Shakti1090 is smart personal security app for women initiated by the Uttar Pradesh police and design by Indianeye Security Pvt Ltd. There are two types of alert (panic button) on the application, they are:
1. Family alert: Raising this alert will notify via text message your guardians (trusted contacts) saved by you on the application. If the guardian has the same application, a siren will sound on his/her device when you raise an alert. The location of the user and the guardian will also be displayed on a map, In case the guardian does not have the same application a text message with a link to the user’s location will be sent along with provision for viewing the alert data.
2. Police alert: Raising this alert will immediately notify the nearest police station on their Eyewatch Emergency Response control centre (ERCC ) as well as the guardians of the user. The ERCC will display your location along with the alert data. The police will also have the capability to track location once you raise an alert. Features of Shakti1090:
1. On initiating an alert the application will automatically send the location of the user to the guardians or police with auto update every 2 minutes.
2. On initiating an alert the application automatically records and sends 20 seconds of video thereafter continuously records and sends audio loop of 30 seconds until the alert is deactivated.
3. When a police alert is raise the distress text message (SMS) goes to the nearest police station in the vicinity of the user.
4. The guardians on receiving the distress text message can accept or deny it. On accepting the distress text message the guardian is classified as responder and his/her location and location of the user is displayed on the map with tracking capability.
5. The user can view the nearest police station along with the telephone numbers in the application.