Beta Testing Beta testing is, simply put, the final stage of application development carried out by a party unconnected with the development process. Our private beta testing helped shape the product you use today, and our testers also took the time to ask serious privacy questions. Does Gran360 store my origin and destination addresses when I create a monitored journey? No. We do not store these addresses, as our monitoring model does not require us to. Instead, we process both addresses through the Google Maps API solely to obtain an approximate latitude and longitude, rounded to two decimal points. These coordinates are then processed using Uber’s H3...
3 Things You Should Never Share With Strangers (Even Friendly Ones)
Nigerians are some of the warmest, most welcoming people on earth, even when we try not to. We offer strangers help, give directions with our whole chest, and generally treat guests like family. That’s a beautiful thing. But it can also be exploited. Here are three things to be careful about sharing; in person, on the phone, or online: Staying safe doesn’t mean being cold or suspicious of everyone. It just means being a little more thoughtful about who gets what information. Trust slowly. Verify when you can. And when something feels off—-even if you can’t explain why—lean into that feeling....
The Need/Why for Gran360
Empowering Community-Driven Safety in Underserved Contexts In many regions in Nigeria, official emergency response systems are often slow, unreliable, or inaccessible. Gran360 puts critical safety information directly into the hands of community members, enabling them to warn each other about scams, incidents, and dangers in real-time. This peer-to-peer model ensures that safety awareness isn’t dependent on institutional infrastructure that may not serve all communities equally and, as is very well known, may not serve at all. Proactive Journey Safety Monitoring Loved ones need to know their family members arrive safely at their destinations. Gran360’s GeoFence monitoring provides peace of mind by sending notifications at critical journey phases—departure...