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Personal Security Devices

Posted by Rube | 27 December, 2004

Little cellphones today all have cameras embedded in them. You can just click on the shutter-button, and bling! there's a picture in your phone. So, I was wondering if there's a way to send that directly to the police. For example, if you're pretty sure you're about to get mugged, you could just take a picture of the guy and send it quick-like to the cops. Then, you could say, "whoa, G, you might as well keep on moving: five-o's got your mug." Of course, this may come across as somewhat antagonistic, which muggers generally don't like. Anyway, if you send an MMS to 911, does it work? It should. Then, we could all be bitch-ass little snitches at the touch of a button.

I ask, because I had exactly this dream last night. Except, I took the picture of the guy, then the little "Send" button on my phone fell off. I looked all over the place for it, and the robber was standing there, tapping his foot and looking at his watch while I searched all over the ground like Velma looking for her glasses. Had I been the robber, I would've just pistol-whipped my clumsy ass and taken the phone away.

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