Thursday, December 16, 2010

Tech Tip- Texting or Sexting? Parents Now You Can Know

Do you ever wonder what your children are secretly texting to their friends? Have you ever suspected they might be sexting or visiting X-rated web sites? As a parent, you have the right to know. More importantly you want your kids to be safe. You can start to track your kids’ smartphone usage by installing cell phone monitoring software on their phone.

Here are a few choices:

• X3watch.com monitors application and Web usage on android phones. It charges a $4.99 one-time fee.

• Netnanny.com is e-mail and text message monitoring software. Some features don’t work on BlackBerry® smartphones. It costs $29.99 yearly.

• Phonebeagle.com tracks mobile phones and reads SMS and MMS messages remotely. It charges a yearly fee of $119.

• Mobile-spy.com silently monitors mobile phones for $99 a year.

Parents can use these tools to monitor their children’s phones. It should be pointed out that it is illegal to place this software on a phone that does not belong to you or is not authorized by the owner.

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