Messenger · SMS · impersonation scams

Suspicious links sent to your parents —
you check first.

Automatically detects suspicious links on your senior's phone and alerts the guardian in real time. A 4-quadrant analysis engine that even catches impersonation via saved contacts.

Start for freeTry it on your own phone first

Install the app on your parent's phone and connect with one QR scan. Or try it on your own phone first.

K-CULTURE · HYO

Korea has a centuries-old word for protecting your parents: hyo.

You won’t find it in K-pop or K-drama. But it’s in every Korean household — and now, in an app.

For centuries, Korean families have practiced hyo — the quiet duty of looking after aging parents. Today, that duty looks different. The suspicious link your mother received this morning? In Korea, her daughter is already checking it. SafeClick brings that everyday vigilance to your family — wherever you live.

❤️

Weekly check-ins are the default

Most adult Korean children speak with their parents at least once a week — often more.

👨‍👩‍👧

Big decisions are family decisions

From hospital visits to phone settings, choices are made together, not alone.

🛡️

The guardian role shifts gently

As parents age, adult children step in as protectors — without taking away independence.

📱

Hyo in the smartphone era

Today, looking after parents means catching the scam text they can't always recognize.

SafeClick is hyo in app form.

When a suspicious link reaches your father’s phone, you see it on yours — first.

Read about Korean filial piety

This account may be compromised

login-kakaobank-verify.xyz
Sender: saved contact “Eldest daughter”
Call them directly to verify.
Do not click this link.
2.19M
Smishing reports in Korea — 2024
Year-over-year increase
₩0
Free plan price
What makes us different

We're not a blocking app.
We're a strong-alert app.

Blocking authority belongs to carriers, KISA, and the OS. SafeClick's essence is making families notice in time — strong alerts, family teamwork, privacy-first by Korean law. We create the moment when a senior can stop and check.

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Family pairs together
Pair once. Watch over together.
When a senior's phone gets a risky link, the guardian's phone receives a real-time push within seconds. Pair via QR or a 6-digit code. Add seniors anytime. The guardian decides what counts as danger.
24h auto-revival
Protection that stays alive.
OS reboots, app updates, OEM battery savers — all of which used to break notification listeners. SafeClick has 4 self-healing layers (foreground service + watchdog + boot receiver + 5-minute server cron) so seniors never have to manually reconnect anything.
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Privacy by Korean law
Message content never leaves the device.
Under Korea's Personal Information Protection Act, we never transmit message body, raw contacts, or raw phone numbers. Only SHA-256 hashes — the same algorithm used by HTTPS certificates and banks — reach the server. Hashes cannot be reversed.
Three categories

Korean mobile security apps fall into three categories.

Antivirus / App scanning
Scans apps and files installed on the phone itself for malware.
Caller-ID analysis
Identifies who's calling or texting — spam, fraud, or unknown numbers.
Messenger-alert security + family teamwork
Automatically detects URLs in KakaoTalk · SMS · Instagram · Telegram · LINE · WhatsApp · Meta Messenger alerts, triggers a full-screen warning, and pings the guardian. ← SafeClick is here.

These categories don't overlap. Many families use a baseline antivirus + SafeClick together — they complement each other rather than compete.

NEWImpersonation scam detection

“Mom, my phone broke.
Can you send money to this number?”

Korea's most common impersonation scam — a stranger pretending to be a son, daughter, or grandchild asking for emergency money transfers. SafeClick auto-detects 220+ Korean scam phrases and 32 patterns, then alerts both the senior's phone and the guardian at the same time.

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Auto detection
220 phrases + 32 patterns
Family impersonation, account-loss claims, urgency triggers, and remittance requests — all caught locally on the device. Three risk levels color-coded (yellow / orange / red) by how many indicators stack up.
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Both phones alerted
Senior + guardian, same moment
The senior's phone shows a full-screen warning with a voice alert — even if the notification was silenced. The guardian's phone receives a push within seconds with the chip preview and a short excerpt — so a quick check-in call can stop the transfer.
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Privacy by Korean law
Full message never leaves the phone
Detection runs entirely on-device. Only the sender category (saved · unknown) and a short excerpt are shown to the guardian. The full message body, raw contact, and raw number never reach SafeClick servers — compliant with Korea's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).

The essence: the sender of an impersonation scam is always a stranger pretending to be family. That's why any message with strong scam signals — even from an unsaved number — triggers a full warning. We don't ask seniors to judge “is this normal?” We make the phone pause long enough for a family member to check by phone.

My Phone Protection Mode

Built for parents —
but try it on yourself first.

Just install the app — no pairing required. Start anonymously without email or signup. Like it? Try 7 days free, then unlock full features with Solo Pro / Family Pro.

  • Anonymous account · No email/signup required
  • Free · Unlimited URL previews
  • Protect just your phone — no pairing needed
  • Like it? Try 7 days free, then expand to Pro in one tap

Install the Android app → review limits → grant permissions → choose My Phone Protection. Detected links will show a full-screen warning on this device.

