imagine an app that is sort of like a panic button. You get pulled over, you open the app and hit the button which then (depending on your preferences), starts recording/streaming video and audio, locks the phone, and maybe starts recording accelerometer/gps data, etc.

It would need to be thoroughly developed/tested before actually it could be ethically recommended.

What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? unfeasible? Already existing?

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I feel like there was an app from the ACLU or EFF that did exactly that. Locked the device and started recording on panic button combo, and if I am remembering correctly had the ability to auto-upload to a cloud in case of device seizure.

EDIT: Ah, ok I was confused. It was the ACLU Mobile Justice app which was cloud based, but it was shutdown just last month. They point to external entities having access to their database as the reason.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Dang, this was the first I heard about mobile justice shutting down.

It had been on my phone and thankfully unused for a long time.

[–] lemel@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

They have shut it down exactly when you needed it.