[arkanciscan]

This sort of thing seems to be happening more and more. More often to protestors who don't have as much protection and attention. What, if any, technologies exist to safe guard against this sort of thing? Are there tracking devices, or apps that people in high profiles currently use to protect themselves? Do political opponents of dictators wear body cams at all times?

[jl6]

By the time you need to rely on technology for personal safety, it’s probably already too late.

What would a body cam show, even if it were live streaming to foreign server? The masked face of a thug sent by the government to pick you up and smash your gear?

I fear such malign force can only be overcome by opposing force - either a foreign intervention or an overwhelming popular revolution that is willing to put its people severely in harms way.

[sam_lowry_]

Here is the video filmed by a hidden camera on the jacket of someone being arrested [1] and transported to a prison. So what? There is no rule of law in Belarus, only the rule of force. Who would this guy show his footage? Police? But police forces arrested and beat him.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5oALVCAFTE

[andrey_utkin]

> More often to protestors who don't have as much protection and attention. What, if any, technologies exist to safe guard against this sort of thing?

Weapon.