On Stompstart by 26 August 2019 · Tel Aviv · Israel
Logdog.
A Tel Aviv app that watched Gmail, Facebook and Dropbox accounts for suspicious sign-ins; it raised $3.5 million in 2015, and its CEO confirmed its shutdown in 2019.
Security and privacy
Timeline
- Closed
CTech (Calcalist) reported that LogDog Information Security Ltd. was shutting down after its acquisition negotiations fell through, as CEO Uri Brison confirmed in a phone interview; its nine employees were summoned to a pre-termination hearing.
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getlogdog.com was still advertising the LogDog app, now claiming 2.5 million people had secured their accounts with it (750,000+ in February 2019).
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getlogdog.com carried a Thai online slots page wrapped around the old LogDog text.
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“DON'T GET HACKED. GET LOGDOG.”
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“DON'T GET HACKED. GET LOGDOG.”
1 in 4 online accounts gets hacked. LogDog gives you free protection from hackers and identity theft. You’ll get alerts any time suspicious activity occurs in your Gmail, Facebook and other accounts. LogDog is your mobile security “watch dog,” providing around-the-clock detection for suspicious activity and unauthorized access to your online accounts. With LogDog, you can take control of your account before it gets hacked.
- Topics
- Security
- Platforms
- Android, Mobile
- Location
- Tel Aviv · Israel
In our words: The listing pitched LogDog as a free mobile 'watch dog' for online accounts, sending an alert whenever suspicious activity or unauthorized access turned up in Gmail, Facebook and other services. It was tagged for Android and internet security.
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