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About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More

About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More
 

App: Safer Ride

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: Police, ride, Safer, Saferride, safety, traffic
So you rang in the New Year by drinking more than you had planned. Now it’s last call and you have to get home. There’s an app that can help you do that, one that?safety officials hope will deter people from driving drunk by letting them easily summon a cab or call a friend to drive them home. If they’re really, really drunk, the app will tell them where they [...]
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App: Witness Driving

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: cam, car, driving, road, traffic, video, witness
Available on?Android?and?iPhone Like iCarBlackBox, Witness Driving uses a video-recording function from the phone, accelerometer and GPS capability to capture accident data. The app’s main menu includes a large video-recording icon along with three smaller ones for managing recorded videos, a deep settings menu and manually inputting accident info such as names of other drivers. There’s also a tiny “i” icon to take you to a [...]
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App: Vithu

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, india, Vithu
VithU, is an emergency App in India that, at the click of the power button of your smartphone 2 times consecutively begins sending out alert messages every 2 minutes to your contacts that you feed into the app as the designated receivers or guardians. The message says “I am in danger. I need help. Please follow my location.” The receiver will receive a link to your location every [...]
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App: SOS Alarm OneClick

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: alarm, app, kpk, oneclick, Police, SOS
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police?launched?an SOS application ?One-Click? (iOS)?which aims to notify the police of possible emergency situations in schools in Peshawar.?The app is being developed in the aftermath of the attack on Army Public School Peshawar on December 16 which led to the loss of 141 lives. According to a handout, the KP police has started ?this high alert security service on Android which will send a short [...]
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GroupMe

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: GroupMe, messaging, microsoft
GroupMe is a mobile group messaging app owned by Microsoft. It was launched in May 2010 by the private company GroupMe.?In August 2011, GroupMe delivered over 100 million messages each month and?y June 2012, that number had jumped to 550 million. GroupMe has a web client as well as mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. Those who don?t want to use the app [...]
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App: Himmat

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Himmat, india, Police, violence, women
Named ‘Himmat’ it is an initiative by Delhi Police for women safety in New Delhi. The application was launched specifically?for women travelling alone late at night.?Women can use its features to alert Delhi police in case of any threat. The Himmat app can be downloaded free of cost from the Delhi Police website since?January 1st, 2015. This App is only for mobile phones working on Android, since a survey [...]
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App: Guardian

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, assault, crime, Guardian, harassment, india, microsoft, women
An app from Microsoft India to prevent crimes against women. That will enable people to summon help within minutes and create effective deterrents against such crimes.?Guardian has a real-time tracking and intelligent SOS alert function, a call for help and recording the evidence of attack, this application helps to pose an effective deterrent to the perpetrators of these crimes, and to help fight against these injustices. The app [...]
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App: Lookout

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, hack, lookout, mobile, phone, safety, security
Lookout performs its guard-dogging by sending information to its website and processing it there. While this saves on device memory and end-runs the need for most updates, it does incur minor data usage. The basic functions that the program covers are scanning programs and downloads for malware; scanning websites as you surf for phishing and other dangers; backing up your contacts, call log, and photos; helping you find [...]
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App: Seoul Metro Safety Keeper

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: abuse, app, assault, Keeper, Metro, protect, safety, security, Seoul, sexual, victim
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) plans to launch a smartphone app on Jan. 1 through which a sexual abuse victim on the subway train can ask for help from subway staff, in an effort to enhance the safety of female passengers. According to SMG, the app will also enable a third person, who sees sexual abuse happening, to ask for help. “Usually, it takes 20-30 minutes for the subway police [...]
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YouTube

By Arnout de Vries on January 19, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: youtube
YouTube is a website where users can publish movies and in return are exclusive multiplication and copyrights cedes. The slogan of this website is YouTube Broadcast Yourself. The uploader is the film of tags that allow a non-hierarchical classification possible. In February 2005, founded by three employees of PayPal and now owned by Google. In July 2006 some 65,000 movies per day were put on this site and more [...]
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