Parental Control

It is for sure that a high percentage of our people, especially young, routinely make use of WhatsApp to exchange a few words and photos with family, friends and colleagues and now there will be many more users on WhatsApp as the vacations are nearing and it turns out to be even more common during the holidays.

But being on vacation does not mean that everything will go and will be considered as valid and this is why the parents have to be highly conscious and follow the small safety guidelines with this mobile monitoring application to avoid any issues. The most important things are summarized below.

1. If it is not strictly necessary, you should not use it in public for the reason that Wi-Fi can offer your personal and used information during that session to the potential malevolent parties. Here we do not mean to blame the hotel or restaurant offering free Wi-Fi services, but you never know who else is connected to it as well or have breached the implemented security measures that the establishment is offering. The public Wi-Fi is supposed to be used only for anything that doesn’t need your personal and data and visiting sites that require to be logged in, especially bank accounts and email servers.

2. If you do not want someone to send you messages at WhatsApp, you have the option to block that contact. While the pin remains blocked and will not receive any messages. You must keep in mind that if at any time you unlock the messages sent during the blockade, you will not get it and it will be lost. However, you have to know the fact that anyone with your cell phone number can access your photos and your nick on WhatsApp, even when it is in locked condition.

3. It would be also interesting to have access control system to the mobile and have an additional access control for the applications that contain more personal information on Whatsapp.

4. You have to take into account that being so popular can make you a target on WhatsApp of viruses and hacking efforts.

If you follow these simple tips, you will get to continue to communicate with friends and family in a safer manner on WhatsApp as well as other social networks. Here the parents need to pay special attention as the kids are the prime victims of internet in many ways and can make the safety sure by using PhoneSheriff, a helpful; software for online protection.