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Privacy Friendly Minesweeper is a moblie version of the classic game Minesweeper. The goal of the game is to find and mark every mine without triggering one of them.You reveal a field by clicking on it. If that field contains a mine it is triggered and the game is lost. Otherwise the field will show a number. That number will tell you the amount of mines in the surreounding 8 fields. With that information and logical thinking the mines can be located and marked.The first field you click each game will not ba a mine. Each game will have a new playing field with randomzed poisitioning of mines, so each game will be a new experience. While the mines are mostly positioned randomly the first field clicked each game will not have a mine, and four or more mines in adjacent fields will be avoided, since such clusters increase the chance of situations that must me solved by guessing.There are three different gamemodes represinting three difficulties. They differ in playing field size and the amount of mines:- 6x10 Playing Field..

Passwörter, Kontodaten, Kreditkartendaten, Transaktionsnummern (TANs) – dies ist die Beute auf die es Internetbetrüger, sogenannte Phisher, abgesehen haben. Ihre Köder sind gefälschte E-Mails und Webseiten, die täuschend echt das von Banken oder Online-Diensten genutzte Design nachahmen. Der Internetnutzer wird so dazu verleitet, seine geheimen Daten einzugeben, um beispielsweise eine angedrohte Sperrung des Kontos zu verhindern. Die gewonnenen Daten werden von den Phishern missbraucht, um dem Opfer finanziell zu schaden oder dessen Identität für zwielichtige Geschäfte einzunehmen. Zielgruppe der Angriffe sind alle Internetnutzer, nicht nur besonders vermögende Personen. Die Betrüger versenden Millionen Phishing-E-Mails, so dass schon ein geringer Prozentsatz getäuschter Nutzer die Methode erfolgreich macht. Zuverlässig erkennen lassen sich Phishing-Angriffe nur durch die Überprüfung der Webadresse (URL).Mit der kostenlosen Android-App "NoPhish" können Internetnutzer spielerisch lernen, Webadressen richtig zu lesen und richtig auf Phishing-Angriffe zu reagieren. Das Spiel beginnt mit einer leicht verständlichen Einführung über Phishing-Methoden und den Aufbau von Webadressen. Darauf folgen neun interaktive Levels, in denen die Spieler verschiedene Tricks von Phishern kennenlernen. So lernen sie in kurzer Zeit echte Webadressen von Fälschungen zu unterscheiden. Durch den Einsatz von Übungen..

The Privacy Friendly To-Do List can be used to keep outstanding tasks in mind and organize a personal schedule. This application allows to create lists of tasks which can be individually managed. Each list contains a set of tasks. Each task can have a deadline, a reminder time and a list of subtasks. By setting a reminder time the user will be informed by a notification. It is possible to display all tasks in a calendar, to protect the app with a secret pin and to sort and prioritize tasks within a list. Colors indicate the urgency of a task (taking the deadline into account).Features of Privacy Friendly To-Do List1. PIN protectionOpen the Settings menu to setup a PIN protection for your application. The PIN needs to be a number with 4 digits. You are asked for it every time you start the application / start the main view.2. ReminderYou can set a reminder to your tasks that will notify you if a deadline is approaching. Settings provide you the possibility to enable a notification sound.3. WidgetIn addition, this app..

Privacy Friendly Werewolf is an open source adaption of the Werewolf card game. Players inside a WiFi network can play together with their smartphones. Players can take the role of an "innocent citizen", a "deadly werewolf", a "magical witch" or a "mystical seer". The game master phone, with own voice output, will guide you through the different phases of the game. Players can perform different actions, according to their roles.You can reach us viaTwitter@SECUSOResearch (https://twitter.com/secusoresearch)Mastodon@SECUSO_Research@bawü.social (https://xn--baw-joa.social/@SECUSO_Research/)Job openinghttps://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/Job_Offers_1557.php

QR Codes become more and more important. In some areas they have even replaced the traditional barcode. A QR Code is able to store up to seven thousand characters and therefore is qualified for more complex content, e.g. vCards. Hence nowadays QR Codes can nowadays be found on nearly every advertisement poster and animate the user to scan it with his smartphone. Thus, it is no longer necessary take a hand written note, it is enough to scan the QR Code. Correspondingly, there are already many QR Code scanner apps available in the Google Play Store. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfaOur Privacy Friendly QR Scanner App differs with respect to two aspects:1. The Privacy Friendly QR Scanner App only requires the minimum amount of permissions, namely:Most of the QR Code scanner apps available in the Google Play Store need several permissions on top of the ones needed: e.g. reading contacts or your call log and retrieving data from the Internet...

