A parent’s Guide to e-safety
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A Parent’s Guide to E-Safety Apps every parent should know about. 3/16/2016 Whitchurch Primary School Michelle Manning 
Contents Page 16 Apps and Websites that parents need to know about 3 10 things parents and kid s should know about SnapChat 11 The Parent’s Guide to Instagram - (& How to Protect Your Kids on the Service) 14 Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch 25 A Parent’s Guide to Applock - A free security app for all smart phones 28 How to Activate Parental Controls when searching directly on YouTube.com. 32 In this parents’ guide to E-Safety I have included information that I have found very useful in helping parents to identify possible security risks when using some of the most commonly used apps such as Instagram and Snapchat. I have also included instructions on setting parental restrictions on iPhones, iPads and iPods and also provided a brief overview on how to use ‘Applock’ which is a free app for managing security on an android smartphone. There are lots of security apps out there so please explore and see which one best suits your needs. 16 Apps and Websites that parents need to know about Below, we've laid out some of the most popular types of apps and websites for teens: texting, micro-blogging, self-destructing/secret, and chatting/meeting/dating. The more you know about each, the better you'll be able to communicate with your teen about safe choices. Texting apps Kik Messenger ooVoo Micro-blogging apps and sites Tumblr Vine Live-streaming video apps YouNow: Broadcast, Chat, and Watch Live Video Self-destructing/Secret apps Burn Note Snapchat Whisper Yik Yak Chatting, meeting, dating apps and sites MeetMe Omegle Skout Tinder TEXTING APPS Kik Messenger is an app that lets kids text for free. It's fast and has no message limits, character limits, or fees if you only use the basic features. Because it's an app, the texts won't show up on your kid's phone's messaging service, and you're not charged for them (beyond standard data rates). What parents need to know
ooVoo is a free video, voice, and messaging app. Users can have group chats with up to 12 people for free -- and it's common for kids to log on after school and keep it open while doing homework. Maybe they're using it for group study sessions? What parents need to know
WhatsApp lets users send text messages, audio messages, videos, and photos to one or many people with no message limits or fees. What parents need to know
MICRO-BLOGGING APPS AND SITES Instagram lets users snap, edit, and share photos and 15-second videos, either publicly or with a private network of followers. It unites the most popular features of social media sites: sharing, seeing, and commenting on photos. It also lets you apply fun filters and effects to your photos, making them look high-quality and artistic. What parents need to know
Tumblr is like a cross between a blog and Twitter: It's a streaming scrapbook of text, photos, and/or videos and audio clips. Users create and follow short blogs, or "tumblogs," that can be seen by anyone online (if made public). Many teens have tumblogs for personal use: sharing photos, videos, musings, and things they find funny with their friends. What parents need to know
Twitter is a microblogging tool that allows users to post brief, 140-character messages -- called "tweets" -- and follow other users' activities. It's not only for adults; teens like using it to share tidbits and keep up with news and celebrities. What parents need to know
Vine is a social media app that lets users post and watch looping six-second video clips. This Twitter-owned service has developed a unique community of people who post videos that are often creative, funny, and sometimes thought-provoking. Teens usually use Vine to create and share silly videos of themselves and/or their friends and families. What parents need to know
Parents can be star performers (without their knowledge). If your teens film you being goofy or silly, you may want to talk about whether they plan to share it. LIVE-STREAMING VIDEO APPS YouNow: Broadcast, Chat, and Watch Live Video is an app that lets kids stream and watch live broadcasts. As they watch, they can comment or buy gold bars to give to other users. Ultimately, the goal is to get lots of viewers, start trending, and grow your fan base. Note that there are other apps like this that are less popular with teens such as Periscope, but Facebook has just included live-streaming as a feature, so expect to see more and more personal broadcasting. What parents need to know
SELF-DESTRUCTING/SECRET APPS Burn Note is a messaging app that erases messages after a set period of time. Unlike many other apps of this sort, it limits itself to text messages; users cannot send pictures or video. That may reduce issues such as sexting -- but words can hurt, too. What parents need to know
Snapchat is a messaging app that lets users put a time limit on the pictures and videos they send before they disappear. Most teens use the app to share goofy or embarrassing photos without the risk of them going public. However, there are lots of opportunities to use it in other ways. What parents need to know
