Bizarre Protection
Creators: Daryl, Julius, Ololade, Francisco, Jaden & Nyzir
School: High School Students from Academy of Innovative Technology
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Project Themes: Other
About this Project
The problems that we are trying to help prevent scams, viruses, and threats online through our app. Helping flag dangerous links, and downloads. Our app solution is to protect users that face problems with scams and viruses. We protect them by using AI detection to prevent viruses and let the users know if a download is dangerous.
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What's awesome-
This one hits close to home for me because I spent a decade on the VPN team at Prudential Financial, providing secure network connections for global employees. So when I see students thinking about privacy and network security at your age, I know you're working on something that matters!
The fact that you're combining VPN functionality with ad-blocking shows you understand that users want simple, bundled solutions and not five separate apps to stay safe online.
You clearly get the core problem: people (especially younger users) are tired of intrusive ads and want more control over their digital experience. Building something that addresses both privacy and annoyance in one place is smart product instinct.
To make it even stronger:
Research your competition. Apps like AdGuard, Blokada, and built-in browser ad-blockers already exist. VPNs like Proton are mainstream now. Your job isn't to beat their features, it's to find the angle they're missing. Maybe it's making it easy for non-technical users. Maybe it's education ("here's what's actually happening to your data"). Maybe it's being community-first, teaching users in your neighborhood why this matters and letting them spread the word.
Ask yourself: if someone already has an ad-blocker extension and their phone's built-in VPN, why would they switch to yours? That answer is the differentiator that will help your app idea grow.
Great job team! Keep building.
This one hits close to home for me because I spent a decade on the VPN team at Prudential Financial, providing secure network connections for global employees. So when I see students thinking about privacy and network security at your age, I know you're working on something that matters!
The fact that you're combining VPN functionality with ad-blocking shows you understand that users want simple, bundled solutions and not five separate apps to stay safe online.
You clearly get the core problem: people (especially younger users) are tired of intrusive ads and want more control over their digital experience. Building something that addresses both privacy and annoyance in one place is smart product instinct.
To make it even stronger:
Research your competition. Apps like AdGuard, Blokada, and built-in browser ad-blockers already exist. VPNs like Proton are mainstream now. Your job isn't to beat their features, it's to find the angle they're missing. Maybe it's making it easy for non-technical users. Maybe it's education ("here's what's actually happening to your data"). Maybe it's being community-first, teaching users in your neighborhood why this matters and letting them spread the word.
Ask yourself: if someone already has an ad-blocker extension and their phone's built-in VPN, why would they switch to yours? That answer is the differentiator that will help your app idea grow.
Great job team! Keep building.
