How to keep track of my childs texts/imessages?
I'm concerned about what my son may be sending to people and saying to people on his phone, and I was just wondering if there was a way to keep track of his texts and imessages on his iphone? I don't want to have to regularly take his phone off of him because that will loose any trust that there's, and it may also give him time to delete things. I have an unused ipod touch that I was thinking about connecting to his iTunes account, but I don't have the first clue on where to start, any help would be warmly welcomed.
(also, net-nanny iphone style software recommendations would help also)
If his Apple ID is connected to his personal email account, then this may be an issue. When you enter an Apple ID into a new device an email will be sent to the email. If this is not the issue then you can simply:
iOS 6- Settings
Messages
*Messages on*
(Enter Apple ID)
Follow rest of steps.
If on iOS 7 it may be a little different but more likely the same.
After doing this all messages sent and received will be shown on your device as well as you being able to reply to the messages.
Also although this is a good precaution if you feel he is suspicious, but if not I'd have a talk with him just setting the basic rules. I know I'm not a parent myself as I still am young but my parents had given me permission and trusted me, they also taught me things such as privacy and not sharing address, name etc.
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