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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[–] hydraulic_elliptical@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This exists but doesn't do the streaming part: https://cryptocam.gitlab.io/

The idea is that you (or a friend ideally) have a private key on your computer at home, and your recorded video is encrypted with the public key so that if you lose your phone or it gets into the hands of an adversary, they can't decrypt the files. You won't have them either though, unlike the ACLU app.

I think the use case is more situations where you want video of something cool, but where the raw footage would put people in danger if it got into the wrong hands. Like blurring or cutting stuff out before you release it

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Ah, cool. That sounds useful for like if you're recording at a protest/action