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Mobile phones could soon become important tools in disaster prevention and the fight against crime, industry experts are predicting. Applications such as terrorist alert services, burglary prevention tools and surveillance technology could become commonplace mobile technology within the next few years. Services such as the City Alert Texting System, which will alert people of any possible bomb attack or disaster, are already in place in large European cities such as London. And most European tech providers cooperate with the police by giving out location data in case of an emergency or detailing the call history of a suspected criminal. Full Story