It fills me with great sadness to write about Swann's new ActiveResponse Personal Safety Alarm
The compact Swann ActiveResponse alarm offers a portable solution to personal safety, with a combination of functions to help keep people safer.
Technology is at its best when it helps solve a problem through innovation and ingenuity. But I can't help but think that Swann's new ActiveResponse personal alarm isn't the solution we need to people not feeling safe.
It's probably beyond the scope of this article to argue that better societal education and support for people in lower economic circles. And more funding for intervention and support services. And better regulation of the media, including social media (and I don't just mean a blanket ban – I mean holding owners accountable for the crap they promote on their platforms).
But failing a reassessment of humanity on the whole, the ActiveResponse seems like a reasonable response to a difficult problem.