Whisper is a social "confessional" app that allows users to post whatever's on their minds, paired with an image. With all the emotions running through teens, anonymous outlets give them the freedom to share their feelings without fear of judgment. What parents need to know
Yik Yak is a free social-networking app that lets users post brief, Twitter-like comments to the 500 geographically nearest Yik Yak users. Kids can find out opinions, secrets, rumors, and more. Plus, they'll get the bonus thrill of knowing all these have come from a 1.5-mile radius (maybe even from the kids at the desks in front of them!). What parents need to know
CHATTING, MEETING, DATING APPS AND SITES MeetMe: Chat and Meet New People -- the name says it all. Although not marketed as a dating app, MeetMe does have a "Match" feature whereby users can "secretly admire" others, and its large user base means fast-paced communication and guaranteed attention. What parents need to know
Omegle is a chat site (and app) that puts two strangers together in their choice of a text chat or a video chat room. Being anonymous can be very attractive to teens, and Omegle provides a no-fuss opportunity to make connections. Its "interest boxes" also let users filter potential chat partners by shared interests. What parents need to know
Skout is a flirting app that allows users to sign up as teens or adults. They're then placed in the appropriate peer group, where they can post to a feed, comment on others' posts, add pictures, and chat. They'll get notifications when other users near their geographic area join, and they can search other areas by cashing in points. They receive notifications when someone "checks" them out but must pay points to see who it is. What parents need to know
Tinder is a photo and messaging dating app for browsing pictures of potential matches within a certain-mile radius of the user's location. It's very popular with 20-somethings as a way to meet new people for casual or long-term relationships. What parents need to know
The bottom line for most of these tools? If teens are using them respectfully, appropriately, and with a little parental guidance, they should be fine. Take inventory of your kids' apps and review the best practices. TV editor Polly Conway and former Common Sense Education writer Kelly Schryver contributed to this article. 10 things parents and kids should know about SnapChat By Stephanie Abney familiyshare.com The digital world we live in makes “do-overs" difficult. Snapchat's a tool that can be used for fun, instant connections with loved ones. Used inappropriately it can have dire consequences. Here are 10 things you should know before installing it.
A popular app among teens is Snapchat, a free photo and video sharing app. Teenagers love the ability to "share a silly moment" with their friends, and in less than 10 seconds it disappears. Being informed and setting family social media rules can help guide children through a digital maze that may otherwise lead to heartache or disaster. Here are 10 things parents and kids should know about the Snapchat app before deciding whether or not to use it.
This digital age makes "do-overs" more difficult. Remember, the only sure way an improper video or photo never gets distributed at-large is to not put it out there in the first place. Let's all learn to use technology for all the good it can produce and for recording the precious moments of our lives. This article was written by Stephanie Abney a retired school teacher and freelance writer. The Parent’s Guide to Instagram (& How to Protect Your Kids on the Service) 
WHAT INSTAGRAM IS Instagram (often referred to as Insta) is a free photo sharing application for your phone. You take a picture, you can add a “filter” to it (to make it black and white or to make it look vintage, etc.), add a description of the photo, tag friends (if applicable), add “hashtags” (more on that below) to “label” the topic of the photo and then you upload it to the site. Then other people can view your photo, like your photo or comment on your photo. The service also allows users to upload 3-15 second videos in the same manner. SETTING UP INSTAGRAM You download the app and install it on your device. You’ll have the option to login using a Facebook login or registering an account with an email address. I make my kids do the latter, so that I can access it more easily should I ever need to do so. I know the email, I know the password. If I ever try to login to find the password changed, it’s an immediate loss of their devices for a month. They know that rule and they know we’re serious about it. CHANGING THE PROFILE & PRIVACY SETTINGS Once you’ve logged in, you’ll want to head to their main profile page (the icon on the bottom right that looks like a driver’s license). On that screen, you will see a box that says “Edit Your Profile”). Click that and you’ll see a setting at the very bottom that says “Posts are Private” – you want to make sure that box is on (the button will turn blue when it’s on). 
