I&#x27;ll skip over discussing whether this will be effective and go straight to the implementation required:<p>&gt; a panic button configured to the number key 5 or 9 and all smartphones to have a feature that will engage when the on-off button is pressed three times.<p>I find it interesting that a government department has demanded so specific an implementation. Do they think that prescribing that level of detail makes them look more authoritative? It would be better to leave the details to the phone makers.<p>I don&#x27;t think Apple or Google will respond with much enthusiasm to that level of micromanagement.