Government Develops "Panic Button" App

This sounds like a great idea until a drug dealer uses it to wipe his phone before the police can get their hands on it. Honestly, how long do you think it will take for an app like this to be misused?

Some day soon, when pro-democracy campaigners have their cell phones confiscated by police, they'll be able to hit the "panic button" -- a special app that will both wipe out the phone's address book and emit emergency alerts to other activists.

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