This means that the only people who can follow and see the photos your child posts are people your child approves. Our rule on this is that if our child has not met someone in person, they are not allowed to accept a follow request from them. IF YOU’RE CHANGING THE PRIVACY SETTINGS ON AN EXISTING ACCOUNT If you’re changing the privacy settings on an already existing account, it will ONLY affect new followers. Anyone who randomly followed your child prior to that setting being enacted will still be able to. If it were me, I’d go through the list of who is following my child (click on “followers” which will be on the top of the profile screen with the number of however many people are following them above it to see the list of who is following them). Anyone who can’t pass the “do you know them in person” test would be removed.
To remove people already following your child for whatever reason, click on their name and then click the arrow at the top right of their profile. A screen will pop up and give you an option to “Block User” – click that option and they’ll no longer be following your child. KEEPING THEIR PRIVATE INFORMATION PRIVATE You’ll also want to ensure your child’s phone number is not listed in their profile under “PRIVATE INFORMATION” – yes, I know it says it’s private but there is no reason their number needs to be listed. You should also approve whatever information your child puts in their bio (text that appears next to a round circle with a lowercase i in it) and the display name field (which is different than the username field).
Keep in mind that the display name, profile picture and bio are visible to everyone, whether or not they follow your child. I’d recommend you leave the display name as a user name, or at most your child’s first name only. SET TAGS SO THEY HAVE TO BE MANUALLY APPROVED One bad thing about Instagram (to me anyway) is that you can tag (say a photo is about a specific user) any user in a photo. Whether or not they follow you and whether or not you even know them. Anyone with an Instagram account can tag anyone else with an Instgram account. There is no way to prevent people from tagging you. However, you can at least tick a setting that won’t allow any tags of you to show unless you manually approve them. On your profile page, click the square icon with a person inside it.
When that screen opens, there will be a listing of photos you have been tagged in. Click the gear icon on the top right of that screen. A screen will appear – choose the “Add Manually” option listed there. 
This will at least mean you have to approve a tag of you in a photo before it appears on your profile. TURN OFF LOCATION SERVICES FOR INSTAGRAM Also be sure you’ve checked that the location services for Instagram have been turned off. Otherwise, your child could end up inadvertently posting their EXACT location when they upload the picture. To do this on an iPhone, go to your regular phone Settings and then click on “Location Services” – make sure the button next to Instagram in this list is white and not green. While you’re in there, you should probably take a look at what else is being sent their location when they use it – and shut off anything you’d prefer didn’t know their location.
Even with Instagram locked down as much as possible privacy wise, it only takes one second for your best friend this morning who hates you this afternoon to screenshot one of your Instagram posts and put it out in the wild. We’ve made this clear to our kids. As such, we’ve set the following rules regarding their posts (your rules may vary):
We’ve also driven it home as hard as possible that anything they post online is NOT private, despite even the harshest of privacy settings and in the wrong situation it could be seen by everyone. SETTING CLEAR RULES FOR COMMENTNG Now that we’d set rules to protect them from the asshats of the internet (and themselves), we also laid down the law on them commenting on the photos of others (your rules may vary):
KEEPING TABS ON THEIR USAGE We can set out the rules all we want, but that doesn’t mean our kids will follow them. I had an Instagram account before my daughter did, even though I don’t personally use it much. But if you don’t have one, get one. FOLLOW YOUR CHILD She follows me and I follow her. I only spot check her usage, but I make sure that every once in a while I check what photos she’s been posting. How often you check is up to you, but make sure you check (however, I’d refrain from adding “you look adorable hunny!” comments on their photos, LOL). SPOT CHECK THEIR INSTA ON THEIR OWN PHONE She also knows that at any point in time I may request to see her phone and look at her Instagram on it without warning. Even though I can see her photos, I can’t see what she’s following in an easy manner via my own account. CHECK WHAT CONTENT THEY’RE SEEING So, I’ll open her Instagram and click the icon of a heart in a bubble. This shows me the lastest posts by who’s she’s following by default. This lets me know that she’s not following content I would find objectionable. CHECK THE ACTIVITY HAPPENING ON PHOTOS YOUR CHILD UPLOADS If you click the “News” tab on that same screen, it will show you all of the recent activity on their photos – so you can see comments people have left, etc. It’s a good way to check if your child is being bullied online. CHECK OUT WHAT PHOTOS YOUR CHILD IS “LIKING” While there is no way to see what comments a user has left on which posts (it’s simply not an option – even when logged into your own account), you CAN see a listing of every photo your child has “liked” from the options screen when logged into their Instagram account. Click the gear icon on the top right of their profile. You’ll see an option called “Posts You’ve Liked” – click it and you’ll be able to see every photo your child has ever given a thumbs up on Instagram.
