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The Alcorcón City Council will launch a pilot project with fifty victims of gender-based violence who will install a spy app to record possible aggressions or threats that can later be used as evidence in court.
The mayor of Alcorcón, Candelaria Testa, announced this during the visit of the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Oscar López, who was able to learn about the functioning of this app that will be installed on the mobile phones of fifty victims of gender-based violence in the locality.
«What we presented to the minister today is a pilot program, fifty licenses that we will deliver to fifty women assisted by the specialized services of this institution, of this Observatory against Gender-based Violence,» stated the mayor.
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This disguised app allows for hidden recordings for the aggressor and leaves no trace on the mobile phone, thus «collecting legally valid evidence of gender-based violence for use in court through Blockchain technology,»
This content leaves no trace on the mobile device, it is stored in the cloud and cannot be viewed until the user gives their express consent for legal use, and can be used as evidence in court.
«We are going to provide these fifty women with an app on their mobile phones so that they can secretly record an aggression or a threat, and that evidence, through Blockchain technology, will be valid in court,» stated Testa.
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The goal of this app against gender-based violence is to protect «not only with the Police, but also in the criminal process, as many times these digital evidence ends up falling through,»
«Therefore, we combine technological innovation with feminism and with the fight for dignity, life, and protection of women because we believe it is very important for innovation to permeate everything,» highlighted the mayor, who specified that the app will be funded through the State Pact.
On his part, the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function expressed enthusiasm for this pilot project and congratulated the mayor for putting all the money they are promoting through the State Pact against Gender-based Violence into «practical applications,» which was renewed a few days ago.
