07/17/2014
Dangerous phone apps and websites our kids use every day and they don't even know it.
FourSquare:
-an app used to check in to the exact location of where you are
-indicates where you are, where you are there, how often you go there
-used in stalking, dv cases, and child abduction
-no privacy settings
SnapChat:
-take a picture and allow people to only see if for a number seconds and then the pictures disappear
-often used for bullying, threats, harassment
-you can take a screen shot of these photos / the photos stay on the internet
-Counter apps such as snaphack save all snapchat photos sent to you
Confide:
-similar app to snapchat but with texts instead of pictures
Second Life:
-An app similar to the Sims but very inappropriate
-ex: you can create r**e centers and be*******ty rooms in your “town”
Text Bomb Apps:
-ex app: samtext
-type a slogan or phase and have it sent to a person 10,000 times every 5 seconds
-ex” everyone hates you and thinks you should die” texted to a person 10,000 times
-used for severe bullying
Bang w/ Friends (new name: Down)
-“anonymous” way to find friends who are “down” for the night
Yik Yak App:
-similar to Kik
-text friends of strangers
-uses gps to talk to strangers that are closest to you
Whisper:
-similar to yik yak
Chat Roulette:
-video chat rooms
-85% of the rooms you will be brought to involve child p**n
Omegle:
-an app used to talk to strangers
-popular with guys that want to find “hot guys”
-similar apps include swype, backchat, hot or not
Explicit apps:
-s*x app shop
-strip
-wobble
Revenge p**n apps:
-ex boyfriends / girlfriends, hookups, pimps, etc using these apps to spread photographs to use against their victims
-ex: xhamster, yougotposted, my ex, the dirty
Puff App:
-10,000+ pics of girls in dresses, “puff” up her skirt and she is not wearing panties.
Apps that hide apps that you do not what your parents to see:
-using apps to completely conceal all of the above apps
-ex: p**f, hideit pro, app lock
Scout:
-global app used to meet new people “anonymously”
Girls around Me:
-set the number of feet in distance and a map pops up of all of the girls around you with all of their social media profiles
-you do not sign up for this app, you can be found just by being near the person that has downloaded it
-predators use this to research their victims and act like they know they using the details from their social media profiles
- the app store on itunes removed this, but they are other sites developed that are similar.
