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Follow on Google News | ‘What kind of friend are you?’ asks DADapp - a cure to online privacy woes for Facebook friendsA new private social network, DADapp, is asking the question ‘what kind of friend are you?’ to celebrate its launch today.
By: thebluedoor The quiz, to be found at www.facebook.com/ Increasingly it seems we’re worrying about online privacy – 58% said they had concerns** - and how much we can trust the platforms we’re sharing on. The survey raises the question, how much do we really know about how our information is being used without our knowledge? This is where DADapp comes in, with its tag line ‘share with your world, not the whole world’. Essentially it’s a sharing network where you can be private. No more blunders that your boss might see, or nights out that your ex will hassle you about. DADapp is offering users the chance to network, but with total security about who sees their photos, files, messages, music and more. You can share right across the world, but without anyone using, storing, hacking or taking your stuff. For those who hate the vagaries of online privacy and being targeted with marketing, this is the answer, and if it’s downloaded before 16th January 2012, it’s free for 5 years! DADapp can be downloaded at www.DADapp.com onto your PC or Mac and gets started listing photos, videos, music and documents into an easily navigable and searchable catalog, without moving them from their original location. This catalog can be safely and simply shared with other DADapp users (multi-user packs are available), but no actual media will be shared until you say so. Julian Ranger, founder of DADapp, says “I hear a lot of concern about privacy online, and firmly believe there’s a safer way to share. Not only does DADapp give users another option, it presents them with true ownership of their photos, documents, music and video. We’re offering a genuine alternative for times when you need to be more careful about what you’re sharing, such as work documents, family photos and so on. It’s easy and safe to use, and doesn’t restrict you to any one kind of media, so you can share photos, family movies, work documents, the lot!” You can download a free trial of DADapp here www.dadapp.com ENDS Editor’s notes: The Facebook questionnaire ‘what kind of friend are you?’ can be taken via www.facebook.com/ *Prize includes 2 nights at the Hudson Hotel or one of similar standard, and flights to New York City. DADapp can be downloaded at www.DADapp.com onto your PC or Mac and gets started listing photos, videos, music and documents into an easily navigable and searchable catalog, without moving them from their original location. This catalog can be safely and simply shared with other DADapp users (multi-user packs are available), but no actual media will be shared until you say so. The standard DADapp package will include the following functions: - Full media catalog - Easy, secure sharing - Smart collections - Organisation, linking and sharing of all digital files The new software also enriches your digital files by cross referencing different types of information so that photos and contacts, for example, can be linked together. This helps to automate repetitive sharing tasks such as collating a family photo album from all members of a family, or films/snaps from a sports club you attend, for example. Through 3rd party add-ons already in the pipeline, DADapp users will be able to pull together photos and other material relevant to them that they or their nominated friends and family have put onto social networking sites even if they are located elsewhere and their computers are not networked together. DADapp is available immediately for a free trial – normally a 30 day trial, but until 16th January this is in fact a 5 year licence - but will then cost just £4.99 or less per computer for a year. A free ‘lite’ version is also available, offering core functionality. DADapp can be purchased and downloaded directly from the DADapp website www.dadapp.com More information about online privacy concerns Wikipedia information about online privacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/ **In a survey this year, detailed below, 58 per cent of respondents said they were concerned about privacy. DADapp avoids using web storage and communicates directly, user to user, so none of your photos or information can be hacked, stolen or abused in any way. DADapp’s inventors believe there is a market for a safer way of sharing. Source: Online Personal Data: the Consumer Perspective , research conducted on behalf of the Communications Consumer Panel by Accent, fieldwork in February 2011 Q10. Generally speaking, when you use the internet, how concerned are you about your privacy online? Base: All respondents (1022) Q11. Are you more or less concerned about privacy issues when you use your mobile phone to access the internet compared to when you use a PC, laptop or tablet? Base: Those who access the internet via mobile phone (212). http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/ About the Founder Julian Ranger has been an angel investor since 2007 and an entrepreneur since he formed his first business – STASYS. Julian grew STASYS to a business with 230 staff, with subsidiaries in the US, Australia and Germany before selling it to Lockheed Martin in 2005. Today, Julian heads up an innovation hub called iBundle (www.ibundle.co.uk ) where he invites start-up entrepreneurs who are looking for backing and advice to contact him. End
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