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From: knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: How will the police find me.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 20:34:36 -0400
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On 05/20/2024 5:35 PM, Andrew wrote:
> knuttle wrote on Mon, 20 May 2024 16:00:46 -0400 :
> 
>> On 05/20/2024 2:38 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> I presume you're kidding, but just in case, I'll answer as if you
>>> weren't.
>> No I was not kidding.  Today people have put their whole lives in a
>> cellphone.  They depend on it to maintain their financial records, their
>> shopping list.  They use it to find the places they go.   They feel they
>> do not need to know basic, because they think the can use
>> google/siri/etc when ever they need information.  I sometime wonder if
>> they need to google to tie their shoes.
>>
>> I think it is a recipe for disaster.  They are depending for everything
>> in their lives based on being able to access a cell tower.   Hurricane,
>> tornado, earthquake and the cell system being significantly interrupted,
>> they will be helpless.
> 
> Well, to be fair, cellphones make people safer, and, in fact, cellphones
> are one reason traffic safety has steadily improved year after year after
> year since traffic accident rates steadily went down while cellphone
> ownership rates skyrocketed (contrary to the myth by most morons out there
> that cellphone use while driving raises the accident rate).
> 
> None of those morons who claim that have ever looked at the accident rates.
> 
> In addition to the SOS apps, Satellite communications and HAM radio
> previously discussed in this group (assuming a broken leg, for example),
> for the OP, there's a free geofence app on iOS & Android which will alert
> anyone he wants to alert the instant his phone goes into our out of the
> area (of course, it needs to have cellular coverage at sending time).
> 
> https://www.iamherezone.com/ by SyncIt
>   "This app allows users to send pre-generated messages based on
>    their geofence location area, thus informing other users when
>    they enter or leave a geographical area. The user defines the
>    geographical area by drawing it on the map. The app supports
>    SMS messaging, WhatsApp, email, and push notifications."
> 
>    1. Draw a zone (on OpenStreetMap)
>    2. Write your text message
>    3. Select recipients
> 
>    Create multiple zones
>    Store multiple recipients
>    Send default and customized messages
>    Setup recurring and one-time messages
>    Add icon and color to each zone
> 
> iOS:
>   https://apps.apple.com/us/app/im-here-zone/id1452495641
> Android:
>   https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syncitgroup.android.iamhere
This is another statistic.
In the past 50 years the government has mandated 100's of safety devices 
on automobiles.  Each device was to reduce traffic accidents because it 
would reduce death by 10%.

SO assume there were 100 devices added each reducing the traffic 
accidents. accidents reduced 10% for each device, and 100 device, means 
there are no traffic accidents on cars that had all of those devices 
implemented.

(if there were 100 lost lives, after the 1st device there were 90 death, 
after the 2nd 81, the 3rd 73, and so on until 100 devices )

So much for the published statistics on the lives saved by each new 
device added to the car, it means nothing in the real world.