I imagine it would have to be a security service - your iPhone sends a text/e-mail (presumably including a password) to a data centre who then place a call on your behalf. There are already companies that do this sort of thing, so it seems like it would be a way of getting more business.
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Dumb But Practical Question About 911
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Yep. There are services for the deaf and other medical related services that people have to pay for in some cases that will relay information for them to 9-1-1.
Analog networks were turned off completely years ago.
Ergo, there's no chance anyone with an analog phone - old or not - will be dialing 911.
The idea being and stemming from the Virginia Tech massacre where students where hiding under tables and desks, afraid to speak out loud in fear of being heard and then shot. Students were texting 9-1-1, but they weren't going, because there was no system to receive them.
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Let me tie you up, duct tape your mouth and put you in the trunk of my car.
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Let me tie you up, duct tape your mouth and put you in the trunk of my car.
now tell me how would your victim be able to text 911?
In the VT situation ... dozens of text messages are not the answer ... it only takes one 911 call to dispatch help ... I am sure not all of the Students were in the situation of not being able to call 911.
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The government should make an app that does this. When you open it you can tap start and the app gets your location, or tracks you if your moving. Connects you to 911 via VOIP (or cellular but you'd have to leave the app if on Verizon) and then you can also type messages if you have to. But this would be the best way to do it.
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I didn't cut off their fingers.
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I didn't cut off their fingers.
Currently the [federal] government does not regulate 9-1-1. 9-1-1 is self governing by their respective boards, cities, counties and states. The level of regulation varies greatly among them all.
Your idea sounds easy enough, but it's not that easy in reality to implement.
very good point there, never thought of that. should be some kind of system for that.
It's being developed as we speak and is called NG9-1-1 (Next Generation 9-1-1). More information here: NENA
So you tied them up in a way that they can still use their hands. So they can take off the duct tape and make a call.
I doubt you could hear someone calling 911 from the trunk of your car ... and if you did not secure your victim's hands feet and mouth ... you are going to get caught.
To Sandbox ... thanks for the informative link.
Or I just text a friend all the information. Or I could wait untie all myself and then wait until you open the trunk and attack you. Maybe if it's a new car I can just open the trunk and get away.
No problem.
I just happen to be the IT Administrator for my county 9-1-1 center so I have all the inside knowledge of how this stuff works. We just passed a millage to fund a new radio and telephone system here at $16 million. $250K of that is for our NG9-1-1 system. My county will be ready to receive the SMS messages once our project is complete, but we will not get them until the telco's can start delivering them to us.We bought our NG9-1-1 solution from microDATA.
Twitter needs to die. And that article highlights a good point, you may be placed on hold if you call in to 911 whereas a text message could get processed much faster. You also don't risk getting your call dropped and minimize the chances of your attacker finding out you are on hold with 911.
That would probably be the thing I'd do and then text 911, if you could.
What's wrong with Twitter?