Sign ups are only done in person at events held throughout the country. This ensures there's no bots, no imposters, nothing. Yes, this does require more work on your part- but you also know no women got to "skip the line" either- and more importantly, no one that shouldn't be able to got in.
We are a premium platform with a premium restriction- think of it like getting into an exclusive club, catered exactly to the needs that you've expressed to your friends so many times.
If you look at many other safety applications, any other safety platform, there's big, blinking emergency buttons- there's bright colored alerts, glaring red that burns the retina of both you and the abuser standing behind you. We hid them, instead.
As we grow, there will be those that discover what methods we use- our hidden alerts will get discovered. So, we'll change the appearance, while still being obvious to the users- This is designed as a lifetime of protection.
Every time you click or tap an email link, or phone number, or Google Map link, they analyze where that traffic came from- yes, on our platform, you are completely anonymous to us and everyone else- but tap that link in the platform? Suddenly, your logged in google account knows who you are.
That's the unfortunately reality of modern tech- on all of them, you ARE the product. But not to us. To us, you have a right to exist, you have a right to be listened to.
There's a unique issue that we faced while creating numerous features of this application- and one of the biggest ones was how are you supposed to recommend a service or nanny or anything in-application...without having any idea who they are thanks to the anonymity?
Welcome to the voucher system. Whether it's a woman escaping domestic abuse, a nanny, or choosing a professional from our workin' 9-5 feature, this is the system that helps to keep both the woman looking for help and the women helping them, completely safe and anonymous.
We mention the word external here-why? Because in this context, you will see "ads" but only to support other women near you. It's scrollable feeds where you can see women advertising their nannycare services in Groovycare, selling outfits in Beautique, or offering their graphic design or writing skills in Workin' 9 to 5.
All hooked up with our SOS alert system, in every single feature- that way no matter where you are, we have your back.
To Checkpoints, you are essentially a ghost, albeit a pretty one, like a glam casper. This is something we absolutely refused to leave any possible backdoors or vulnerabilities in.
Hackers can't steal what doesn't exist- if we never stored it, there's nothing to take. There's no data to be scraped by some corporate conglomerate, because you aren't a product, you are a person with worth and value.
Almost invisible triggers, proximity sensor usage, a rising partnership to develop medical technology that can help prevent human trafficking in a way that's unheard of. Video recording only while looking for a woman in need.
If you decide not to turn in the abuser? We will blur you out of the recording... but the footage of the abuser remains. Footage is backed up both on our server and the user's phone- every woman who was looking for the woman being harmed has a piece of a puzzle that all put together, can actually punish an abuser.
The elephant in the room: Law Enforcement. If you have ever gone through the long, agonizing process of bringing the person who hurt you to justice, you know how hard it is.
Now, if the assailant has a gun or a weapon- we don't want you to risk your own safety and life- at that point, the instructions are to just call the police. We can't expect you to risk your life for a stranger. That's why... we let the woman choose whether to report to law enforcement.
Unfortunately, this service is not free. With all the server costs, storage of all the abuser footage, mapbox usage, backend server, a lifeline SOS system anywhere, plus all the physical office spaces and legal fees, this is expensive to maintain.
What's the point of doing all this work to keep women safe, only for us to be insolvent and be forced to shut down? That being said, we have a student plan with a student ID at $12/month, and $15/month for everyone else. We hire only women, so you are directly supporting other women both around you and around the country. We also pay them well- we want these women to be able to afford a house and to not have to be financially tied to an abusive partner to survive.
