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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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 65 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I had a setup with a remote Asterisk server, and a Tasker app on my phone.

If I pressed a button on the phone, it placed a call to the Asterisk server, which dumped the call into a recorded conference room.

That was simple enough. The fun part happened next. The cops are always shown telling stopped subjects to stop recording and hang up phones. They'll take the phone out of your hand, and attempt to delete recordings. I wanted to address that.

I worked out a script on the Asterisk server where if the phone hung up, it would immediately dial back, and dump the call right back in the recorded conference room. Tasker on the phone would silently answer a call from that number.

That was about as far as I got. I had planned on some way of the asterisk server dialing a contact list and adding them to the conference.

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These are the niche things I subscribe for. I need guides

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I never got beyond proof of concept, and definitely didn't keep any documentation.

I used voip.ms as a VPN trunk provider. They handled the incoming and outgoing calls to/from the PSTN, connecting them to my server.

If you're not familiar with Tasker, I wholeheartedly endorse it. I thought it was a little unintuitive at first, but I use it for all kinds of things now.

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks! I bookmarked your comment, and I'll look into it

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago

That sounds pretty awesome