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App to help Seniors protect themselves against scams in India
KinGuard - An app to protect seniors against everyday scams. My grandfather was one of the victims of a scam. When I heard about the incident from him, I started researching these scams. Impersonation scams & threatening calls were on the rise and there was no good medium that could help educate seniors and protect them against the scams. This was my inspiration to create an app that would serve the senior community.
I initially built this for scams in India and in the latest release I’ve included a US module as similar scams are on the rise here too.
The design of the app was the most challenging aspect. What I set out to do was make an app which was graphical and icon based with accessibility options. The end goal was to make it very easy to use for seniors.
Testing the features was another challenge as it needed 2 phones or a phone and a browser combination. I learnt a lot creating and integrating multi language support(English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil).
I’m proud that I was able to officially launch the app on the Google Play Store and have 13 users within a short space of time. My grandfather has the app too and he appreciated the thought and the ease with which it can be used. KinGuard is very easy to install and use. https://mykit.pythonanywhere.com/how-it-works explains how to use the app. The family member downloads the app through the Google Play Store or by opening it from https://mykit.pythonanywhere.com and adding it to home screen, complete registration and finishes setup. The app gives a private link to share with the elder. The elder opens this link on the phone and it pairs with the family. A single tester can use a combination of one device and browser window or two browser windows.
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