You can also view what hashtags your child has been surfing through from their account. Click on the icon on the bottom of the screen that looks like a snowflake. That will bring up a search box with some photos underneath. Tap your finger in the search box and another screen will pop up. One tab says users and one says hashtags. Click the hashtags button and you’ll be able to see any searches your child did for a hashtag and then viewed the results for. 
Keep in mind though that the search history can be easily cleared at any time on the options panel. Some kids know how to do it, some don’t. If your child isn’t clearing their search history, you may want to not make a big deal of anything you’ve found in their hashtags unless it really IS a big deal, or you can bet they’ll learn how to clear it, LOL. HOW TO REPORT CYBERBULLYING ON INSTAGRAM If someone is bullying your kid on the service, there are ways you can report it to Instagram. There’s “kids will be kids” and then there’s the kind of messages or hate spewed towards a child like the one that spurred my writing this post. HOW TO REPORT A SPECIFIC ACCOUNT / USER If a specific person account is made for bullying – ala the “[juniorhighname]hatepage” account above, you can report that user as inappropriate. Using the same method I laid out above to block users your child doesn’t know (click on the person’s name and tap the arrow on the top right of their profile page to get a box to pop up), you can also report a user as inappropriate. 
HOW TO REPORT A SPECIFIC PICTURE To report a specific picture as inappropriate, click on the “…” icon on the bottom right under the picture. A box will pop up that will allow you to report that specific picture as inappropriate (not, this option only shows up on the photos of others and not your own, in case your testing this on your own account). 
HOW TO REMOVE A TAG OF YOU FROM A PHOTO Should you ever wish to remove a tag of you in a photo for any reason, just tap on the offending photo. You will see tags pop up. Click on your name. A screen will appear that allows you to hide the photo from your profile. 
Once you’ve checked that off, you can also click “More Options” underneath it. That will pop up options to remove your tag from the photo and also report it as inappropriate if you need to. HOW TO REPORT INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS ON A PHOTO If you see an inappropriate comment on a photo that is NOT yours, you can click on the comments button, tap that person and slide your finger to the left to get an exclamation point to show up that you can click to report the comment. 
Unfortunately, you can’t report abuse on the comments left on your own photos, only delete them. But again, you can report the user in general using the above method and then delete the comment. SPAM AND ABUSE REPORTS ARE PRIVATE And remember that when you report something for spam, the person you report will not know it was you (in case your child is worried about retaliation). For more information on how to report abuse or bullying on Insta, you can check out their official help file on the topic here. You can also submit a manual report to Instagram if needed here. COMMUNICATION TRUMPS ALL Look, even if you get a degree on using and monitoring Instagram, the best thing you can do is talk with your kids about their usage. I frequently talk with my daughter about photos she’s posted (in a positive, “that was a great photo!” way). I refresh her memory on a rule or two here and there out of the blue. When I see stories about “beauty pageants” occurring on Instagram, I’ll tell her about the story, ask if that’s going on in her school, ask if she’s ever seen one and I try to reinforce why those things are negative in a conversational way. I’ve also made it clear to my kids that if they DO tell me about something bad that is happening to them or someone else on social media, that the result won’t automatically be that THEY get punished for confiding in me by losing access to their social networks. I’d rather be able to teach them how to handle / deal with idiots vs. them feeling like that either have to either keep silent or lose their access. How I handle my kid’s Instagram usage probably varies from the way many others choose to, but I hope this post has at least allowed you to come away with a working knowledge of the service and how to keep your kids as protected – and monitored – as possible on the service.
