The app has been developed in partnership with Innocean Berlin.
German sexual well being model Billy Boy has launched a groundbreaking app, Camdom, dubbed the “digital condom,” designed to forestall unauthorised audio and video recordings throughout intimate moments. This modern software utilises Bluetooth expertise to disable smartphone cameras and microphones, making certain non-public moments stay confidential. Additionally, Camdom detects and alerts customers of any bypass makes an attempt, offering an additional layer of safety. Aimed at tackling revenge porn, the app has already gained traction in over 30 international locations and can quickly broaden to iOS.
In a press release, the app’s developer, Felipe Almeida, stated, ”Nowadays, smartphones have turn into an extension of our physique and we retailer a variety of delicate knowledge on them. In order to guard you from the recording of non-consensual content material, we have created the primary app that may block your digital camera and mic merely by the usage of Bluetooth.”
How does it work?
To guarantee privateness and safety, Camdom customers merely activate the app by inserting their smartphones close by and swiping a digital button earlier than participating in intimate actions. This triggers a protecting block on digital camera and microphone features, stopping unauthorised recordings. If anybody makes an attempt to bypass this block, Camdom’s superior expertise detects the breach and triggers an immediate alarm. This alert alerts all customers of a possible menace of non-consensual recording. The app can block a number of units directly.
”If one person tries to sneak out, an alarm alerts a possible menace of non-consensual recording,” an organization consultant defined.
The app has been developed in partnership with Innocean Berlin. Gabriel, CCO of Innocean Berlin, stated, ”At Innocean Berlin we’re all about fixing issues not only for our purchasers, but additionally for society at giant. That’s why it was necessary for us to develop this app along with BILLY BOY to guard customers from non-consensual content material leakage – all by integrating expertise in a approach which has by no means been finished earlier than.”
Social media reactions
The launch of CAMDOM has ignited a full of life on-line debate, eliciting a mixture of shock, approval, and humour. One person wrote, ”WTF is a digital condom? You guys are getting loopy with technological improvements now.”
Another commented, ”It’s unhappy that that is obligatory in our society.”