{"id":105110,"date":"2018-03-06T14:56:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=105110"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:38:00","slug":"app-snitches-on-sexting-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/app-snitches-on-sexting-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"App snitches on sexting kids \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98091\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/TA.EN_.W10.V3.news2_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/TA.EN_.W10.V3.news2_.jpg 540w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/TA.EN_.W10.V3.news2_-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/TA.EN_.W10.V3.news2_-304x170.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2018\/02\/26\/sexting-filter-will-block-childrens-smartphone-cameras-try-send\/\">Getty<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keeping kids away from <\/span><b>texting explicit content and photos to each other<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> isn\u2019t just a parental prerogative \u2013 it\u2019s also <\/span><b>a great business opportunity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s what <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2018\/02\/26\/sexting-filter-will-block-childrens-smartphone-cameras-try-send\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SafeToNet\u2019s founder figured<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> after being <\/span><b>appalled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by some of the content kids were viewing and exchanging \u2013 and <\/span><b>intrigued by the business opportunity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that represents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put his <\/span><b>new app on your child\u2019s phone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and it will block any incoming photos it deems <\/span><b>too saucy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>disable the device\u2019s camera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It will also lock the phone if Junior\u2019s texts are a bit too <\/span><b>risqu\u00e9 for its algorithm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And if the little tyke tries it again, <\/span><b>the app will tip you off<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SafeToNet should be <\/span><b>available in April<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for a monthly subscription fee. Let\u2019s see just how quickly the kids can get around its restrictions. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Getty Keeping kids away from texting explicit content and photos to each other isn\u2019t just a parental prerogative \u2013 it\u2019s also a great business opportunity. That\u2019s what SafeToNet\u2019s founder figured after being appalled by some of the content kids were viewing and exchanging \u2013 and intrigued by the business opportunity that represents. Put his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/app-snitches-on-sexting-kids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;App snitches on sexting kids \u00a0&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":105246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1082,1032,1083,1040],"usertag":[781],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-105110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-android","tag-gadgets","tag-ios","tag-messaging-apps","usertag-purchaser"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328218,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105110\/revisions\/328218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105110"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=105110"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=105110"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=105110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}