The Privacy Friendly Torchlight application uses the smartphone’s flash light in order to provide the functionality of a simple torchlight. It belongs to the group of Privacy Friendly Apps. Our Privacy Friendly Torchlight App differs with respect to two aspects: 1. The Privacy Friendly Torchlight App only requires the minimum amount of permissions, namely:In category "Camera/Microphone": CAMERAThis permission is required to control the smartphone’s flash light (on/off). Most of Torchlight Apps in the Google Play Store require additional permissions. E.g. accessing the network or Internet which is mostly used to display advertisement. Some apps have access to GPS or telephony data. 2The Privacy Friendly Torchlight App completely relinquishes advertisement. Many other apps in the Google Play Store display advertisement.You can reach us viaTwitter@SECUSOResearch (https://twitter.com/secusoresearch)Mastodon@SECUSO_Research@bawü.social (https://xn--baw-joa.social/@SECUSO_Research/)Job openinghttps://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/Job_Offers_1557.php

Privacy Friendly Tape Measure can measure the size of objects in pictures based on objects of known sizes (e.g. coins) in the same picture. Just find a coin or other reference object of a known size, put it next to the item you want measured and take a picture. Make sure all objects are in the same level and the picture is taken perpendicularly to it. Now you can mark the reference object in the picture and measure any length or area you want!Privacy Friendly Tape Measure belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt. More information can be found an https://secuso.org/pfaPrivacy Friendly Tape Measure can also display rulers or a protractor on the screen. Use this to quickly measure small objects or to cut a pizza in six equal slices. Yum!What makes Privacy Friendly Tape Measure different from other similar apps?1. Fewer permissionsPrivacy Friendly Tape Measure uses only the Read External Storage permission. It needs it because most pictures on your phone are located on the SD-card as opposed to..

The Privacy Friendly Dicer application can be used to roll between one and ten six-sided dice. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfaThe number of dice can be chosen by a slider. Rolling the dice can be done by pressing a button or shaking the smart phone. By a short vibration the app signalizes that it rolled the dice and displays the results. It is possible to switch vibration and dicing by shaking on and off in the settings. What makes Privacy Friendly Dicer different from other similar dicing applications?1. Minimum amount of permissions: The "VIBRATE" permission (category “Other”) is required to provide the vibration feedback.Most of dicing apps in the Google Play Store require additional permissions, the top ten requires an average of 2,9 permissions (June 2016). Those are e.g. accessing the network or Internet which is mostly used to display advertisement. Some apps have access to GPS or telephony data. 2No advertisement:Many other apps in the Google Play Store display..

Privacy Friendly Ruler can display a ruler or protractor at the edge of the display. This enables on the fly measurements with the smartphone. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa/What makes Privacy Friendly Ruler different from other similar apps?1. No permissionsPrivacy Friendly Ruler does not require any permissions. 2. No advertisementMany other free apps in the Google Play Store dazzle annoying advertising and also shortens battery life.You can reach us viaTwitter@SECUSOResearch (https://twitter.com/secusoresearch)Mastodon@SECUSO_Research@bawü.social (https://xn--baw-joa.social/@SECUSO_Research/)Job openinghttps://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/Job_Offers_1557.php

Privacy Friendly Weather lets you watch the weather for cities and locations you are interested in. The app has been developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More info can be found on https://secuso.org/pfaWe are currently in conversation with OpenWeatherMap as the weather data provider. Until this is resolved the app might be limited in functionality.The weather includes current weather as well as a hourly and daily forecasts. The weather data includes details such as temperature, a short description of the current weather condition and humidity, wind and rain. A dark theme as well as 4 different home screen widgets are availble with current day or future day informations.Furthermore, Privacy Friendly Weather provides a radius search. This makes it possible to find the locations around a given location which have the best weather conditions at the moment. The search space can be set by the user.The unit of temperatures can be set to Celsius or Fahrenheit and the unit of distances to kilometres or miles. Multiple wind units are available also.All weather data is retrieved from..

Privacy Friendly Minesweeper is a moblie version of the classic game Minesweeper. The goal of the game is to find and mark every mine without triggering one of them.You reveal a field by clicking on it. If that field contains a mine it is triggered and the game is lost. Otherwise the field will show a number. That number will tell you the amount of mines in the surreounding 8 fields. With that information and logical thinking the mines can be located and marked.The first field you click each game will not ba a mine. Each game will have a new playing field with randomzed poisitioning of mines, so each game will be a new experience. While the mines are mostly positioned randomly the first field clicked each game will not have a mine, and four or more mines in adjacent fields will be avoided, since such clusters increase the chance of situations that must me solved by guessing.There are three different gamemodes represinting three difficulties. They differ in playing field size and the amount of mines:- 6x10 Playing Field..