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Recruit Your Friends To Be A Hero With New Safety App

New app Hero looks to position itself as the answer to personal safety issues. We're skeptical, but it could be a useful tool in more non-critical situations.

Recruit Your Friends To Be A Hero With New Safety App
By Rob LeFebvre
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Endorsed by successfully-returned kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart, new app Hero is available now from the App Store. Once downloaded, you can invite your friends from Facebook, Google + and Twitter as a list of heroes. When you're in need - or just want to share the latest video from the pub with your friends - you launch the app and Hero will send video, audio and GPS coordinates to the social network of your choice, as well as other Hero app users within a 5 mile radius.

While we'd never endorse an app like this to be your primary means of safety, it could be a help if in need, and nearby Hero app users are available. The endorsement by Smart merely positions this app as a safety tool - she was not returned to her family due to any app, Hero or otherwise.

Still, having a list of folks who can watch out for you might be a good thing. If you had a bit too much to drink example, it might help you find a designated driver. If you get lost, it might help you find your way. And so on. As the app is free, it can't hurt to give it a looksee, right?

Rob LeFebvre
Rob LeFebvre
Dad. Mac head. Ukulele nerd. Gamer. Rob lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and commutes daily to the intarwebs to edit and write about iOS, Mac, books, and video games. He is currently employed as the editor at 148Apps, the best gosh-darn iPhone site this side of Mars, and contributes freelance to various other sites, including Cult of Mac and VentureBeat. Somehow he still finds time to play in a Disco band, raise two amazing kids, and hang on to his day job.