App Tour - Hacked?

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

June 3, 2016

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App Tour - Hacked?

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Barely a week goes by when we do not hear about a security breach at some company that results in the loss of user credentials and other personal information. The sheer numbers of these events can also be challenging to keep up with these days.

This past week a new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app arrived for Windows 10 that can provide us all with the ability to easily keep up with these breaches and it just takes a little initial work from us to get started.

Hacked? is from Lancelot Software and you will find it available through the Windows Store for both desktops, tablets and mobile Windows 10 devices.

The features of Hacked? according to the software developer include:

  • Easy to use: All you need to do is enter the email address you want monitored - Hands-off: Background monitoring of all your email addresses

  • Safe: The app uses the industry-trusted Troy Hunt's massive haveibeenpwned database of breaches

  • Updated: the haveibeenpwned database scans pastes frequently, you'll always have fresh data to compare against

  • Privacy: This app will never share your email addresses with anyone outside of the haveibeenpwned API (which itself uses the secure HTTPS protocol)

After testing this app I have one big request for the author - cloud sync of the accounts I add to Hacked? on different devices.

Currently you must manually enter all of the accounts you want tracked on each device adn that can be very labor intensive.

Today's App Tour Gallery will show you the app comparing the mobile and desktop versions to give you an idea of how it comes together as a UWP app.

 

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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