If someone could get her to leave with them without her making a fuss, I'd suspect someone she already knows. Assuming she did leave with someone.
Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
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Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#12Assuming that she has a smartphone, has anyone checked to see her last known gps position?
Usually the cops are on that sort of thing. I hope. But it might be worth checking Google Latitude, MobileMe, Loopt and the like; if she used any of those indirect passive GPS services.
I believe there were major issues getting & sharing information regarding cell tower pings when James Kim's family went missing a few years back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#13Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?
I believe http://wisedameapp.com/ is intended to do something like this.
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#14Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?
http://safekidzone.com/ being tested in california iirc
Actually, I was thinking that the whole network of users could be alerted, so people nearby, not just a call-center or 911. As usual, the issue is who to trust and not to trust from the userbase, but it's a problem worth solving - the equivalent of someone screaming for help.
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#15Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?
Check out Guardly. I think they are doing something interesting this space: https://www.guardly.com/
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://safekidzone.com/ being tested in california iirc
Actually, I was thinking that the whole network of users could be alerted, so people nearby, not just a call-center or 911. As usual, the issue is who to trust and not to trust from the userbase, but it's a problem worth solving - the equivalent of someone screaming for help.
in the UK they recommend that if you need help, you actually shout fire. Sadly in big cities people will 'put their heads down' and walk past muggings. The idea is that if you shout fire, then all those individuals are also at risk, and therefore come to help.
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#17Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?
Two apps Circle of 6 and On Watch just won a government challenge put forth by VP Biden. The apps will be available in January, On Watch is similar to this product
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/11/02/announcing-winners...
(FD: I'm the developer of Circle of 6)
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#18Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?
Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything.
PS. 112 in Europe.
(edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not 2 minutes later a fire truck and a police car exactly where he called from. Their precision was really freaky.
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#19Does a product exist combining a panic button with a gps (or mobile location) that links to police, ambulance or fire. 1 click police, 2 clicks ambulance, 3 clicks fire... sort of thing?
Dial 911 from virtually any cell phone and hang up. No need to say anything. PS. 112 in Europe. (edit) I meant to say that American 911 is European 112. I don't know if the police in European countries is supposed to react to dropped 112 calls or not. In Canada and in the US it is. A friend of mine saw it in action. He saw something, dialed, realized it wasn't a big deal, hung up, walked away 100 m, then, boom - not…
I'm not sure how it works on all European countries but at least on my home country if you do call 112 and hang up nothing is going to happen. If you call 112 and say something and the call gets cut for some reason nothing is going to happen either...
Re: Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee
#20Wow, technorati is still around? That's news.