Delhi Gang Rape- Women security is the need of the hour
Apps for women security:
The recent gang rape incident in Delhi is a big jolt for the women residing in the capital as well as in other parts of the country. In situations where women feel frightened or insecure, the first thing that comes to the mind of many of us is to take out their mobile phones and call their friends or parents. Yes, talking to a friend or a relative can be very reassuring in such situations, making one feel a lot less lonely, but it is not the only thing that a phone can do to make women safer. In fact, there are several applications that have been designed to get you out of a potentially dangerous situation – these ranges from apps that send out alerts to your near and dear that you are in trouble to conveying your location to those you trust to even sounding certain alarms to drive off your attackers. We have picked a few of these apps that work best for women when they feel that trouble is just around the corner.
1. Self Defense for women
Availability- Android
Price- Free
Rather educative in approach, this app provides you with a number of suggestions and tricks on how to keep yourself out of danger. It teaches proactive offense and ways of using common objects to assist you when you find yourself in a tough spot. The app includes some real life stories to highlight how important it is for women to learn self defense. It teaches you different ways of countering a person who attacks you – yes, there are some combat tips in here as well. What we like most about the app is that it covers a wide variety of situations that many women have to face every day.
2. My Security App
Availability- iOS
Price- Free
Download from- http://goo.gl/H3PgC
What makes this personal security app special is a friend tracker feature, in which you can allow someone to keep an eye on you. The app works through GPS and you can add as many people in your contact list that you wish to inform and can also choose how you want them to be contacted i.e. via e-mail or push notification. In settings, you can also choose from different alarms available and a contact person to send that alarm. You can also use Safety Cam in which you take a picture of a person who you think could harm you and use the ‘Send Panic’ button to send your GPS position to the people in your contact list with a message and mail.
3. Attack Alarm
Availability- BlackBerry
Price- Rs. 74
A clone of the ShakeAlert app, but for BlackBerry users, this app too emits a loud siren-like sound and alerts selected people of the fact that you might be in trouble. All it takes is a shake of the phone.
4. Glympse
Availability- Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry
Price-Free
This app too is a simple way of keeping your well-wishers informed about your current location. You can send information via e-mail, SMS, Facebook or Twitter. To share your location, choose the contact you want to share your location with, choose duration for which you wish to do so, and press ‘Send’. The selected contact person will receive a Web link to view your current location and can see your location on a map within a browser.
5. I M Safe
Availability- Android
Price- Free
The app lets you send your location to your parents or partner. You can configure a number that will consistently receive an SMS with your current GPS location. A user needs to put in the number to be informed and all other aspects will be taken care of by the app itself.
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