷♀️
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This sounds like a sasaeng alert-
*in my opinion, don't attack me*
Honestly, I'm curious about whose phone was sent in for repairs instead of the celebrity just buying a new one.
They said the owner wanted the data, he went to get only the old data
It was JJY phone apparetly . He was the one getting a new phone .
Seungri's phone is with the police for investigation
Twas JJYs phone indeed,the 1 he told the police was "broken" and couldnt give 2 'em...sinc3 he wanted 2 recover his "data" prolly_and this is just me_he wanted 2 have some leverage to blackmail victims in2 b quiet.
Also,then the repairman HAD 2 look at files 2 recover all of the data...so Im glad he reported it.
Suddenly realise I’ve watched a lot of your videos but never left a comment. Mainly because I always agree with you I guess. So it seems nothing more I need to say. Anyway I think you deserve a thank you note from me, or a dozen, maybe. Thank you for continuing your channel. Interesting insights. Good job mate!
Whatever that crime is..... that repair man shouldn't touch others personal items... if his a repair man...then repair that phone bitch...not to mind all the information inside of the phone....
This repair man should face charges and jailed
Well, now seungri is proved that he is not wrong. Till now, there is some accusations that goes to him is not true. The burning sun, group chat, the birthday party are clean from seungri, and also i hope for another scandal which could be clean too from seungri. You guys such a bad accuser, before you make blaming to other people, please check it carefully!!! And also, be wise when you got a news... Cause we don't know which one who said a truth
The last time I was this early Jungkook was still a fetus
This scandal is seriously wacked and everything is beyond fiction! It has made headlines in Danish newspapers as well and we are not even that serious kpop worshippers in Scandinavia. I read somewhere that one of the investigative journalists on the case have disappeared as well, so it seems that this case will spin off for some time. How and why the repairman retrieved this crucial info from the phone is not explained anywhere, so it's difficult to judge on that first domino that caused the disclosure of this nasty shit that has been going on.
I’m glad he did it. It wasn’t right, but I’m so glad he did it.
Oh my lord . I've been so engrossed with this whole scandal that I didnt even look at "how was this leaked" and I feel unsure. Like it's great that they're exposed but it's wrong that they're privacy were looked into... You know you bringing this up reminds me that old case with Edison Chen's laptop scandal. Jesus I feel old now. ☹
This is the same defense crooks use. He could have blackmailed for a large sum. If he didn’t...these women would NEVER have gotten justice. If you have nothing to hide then you should have nothing to fear. YES that guys is a HERO in my eyes.
this is a reminder to back up your phones, kids 😂 then he couldve just ditched his old phone, bought a new one and done a restore. instead he handed over his device to a stranger knowing it contained incriminating information 🤦♂️ clearly he didnt think that one through
I think he's an accidental hero. He didn't snoop for the right reasons but he reported what he found for the right reasons
That happened to me. AT&T repair tech went through my phone. He went through my photos, bank account, text messages, and other things. I don't have any explicit things on my phone, but I know other people do. This thought made me feel like he was looking for things like nudes or something. I had a major panic attack in the parking lot. AT&T treated the incident poorly when I reported it, so I switched carriers and had to pay fees to leave the company. I used to have his job, so I know he didn't need to access any of that. It was a traumatizing experience. I caught him because I didn't want to do a reset just yet. But how many other customers did he do this to? And is still doing this to, because he wasn't even reprimanded formally by the company?
That being said, I also used to do pc repair. We weren't allowed to snoop, BUT there are some instances where you happen across sensitive info. For most illicit things, we were just to ignore it. But for cases like this, or things like other major crimes, we were allowed to report it. And the repair guy was supposed to be doing data recovery, from what I've heard, so coming across years old messages and seeing their contents could happen as part of the job. If he snooped, he's wrong and should be dealt with, but if he didn't and just happened on it as part of the data recovery, then he did the right thing. It's likely impossible to know his intentions at the time, so given he helped put an end to some of this debauchery and criminal activity, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
I do agree with you, snooping through people's phones is probably something he shouldn't have been doing at all. But again, he shouldn't be incriminated for snooping either. After all, its thanks to him this is being brought to light, as it rightfully should. Whether he leaked the chats or not, it doesn't change the fact that he still looked through the phone. If it had been found out that he did look through the phone and saw the messages but chose to NOT report them, it would look even worse on his part and could lead him to being an associate of the crime.
I've watched a few of these videos but I feel like your view of it all is the best. Since you know how Korea works more than others.
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I stopped my chores to watch this
EXACTLY. that's the first thing I thought about. But I guess we can all agree that it was for the better than he did in this case. If he chose to not say anything, it probably would've been even worse
i think that repairman story is definitely a cover up for the original informant. A regular repairman would be delighted to find tons of free porn instead of reporting it.
The repairman is no hero
He was just a reason to expose a crime and save lifes
Its just a coincidence that they were doing something illegal