Reveal App for Android Now Available in Market – Protects Against SMS Replicator

From the developers who brought you the unsafe feeling you might have after SMS Replicator came on the scene, DLP Mobile is bringing you protection, at a cost of $2.99 called Reveal. Reveal is an app that when installed on your device, will scan and tell you if you currently have the other DLP Mobile product “SMS Replicator” installed on your device, and offer to remove it (too bad it doesn't tell you who the number is it was forwarding the texts too as well).

SMS Replicator was the app that brought much controversy after its release for privacy and security violations according to the agreement for Google's Android Market for developers, and was quickly taken off the market by Google. This app should serve as some form of protection, but I personally think its ridiculous for users to spend an additional $2.99 to the same people who released an app that could compromise your system to begin with. In essence, you would be financially rewarding the developers for giving you this problem to begin with. How does that work?

I think this company should be handing this app out to anyone who had SMS Replicator installed on their device for free, seeing as the infecting app (SMS Replicator) was pulled due to violation of privacy clauses for apps on the market. I doubt they'll make much money on this anyway, but I wouldn't pay a penny for this app regardless, unless of course you're a paranoid android.

If you are and need, you can scan the QR below.

Android Market Link

What do you think, should this app be free for all? would you pay for this if you think you MAY have been compromised by SMS replicator?

New App Protects against infamous Secret SMS Replicator
‘Reveal' for Android lets you know if you're phone has been tapped

NEW YORK – Android users can breathe a sigh of relief now that the new
app, ‘Reveal' has become available. The app was built as a direct
counter-measure to another app, “Secret SMS Replicator” which came out
late last week.

A furor and outrage was unleashed by concerned Android users when
“Secret SMS Replicator” was released. The app runs covertly in the
background of an Android phone, secretly forwarding all text messages
a person receives to another phone. A promotional video for the app
featured an insidious girlfriend curious if her lover was cheating.

According to the New York Times, “Secret SMS Replicator” had been
removed from the Android Market quickly by Google. However, because of
Android's open source nature, the app is still easily available at
third party markets and through torrents, leaving Android users
vulnerable to covert surveillance.

“Reveal's functionality allows it to run on your phone to check to see
if Secret SMS Replicator has been surreptitiously installed, and if
so, reveal it to you to you, so you can make necessary changes, like
uninstalling it and dumping your boyfriend,” says lead developer
Minhaz Chowdburry, only half joking.

The development team behind this app is the same built the original
Secret SMS Replicator. “We got a lot of constructive feedback, and
wanted concerned people to be able to protect themselves and their
privacy ” said DLP Mobile CEO Zak Tanjeloff.

When asked about the irony of the situation, “We believe in the
marketplace of ideas. We really hope by making both products
available, we will be able to help users build trust and honest and
open relationships,” said Tanjeloff, 24.

In addition, as a result of feedback, DLP Mobile has also re-purposed
Secret SMS Replicator and released SMS Nanny an app that helps parents
monitor their children's text messages, which is now available in the
Android Market.

Reveal is available in the Android Market for $2.99