A small startup company developed the app Cell 411 to harness the power of cell phones to deter the use of cops for help and put this power back into the hands of citizens. How does it work? According to Brett Sanders:
With a tap of a button, users of Cell 411, which is scheduled for release in a few days, are able to alert their contacts, or nearby users of their emergency. The app has several categories for alerts, including medical, fire, vehicle trouble, witnessing criminal activity and “I am cop blocking.” The cop blocking alert would announce to the user’s friends of their activity in real time and include the exact location and turn by turn directions to the activists location.
This call for help could be a beacon to other activists that a violation of rights is occurring and to send reinforcements if possible. The immediate signal to other family and friends would be a godsend, thus eliminating the worry and wherabouts of the user.
Do you think this app could take power away from an authoritarian police state or is it a foolish idea that is doomed to fail?
Source: Brett Sanders
i love the apps, is absolutery geougeos.
What does this one do ?
912…. Please press 4 to report a crime. Please press 5 to have someones civil rights suspended.
pls press 9 so the pigs can shoot u…