On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 09:16:28 AM PDT, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0
   <punks@tfwno.gf> wrote:

   On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 06:10:02 +0000 (UTC)
   jim bell <[1]jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
   >> WIRED: Citizen's New Service Helps Paying Users Summon the Cops.
   >> [2]https://www.wired.com/story/citizen-protect-subscription
   >    What's your opinion Jim on that use of your Beloved Technology?
   Well, it isn't MY technology.  And yes, technology can indeed be
   abused.  But merely collecting evidence does not necessarily amount to
   'abuse'.
   _I_ had an idea, a year ago, for a "personal black box".  A way for a
   smartphone to continuously record information, with the intent of
   protecting the owner.  I see nothing wrong with using such a device,
   and you shoudn't, either, unless you think that a typical person
   shouldn't be able to protect himself.
   The main trick, I figured, was that it would be useful to protect
   against the loss, or even the immediate destruction of the smartphone.
   Sure, the device could continuously record video (and other data) in
   main memory, or into a micro-SD card, but such data could be lost if
   the smartphone was destroyed.    My idea was that the data might be
   instantly uploaded by cell-data, but only temporarily held at the cell
   site (say for a minute or so), but discarded if the subsequent
   information indicated that it was no longer necessary.  But if
   communication with the smartphone was suddenly cut off, this
   information would be kept, safely, and probably forward to that
   person's computer.
   This would minimize the actual transmission costs for the data, since
   the vast majority of that data would never actually be transmitted back
   for permanent storage.

References

   1. mailto:jdb10987@yahoo.com
   2. https://www.wired.com/story/citizen-protect-subscription