There is always someone on standby to help you in need
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There is always someone on standby to help you in need

Belgium has adopted an “official” app so that anyone can signal for help, so long as they belong to this exclusive group:

  • Must have a smartphone (presumably recent).

  • Must be a trusting patron of Google or Apple.

    • Consequently, must also have a mobile phone number and the will to trust surveillance advertisers with it (even though the app can make emergency contact without phone service).

  • Must install and execute proprietary closed-source software (thus must trust closed software and be ethically aligned with it).

  • Must be willing to leave Tor to access the 112.be website.

    • ciferecaNinjo@fedia.ioOPM
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      9 months ago

      I’m not sure but I wonder if it has to do with the fact that 112 must work EU-wide. Although it seems that’s a big pitfall… when crossing borders you have to keep track of a separate police number.

      Seems this app should just be scrapped and replaced with an open source one that works EU-wide.