Yondr

Yondr is an American company founded by Graham Dugoni in 2014.[2][3] Yondr works to create phone free spaces, working with schools, entertainers, courthouses, organizations, and individuals. Yondr makes mobile phone pouches which close with a magnetic lock, along with a device for unlocking them.[2][4][5]

Yondr
Founded2014
FoundersGraham Dugoni[1]
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
ProductsYondr Pouch
ParentFocally, LLC
Websitewww.overyondr.com

Yondr products can be used at private events to lock up attendees' mobile phones or smartwatches while they are inside.[6][7][8][9] People entering are required to lock their device inside a Yondr pouch, taking the pouch with them. This is intended to deter audio and video recording, photography, or the distractions of using a mobile device. Yondr has been used at music concerts,[3][10][11] theatrical performances,[12] courts,[13] [10][14] nightclubs, and more.[15]

Yondr also leases its products to schools around the world.[6][16][17][18]

History

Graham Dugoni, a former professional soccer player, founded Yondr after attending the Treasure Island Music Festival in 2012. After witnessing an intoxicated man dancing and people filming him, he questioned the effects of technology on personal privacy and freedom of expression. Dugoni leaned on his interest in sociology, phenomenology, and the philosophy of technology and began experimenting with several options for the design of the Yondr pouch.[19][20] He would later visit schools and music venues in San Francisco to promote the product.

See also

References
  1. Statt, Nick (4 November 2014). "Phone-crazed audiences and fed-up musicians? Yondr is on the case". CNET. Accessed 30 May 2022.
  2. Gregory, Alice (16 January 2018). "["This Startup Wants to Neutralize Your Phone—and Un-change the World". Wired. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. This Startup Wants to Neutralize Your Phone—and Un-change the World]", wired. Accessed 30 May 2022.
  3. Edgers, Geoff (16 June 2016). "Alicia Keys is done playing nice. Your phone is getting locked up at her shows now". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. Megan Geuss (12 October 2014). "I let Yondr lock my smartphone in a sock so I could “live in the moment”". Ars Technica. Accessed 25 January 2018.
  5. US patent 9819788, Graham Dugoni, "System and apparatus for selectively limiting user control of an electronic device", issued 2017-11-14
  6. Stav Ziv (23 December 2014). "Over Yondr, Where There Are No Phones". Newsweek. Accessed 25 January 2018.
  7. Morrisey, Janet (15 October 2016). "Your Phone’s on Lockdown. Enjoy the Show.". The New York Times. Accessed 30 May 2022. (subscription required)
  8. Haynes, Gavin (22 June 2016). "The phone prison – how to stop people filming at gigs". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  9. Sax, David (17 July 2016). "At your next concert: stop filming, start listening". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  10. Solon, Olivia (20 June 2016). "Put it away! Alicia Keys and other artists try device that locks up fans' phones". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  11. Kaplan, Ilana (24 January 2018). "Jack White: Former White Stripes frontman bans mobile phones at gigs for '100% human experience'". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  12. "With Cameras on Every Phone, Will Broadway's Nude Scenes Survive?". The New York Times. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022. The recent videos of Mr. Williams surfaced despite the extraordinary steps that Second Stage Theater, the producer of "Take Me Out," has taken to protect the privacy of the actors who appear nude. Audience members are required to switch off their phones and place them in pouches that are kept locked until the end of the show. The pouches, made by a company called Yondr, have grown increasingly common in recent years, especially at stand-up shows, since comedians are both fiercely protective of their jokes and concerned that some, taken out of context, could cause blowback.
  13. A. Slobodzian, Joseph (7 April 2017). "Some find ways to defeat Phila. court's new locking cellphone pouch". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  14. Larry Greenemeier (8 May 2015). "Smartphone Lock Pouch Leaves Students to Their Own (Unusable) Devices". Scientific American. Accessed 25 January 2018.
  15. "Yondr invites you to disconnect in "phone-free" zones". CBS This Morning. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  16. Russon, Mary-Ann (4 December 2015). "Dave Chappelle using smartphone-locking case to stop audiences leaking stand-up routines online". International Business Times. Accessed 25 January 2018.
  17. "Yondr Pouch by Yondr (Focally, LLC)". EdSurge. Accessed 25 January 2018.
  18. Smith, Tovia (11 January 2018). "A School's Way To Fight Phones In Class: Lock 'Em Up". All Things Considered. Accessed 30 May 2022.
  19. "This Startup Wants to Neutralize Your Phone—and Un-change the World". Wired. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12.
  20. Le, Anh-Minh (10 March 2020). "Phone Locks in a Time of Cancel Culture". Wall Street Journal.
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