It’s true what they say, you won’t really care about hacking unless you yourself (or people really close to you) have been hacked. But you have to understand that this is such a common occurrence that protecting our online properties should be second nature to us. Sometimes though, you don’t know that you’ve been hacked or that someone is trying to hack you until it’s too late. A new app called LogDog not only protects you online but also serves as a hacking watchdog with an early warning system.
The technical term is that LogDog is a mobile Intrusion Detection System (IDS) that aims to protect your online properties like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Dropbox, Evernote, or those that are most likely to be hacked. Anytime there is some suspicious activity going on in any of these accounts, it will send you an alarm that someone may be trying to access your information and that someone is not you.
What it does is constantly scan and monitor things like your log-in location and times, as well as the number of messages and other parameters that might indicate a deviation from your usual, normal activity. It then alerts you when it detects that there are unusual activities in your account, like repeated entry of passwords which might indicate identity theft, so you can go ahead and stop the hack.
For now, LogDog only works with Facebook, Dropbox, Gmail, Evernote, and Yahoo Mail, but they are already working on adding more in their next update. You can download LogDog for free from the Google Play Store.
Didnt convince me… just seems like another potential entry point for hackers. As soon as this app servers are hacked, there goes your password again! I could be wrong, but the article doesn’t clarify that…
logdog does not save any passwords on its servers. the passwords stay on the user’s device
What I’m concerned about is it being stored on the device. How is it stored on the device, and what keeps somebody from recovering credentials for all your accounts if they gain physical access to your phone?
The passwords are encrypted. If someone gains physical access to your device they can get access to whatever is installed like Facebook, Gmail and more without a need to a password, so we are not adding risk in anyway
what i want to know is…
how are they making money off this?
what are they taking/selling/monetizing to make this app profitable?