Guardio - Mobile Security

Guardio

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About this app

Guardio’s main features:
- Identity monitoring for up to 5 different email addresses
- Immediate alerts when your data is exposed
- Scam resolution recommendations
- Add another 4 family members to your account - no extra charge!
- Scam resolution and identity theft assistance helpline (US only)
- $1M identity theft insurance coverage (US only)

WHAT’S IDENTITY THEFT?
Cybercriminals and hackers love getting their hands on your data because they use it to scam and steal from you. But even worse is when they get enough data to steal your identity.

With the right details, a scammer can drain your bank account, take out loans in your name, shop online at your expense, and even steal your medical records. In the worst case, a criminal can literally steal your identity and sell it to someone else. Someone else can use your SSN, get a passport and start a new life using your name and identity.

HOW DOES GUARDIO PROTECT ME?
It all starts with data leaks. Guardio searches all corners of the internet, including the Dark Web, for your data. If we find it’s been leaked or exposed somewhere it shouldn't be, we let you know immediately. This gives you crucial time to protect or update your most sensitive data - passwords, credit cards, etc - before the bad guys can sell it. This is how you stay safe from identity theft.

WHAT’S A DATA LEAK?
Simply put, a data leak is when your personal, sensitive information is exposed online. These days we do everything online. We shop online, manage our bank account, speak to the doctor, take out insurance, pay our bills, order pizza - you name it. Most people have, on average, around 130 active online accounts at any time. And every one of those accounts starts with your email address. Every time you sign up or log in, you give your email address, along with a bunch of other details.

Sometimes data is leaked by accident, but more often it is stolen. Data can be stolen in a phishing attack, or in a data breach. When hackers attack a platform or company website, they steal customer records. Millions, if not billions of records are stolen every year. Hackers breach a company and leak the data they steal online.

BROWSING PROTECTION - Guardio uses accessibility permission in order to monitor the sites you visit and warn you when accessing malicious sites.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS:
Guardio offers a 7-day free trial with full access to all of our security features. To prevent fraudulent use, a payment method is required to start the free trial. If you cancel during the trial, you won’t be charged.
After the trial period ends, Guardio provides an auto-renewing subscription at $14.99 per month, or annually at $119.88. You can cancel your subscription at any time, and your protection will remain active until the end of the subscription period.

Got a question about Guardio and what we do? Contact us at [e-mail]

Privacy Policy
https://guard.io/privacy

Terms of Use
https://guard.io/terms/

Ratings and reviews

Less than 1 star, really. The free trial holds 120 dollars ransom. Then, it is impossible to cancel the free trial and they just keep sending the same instructions for cancelling which do not work at all. The screen shots do not line up with your phone and I am stuck in an endless loop of trying to get out of this trial. I guess I will need to report them to the ftc which one reviewer had to do to end this madness. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!!!

Ok, first, putting a $119 hold on my credit card for a free trial is horrible excessive when the standard is usually $1 or, maybe, the cost of a month of the service. It's difficult to not be suspicious of that practice. Second, and more importantly, the app doesn't really do anything but detect when there is already a problem and... that's it. The app tells you how many leaks there are on your email address, but it doesn't offer any solution to fix the leak.

Everything is locked behind a free trial and a subscription. I rejected the free trial by tapping the X and closing the in-app window. You can't do anything with the free version; you need to opt in to the free trial which will convert to the subscription once the trial is over. Otherwise, the free version of Guard.io is very slow and laggy. It's an unresponsive app at times. My device is a 2022 Motorola G Stylus 5G.