MakaNetu

Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’m Paulo, founder of MakaNetu. I started building MakaNetu because I kept asking myself: Why don’t we know if a place is unsafe before we get there? Whether walking home at night, dropping kids to school, or heading to a meeting, people everywhere feel unsafe — and traditional systems only react after something bad happens. That frustration pushed me to explore how we could turn fragmented safety information (texts, WhatsApp groups, slow official reports) into something real-time, reliable, and useful for everyone in a community. What began as an idea soon evolved into a platform where anyone can report a danger, and the community and AI work together to validate and share that alert. With MakaNetu you see danger nearby before you arrive, get community-verified alerts, and can even tap the SOS button to notify trusted contacts instantly. We’ve built this with a focus on trust, speed, and community collaboration. Along the way, our approach evolved a lot — from just listing alerts on a map to building features that actually help people avoid risk: AI-validated alerts, community reputation signals, and safer routing that considers real-time danger zones. Today, more than +10,000 people use MakaNetu to protect themselves and their communities — and we’re just getting started. Would love to hear your feedback — ❤️ What security challenges have you faced? You can also tell us what you think about this issue or if you know of a situation that has experienced this problem.