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Cellphone application wards off gropers in trains
- October 25, 2007 2:11 PM
- By Commodities
The Associated Press
Did you just grope me? Shall we head to the police?
That's the message women are flashing on their cellphones with a popular program designed to ward off wandering hands in Japan's congested commuter trains.
Anti-Groping Appli by games developer Takahashi was released in late 2005 but has only recently climbed in popularity rankings, reaching No. 7 in this week's top 10 cellphone applications list compiled by web-based publisher Spicy Soft Corporation.
The application flashes increasingly threatening messages in bold print on the phone's screen to show to the offender.
Users press an Anger icon in the program to progress to the next threat.
A warning chime accompanies the messages.
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