If your child has one of these apps on their phone, delete them immediately. These apps are for adults only and have a high potential for exposure to sexual predators.
Remember, no app is safeguarded from predators and they can gain access to your child from just about any app that is on your child's phone, iPad, computer or gaming device. Treat every app as hostile otherwise it is like leaving your front door wide open and inviting the predator in yourself.
Anonymous apps can be dangerous and may lead to cyber-bullying and your child forming relationships with predators pretending to be other “kids."
Allows users to ask questions and receive answers anonymously from other users.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying
Allows members to post anonymously and “upvote” other posts.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying
Encourages sharing anonymous secrets & allows meeting new people who are also on the app.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying and sexual exploitation
Encourages high school students to post anonymous secrets about the people in their school.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying
Allows users to post rumors about other individuals through audio, texts and photos.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying
An anonymous direct messenger app.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying and sexual exploitation
There is no reason that your child should have a dating app on their phone, especially ones that are specifically for individuals 18 and over.
Allows users to swipe yes or no to form connections with people in their area.
Red Flags: sexual predators and encourages sexual promiscuity
Sorts a user’s Facebook friends on whether they are “down” to hookup.
Red Flags: sexual predators and encourages sexual promiscuity
A dating app made for adults that allows for online dating through instant messaging after “matching."
Red Flag: sexual predators and is rated 18 and older
An app that functions similar to Tinder, but with a particular focus on gay men and hookup culture.
Red Flag: sexual predators and is rated 18 and older
An online dating service that allows adults to search for other singles in their area.
Red Flag: sexual predators and is rated 18 and older
An online dating service that allows adults to search for other singles in their area.
Red Flag: sexual predators and is rated 18 and older
An online dating service that allows adults to search for other singles in their area.
Red Flag: sexual predators and is rated 18 and older
Any type of “Rate Me” app is going to target the self-confidence of any child or teen and allow space for sexual predators to slip in.
Allows users to vote daily on which of two things they like best.
Red Flag: sexual predators
Users upload pictures of themselves and get rated by users.
Red Flag: cyber-bullying and sexual predators
These apps can be dangerous because they may be places that your child can be hiding explicit pictures or other inappropriate behaviors from you.
Allows users to hide secret photos, videos and documents behind a working calculator.
Red flag: potentially explicit content and exploitation
Allows users to keep additional apps in a locked folder with this app.
Red Flag: potentially explicit content, exploitation and contraband apps
Allows users to store photos and videos away in a secret folder but will also snap a picture of anyone who tries to get in. Red flag: potentially explicit content and exploitation
Allows users to hide other apps behind another lock screen through this app. Red Flag: potentially explicit content, exploitation and contraband apps
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