America Develops Cell Phone Panic Button for Pro-Democracy Activists.

"One of America's newest tools in the war against tyranny could be a cell phone 'panic' button. According to Reuters, the U.S. State Department wants to equip pro-democracy activists in the Middle East with technology that could wipe phones of sensitive data in the event that they are arrested or their cell phones are confiscated. Initiating the panic sequence would erase the phone book, call history and messages, while also broadcasting an alert to other protesters."