New York launches app to fight terror


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 26 Nov 2015

Heightened security: Members of the National Guard watching over Thanksgiving travelers at Penn Station in New York. Security has been heightened in major US cities going into the holidays despite no known threats.

NEW YORK: New Yorkers can now warn authorities of suspect activities with a tap, thanks to a smartphone phone app to fight terror unveiled on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday. 

With See Something, Send Something, people in New York state can quickly send information, be it a short text or photograph, to the New York State Intelligence Centre. 

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