Panic Button
Amnesty International, the global organization present in more than 150 countriesto defend human rights, has launched an application for smartphones with operating system Android A tool intended to help those activists or users who find themselves trapped in a dangerous situationAll this in a subtle way, trying to go unnoticed among the rest of applications and solving many of the problems that these people have to face to bring human rights to different places on the planet at risk.
The application is called Panic Button or panic button in Spanish. It is a tool entered in communicate the position of the affected user and contact directly with a series of people instantly. All of this cleverly concealing the actions through the aspect of a calculator And the fact is that the safety of the activist is the first thing to defend in these situations. That is why it has keys and secure activation systems We will explain how to configure it below.
The installation process of Panic Button is simple, and is guided by a tutorial that teaches how to use it. Of course, it is necessary to configure it in advance and learn to use it before any emergency situation.Thus, all you have to do is install the application and access the Language menu to choose Spanish if not English is mastered. From this moment on, all you have to do is follow the steps that ask you to enter three telephone numbers for safe contacts that can act in an emergency situation. Then simply set a default SMS text message that is delivered to those people along with the location on a map of Google
It is imperative for activists and users review safety tipsoffering Amnesty International on its website and through this app to ensure the alert reaches the right people. You must also make sure that you have battery and balance for sending messages. In addition, it is necessary to plan a strategy with the chosen contacts to send a coded message that help protect the activist without arousing suspicion.And it is that, although the sending of the message can be activated in a subtle way, it is possible to recognize the same sending through the lines of the operators in countries where communications are controlled. So any precaution is little.
Once configured Panic Button, the tutorial continues showing how it is possible to activate the sending of this alert message Simply perform several quick and repeated presses of the turn the power button off and on terminal Or, access the supposed calculator behind which this application is disguised and repeatedly press any of its buttons From here, In addition, it is possible to return to the settings of the application by pressing long press of any of its buttons.
In short, a tool that can be of great help in times of emergency And, according to Amnesty International, the first hours before a kidnapping or arrest are crucial to be able to start the release service. A real help for activists who now have one more tool in dangerous situations thanks to technology. The Panic Button app is available to any user via Google Play, for now only for Android It is completely free, although it is still in phase beta or testing is functional.
