Self Defense

Leave the Police a Clue with My Mobile Witness

It's holiday party season. You're attending parties and going out in the evening after dark. Not that the dark is inherently bad, but the bad guys are out and about taking advantage of the lack of light as cover. They know that when you are celebrating, your guard can be down. If you aren't careful and use preventive techniques and stay aware of your surroundings, they can get close to you and hurt you.

Did you know that you can use your cell phone to help you in case you get into trouble?

I'm a huge fan of technology, especially when it can be used to keep yourself safe. There are several ways that your cell phone can keep you safe, but one of my favorites is to use it in conjunction with My Mobile Witness.

My Mobile Witness is a free service that will allow you to email pictures from your cell phone to a secure online location that is only accessible to law enforcement. Once you go to www.mymobilewitness.com and sign up, you will get a unique address where you can send text messages and photos. This location is secure and can only be accessed by law enforcement officials. Nobody can get to it to erase or alter it in any way.

Why is this useful?

Imagine this: you are going to a party at a location where you haven't been before. Snap a picture of the front of the house or the street signs at an intersection and send it to My Mobile Witness. If somehow you go missing, the police know where you were last. This will help them tremendously if they need to find you.

Are you meeting someone new on a date? Even though you're meeting him in a well-lit public place, you still want to be protected. Snap his picture and send it to the secure location at My Mobile Witness. If there is a problem, this gives the police an incredible lead.

Are you buying something from Craigslist? There's a person in the news who put an ad to sell some property on Craigslist and when the person who answered the ad showed up in this isolated location, they were assaulted and murdered. If you are in a situation where you're buying something from someone you don't know and have to meet them, use My Mobile Witness to document your location and the person who you meet.

Is this morbid to think about these things when you are happily going to a party or a rendezvous with someone who has a good deal on something you want to buy? Well, we all know that anything can happen. This is not much more precautionary than locking your doors, keeping your senses alert, and imagining what you could do if you got into trouble.

Taking a moment to snap a picture and send it or a text message to a secure location is a small thing to do that not only will help keep you safe, but will help your friends and family track you down in case the worst happens. Just the act of doing so, I believe, will help keep you more aware and therefore more safe.

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