By Rae Hoffman - Entrepreneur and successful online marketer Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch You can use Restrictions, also known as parental controls, to block or limit specific apps and features on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, including access to explicit content in the iTunes Store. Turn on Restrictions
2. Tap Restrictions. 
Tap Enable Restrictions and create a passcode for Restrictions. Don’t forget this passcode. In the future, you'll need your Restrictions passcode to change your settings or turn off the Restrictions 
Restoring the device using a backup won’t remove the passcode. Change your Restrictions passcode If you want to change your Restrictions passcode after you turn Restrictions on:
A Parent’s Guide to Applock A free security app for all smart phones By Jack Wallen - techrepublic.com With AppLock, you can create a specific PIN (or an app-specific PIN) that can then be used to lock down whatever applications you wish to secure. It's incredibly simple to use. Here are some AppLock features:
Let's walk through the process of installation and using this handy Android security application. Installation The installation of AppLock is simple. Just follow these steps:
Once the installation has completed, locate the AppLock launcher in your app drawer and tap to launch. First use When you first launch AppLock, you'll have to set up your unlock password (Figure A). Enter a password that's at least four digits, and tap OK. You'll then be required to re-enter the same password, and tap OK. Figure A 
AppLock running on a Verizon-branded Samsung Galaxy S4. Locking apps - After you've confirmed your locking password, you'll find yourself on the Main Lock tab (Figure B). This is where you select apps you want to lock with the newly created password. Figure B 
Lock as many applications as you like from this window. To lock an app, simply locate the app in the Main Lock tab, and then tap the lock icon associated with that particular app. Once they're added, those apps will require the locking password in order to open. You can also set up a relock policy, which dictates how often you must enter the locking password in order to open an app. The relock policy can be:
To set this relock policy, tap on the Setting tab, and then tap Relock Policy. In the popup (Figure C), tap to select the policy you want to use. Figure C 
Every time is the most secure and every 10 minutes is the least secure. After a lock is set, you can also rename the lock and even change the password. To rename the lock, follow these steps:
Figure D 
Renaming a lock in AppLock. If you want to set up multiple locks, you'll need to purchase the Pro version and can be found within the app's settings. With the Pro version, you can lock apps for business, home, and the public with different locks. If you're looking for yet another level of security for your Android mobile, let AppLock help you out. This is an incredibly easy way to keep prying eyes out of app-specific data. It's free (the Pro version is very inexpensive) and does an outstanding job of locking down whatever apps you want.
After many requests from parents and educators, YouTube now has parental controls so you can implement YouTube Safe Search in your browser when searching from youtube.com. In the past, you could only turn on safe search for Google’s regular search results to ensure safe browsing or by using this site to conduct all searches. To implement the Parental Controls for YouTube, go to YouTube.com and scroll down to the bottom of the page…. You will see a reference to Safety Mode and it will say OFF... Click the Off button to access Parental Control to turn on YouTube Safe Search. Likewise, if you want to turn YouTube Safe Search Off, click the bottom what will now say “On”… Locking YouTube Safe Search As you will see, it’s very easy to turn safe search on and off. Therefore, you may want to lock it in order to ensure it is always activated for all family members. To Lock the Parental Control for YouTube, you will need a Google account. To open a free Google account, go to google.com and click “Sign In” in the top right hand corner of their main website. You will then see the option to create a new account. Now return to YouTube and scroll down to the bottom of the page to the safety mode link as shown above. After selecting the “On” button, you will see an option to Lock Safe Search…
Select “Save and lock Safety Mode on this browser”. You will then be required to sign in to your Google account if you have not already done so. Once Safe Search for YouTube video search is Locked, you can now log out of your account. Unlocking safety mode on YouTube will require you to log into your account. This guarantees that no one else can deactivate the safety setting.
Consider using internet filtering software with full parental controlsto block access to bad areas of the internet. At the very least, use our safe video search tool. Source - http://www.safesearchkids.com/youtube-parental-controls/ Yüklə 116,55 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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