Duress
Technology for difficult moments.
Some situations leave little time to interact with a screen. Duress explores how mobile technology could support incident capture during duress-related situations, with careful attention to how it is activated and how sensitive information is handled.
In beta testingFor people exploring personal safety technology
A safety-focused experience needs more than a prominent button. It needs understandable behaviour, clear limits and careful consideration of the person using it. Those questions guide this project’s development.
How it comes together
Activation that fits the situation
Research examines phone-based triggers and the practical challenges of initiating incident capture when interacting with a device may be difficult.
Purposeful incident capture
The Android development work explores triggered audio recording. Reliability and intended use need to be assessed through further validation.
Careful information handling
Sensitive recordings raise questions about access, retention and user control. These are central design considerations as the project develops.
- 01Understand the situation
- 02Explore activation
- 03Evaluate capture
- 04Review handling and control
A beta project with a defined scope
Duress is in beta testing. Activation, incident capture and handling of recordings are being evaluated as the experience is refined. Public release details and supported scenarios will be confirmed as testing progresses. It is not an emergency-response or monitored protection service, and no automatic dispatch or guaranteed detection is claimed.
A few useful details
Does Duress contact emergency services?
An emergency dispatch or monitored response capability is not being offered. This page describes an incident-capture project in beta testing.
Can I download or rely on it today?
Duress is in beta testing rather than general release. Contact us about beta access and the current scope of validation.
Let’s shape what comes next.
We welcome thoughtful conversations about use cases, usability and responsible personal safety technology.
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