Detection transparency

We don't build our own DB.
We use 4 external engines.

We combine Google and industry-standard security engines to leave verifiable evidence. Local verdicts and real-time external queries are transparently layered so basic protection works even offline.

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Real-time
Google Safe Browsing
Google's globally updated phishing DB — aggregating CERT feeds, government agencies, and user reports worldwide. URLs are checked via SHA-256 hash only.
2
Korea + Global
75 trusted domains — local verdict
40 Korean sites (Naver, Kakao, banks, government) plus 35 global brands (Amazon, PayPal, Netflix, etc.) — 75 in total, cleared instantly on-device. Works offline with zero server calls.
3
Novel approach
4-Quadrant sender context
Saved contact + dangerous link = escalated account impersonation alert. Triggers a full-screen alarm for Korea's dominant smishing pattern.
4
Advanced analysis
Google Web Risk
Significantly higher detection rate for emerging phishing. Catches the latest threats not yet registered in Safe Browsing.
5
70+ engines
VirusTotal
Queries 70+ security vendor engines simultaneously via a single API — including AhnLab V3 and ESTsecurity ALYac.
6
Live verification
URLScan.io
Visits suspicious URLs in a sandbox and analyzes screenshots and network behavior for a human-verifiable verdict.

KISA 118, Korean National Police Agency 112, carrier-level filters, and FSEC databases currently have no public APIs and are not directly integrated. Much of that data is indirectly reflected in the Google Safe Browsing global feed. We plan to pursue an official KISA partnership in the future.

Pricing

Paid plans have the same features — just different headcounts.

No complex feature comparison tables. Just pick how many people you want to protect. All paid plans include the same full protection.

Try it solo
Free
₩0
/ forever free
1 person · no pairing
  • Safe Browsing + 75 local trusted domains (Korea + global)
  • 4-Quadrant sender context analysis
  • Unlimited URL previews
  • Scan history kept for 14 days
  • Start anonymously — no email or signup
WARM
Solo, done right
Solo Pro
₩2,900
/ / month
1 person
  • Everything in Free
  • 4-engine scan: Safe Browsing + Web Risk + VirusTotal (70+ vendors incl. Kaspersky · McAfee · ESET · AhnLab) + URLScan
  • Catches brand-new phishing before Safe Browsing lists them (24~48h gap covered)
  • Includes virus·malware scan that Free skips
BEST
Perfect for a small family
Family Pro
₩5,900
/ / month · per family
1 guardian + 2 seniors
  • Everything in Solo Pro
  • Your phone + up to 2 parents protected
  • Real-time alert sharing — senior's risk link triggers a full-screen warning on the guardian's phone in seconds
  • Same features — just more people
Coming soon
Siblings covering both sets of parents (coming soon)
Family Plus
₩9,900
/ / month · per family
2 guardians + 4 seniors
  • Everything in Family Pro
  • Siblings as co-guardians
  • Up to 4 parents under one subscription
  • ₩1,650/person — 16% cheaper than Pro

All paid plans are monthly subscriptions — cancel anytime. Prices include all fees and taxes. Payment is processed via Google Play. Family invite links are generated in-app.

Core features

Smishing keeps getting smarter —
so did we.

4-stage analysis that uses less device power and cost — while catching only real threats.

4-Quadrant sender context

“Saved contact + dangerous link” = the highest-risk account impersonation. We catch the scenarios a simple blocklist misses.

🟢 Saved · Safe
Pass
⚠️ Saved · Danger
Top impersonation alert
🔵 Unknown · Safe
Small badge
🔴 Unknown · Danger
Full warning

Voice alert

Warns out loud even when the screen is hard to read.

Korean 40 + Global 35 = 75 trusted domains

40 Korean sites + 35 global brands (Amazon, PayPal, Netflix, WhatsApp) — judged instantly on-device. Zero server calls, works offline.

네이버카카오쿠팡KB국민삼성카드AmazonPayPalNetflixWhatsAppVisa+65

Senior mode — extra-large text

22–72sp oversized typography and high-contrast colors readable at a glance, even with poor eyesight.

Dangerous link
unknown-shop.co

We never store the original link or your contacts

URLs are checked via SHA-256 hash only through Google Safe Browsing. Sender contacts are matched entirely on-device via hash. We cannot see or store your KakaoTalk messages or phone numbers.

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URLs stored
0
Contacts sent to server
For family & friends

It works even better
when you use it together

Parents, grandparents, siblings, friends — one minute is all it takes to protect a family member.

Before your parents click today —
check it together as their guardian.

We quietly inspect every URL and keep a complete record. Glance at the links your family receives every now and then — early caution prevents the worst.

Download · pair · start protecting. 3 minutes is all it takes.

SafeClick — The Korean Way of Protecting Your Parents from Scam Texts | Hyo (孝) for the Smartphone Era