Author name: Jenny Nicole

Child Control, Parental Monitoring

XNSPY Helped Me Build Trust With My Child

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It’s been a while since we got to hear from one of our very own XNSPY parents. So here it is, another story straight from the horse’s mouth… I had purchased XNSPY after one of my friends recommended to me from work. He said he used it for his daughter after she had continually sneaked out from the house when she wasn’t allowed to leave after curfew. She was planning to sneak out again through her phone when he apprehended her about it. He has two children, one of them is older and married and the other is this younger, rebellious teenager. About these two children, he told that it was never easy raising them. He said teenagers get rebellious and will do a lot of regrettable, stupid things that they will later themselves regret. And he knows this because the older child tells him that he regrets a lot of decisions they made when they were a teenager. The younger one seems to be following the same pattern. After I heard all of this, I have to admit, I was shocked because I only have one son, who is now 16 and he is now around the same age as any rebellious kid should be in. My coworker’s tales got me curious because he too might become the same and I might never know because today’s generation lives in their devices and so does my son. I’m not making any statement as to whether it’s healthy/unhealthy for him to do that or if teenagers are consumed in media, but what I’m saying is that it’s hard to know what my son is up to sometimes because he doesn’t talk to me about his problems or anything really. Buying XNSPY Purchasing XNSPY for my son was a decision I made based on my coworker’s advice and because I feel like I’m disconnected to my son. Installing it was pretty easy and I took my sons phone pretending to look for a contact I didn’t have on my phone and I secretly downloaded it on his phone too. Once that was out of the way, I had access to his messages, call logs, I had WhatsApp Spy, Facebook Spy, and his day access to real time location. I had logs of his location for when I didn’t feel like checking 24/7. I learned something shocking about my son that day I downloaded XNSPY. That he is a massive nerd! I mean he had good grades and that he was interested in science, but not reading scientific journals, watching videos of SpaceX launches and idolizing NASA type of nerd! I’m so proud and relived! I also am sort of disappointed in myself that I ever doubted him and I should have known all along, but if it weren’t for XNSPY I would have never known and I would have always remained in doubt. All in all, the app was very intuitive to use and I found that there wasn’t much of a learning curve for me. I would recommend this app to anyone who’s curious about their children’s all too personal life. I now know what to get him for his birthdays and Christmases! Do you have a story you’d like to share? Write to us in the comments below and get a chance to be featured on this blog!

Consequences of YouTube Pranks
Tech

The Consequences of YouTube Pranks That Some of Us Have to Live With

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Previously we talked of the YouTube Prank culture, and how even though pranks on YouTube is a dying genre, the effects of mindset left behind by pranks is still very apparent. Such as in the case of a Minnesota couple Pedro Ruiz and Monalisa Perez. Monalisa Perez is 19 year old charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz who was 22.  The couple had a child together, a three year old and Monalisa Perez was pregnant with their second child. The incident occurred when Ruiz died from a single gunshot wound to the chest when the couple attempted to film a prank for YouTube. They were trying to see if the bullet would make it through a few heavy books Ruiz had held up to his chest and allegedly Ruiz had fired a round through some books as a test. The two often played pranks on one another and uploaded them to YouTube. Claudia Ruiz, aunt of the victim, commented how they were in love and loved each other. She further commented how it was just a prank that took a turn for the worst and that it should not have happened like this. Claudia Ruiz also says that her nephew mentioned the plan to her and she tried to talk him out of it. When asked why they would need a gun, Pedro Ruiz replied “Because, we want more viewers. We want to get famous” Pedro Ruiz was described as a daredevil by family members. The family now has to go through the worst of situations having their nephew demise due to a unfortunate and naïve decisions that the couple made Monilsa Perez has to spend a maximum 10 years in prison for manslaughter. “The fact that she’s got to live with this for the rest of her life, that alone is a charge to me,” Claudia Ruiz said. Their YouTube page is still up as both an homage to Pedro Ruiz and a reminder to anyone who thinks to attempt obviously dangerous, reckless acts. Anyone intending to pursue a ‘prank’ career such as that of Pedro Ruiz and Monalisa Perez should think twice about the danger they’re involving themselves in. The prank stars that they try to replicate and the ones that they look up to are faking pranks. The belief that they aren’t has proven to be fatal. As we mentioned in the previous blog, this sort of behavior and stories should be highlighted by the YouTube staff, as the community has covered, discussed and analyzed this story and have come to the same conclusion that if a safer community is to be made, one who collectively does not support harassment of random by stander (as in the case with ‘street pranks’) or one that doesn’t put themselves in danger, a strong stance against this sort of behavior should be applied and videos of this trend should be demonetized. What happened to this Minnesota couple is unfortunate and appalling and we offer our condolences and we warn others of acting without thinking of the consequences!

Pranks on Youtube?
Tech

So, What’s Going on With Pranks on Youtube?

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The culture of fake YouTube Pranks perpetuated by the likes of OckTV, Sam Pepper, FouseyTube who were exposed by other YouTubers such as H3h3Productions and Phillip DeFranco, has blown over and the crowd of YouTube, now aware of the pranksters nature have moved on, and so have the creators of these pranks to mostly vlogging and the occasional prank here and there, but nothing like what it once was, where for a small moment, all of these pranksters had the world fooled. Pranks were YouTube’s bread and butter, as many channels such as RomanAtwood rose to fame for their sometimes outrageous pranks and sometimes too good to be true pranks. These channels generated clicks and got ad revenue for Youtube, who promoted these channels because Youtube favored the channels who would frequently upload. For a short period of time, every mainstream channel was either doing pranks or lets plays or it was kind of mind numbing to watch. But all these channels soon ran their courses as many of them were accused and exposed of being staged and faked; if not staged then provocative in nature are many of their pranks were posted under the guise of ‘social experiments’. These ‘social’ experiments’ were posted with clickbait titles hoping to target anyone naïve enough to believe these pranksters. These pranksters took advantage of their audience and possible (if they didn’t fake them) people in real life for YouTube views and ad revenue. Pranks became a sort of guilty pleasure by the help of other social media outlets such as Instagram or Facebook and people seemed to eat it up even though many of them were on the wrong side of the law. Even websites like Break, Buzzfeed, The Daily Dot or Mashable. The only people attempting pranks nowadays are people who don’t realize that all or most pranks are staged and this can lead to and have led to serious consequences. Pranks on Youtube are officially part of the past as or not relevant anymore after the major sources were all doubted for foul play. But the people who somehow still believed it recreate these pranks, in the same dangerous environments, and the recent death of Pedro Ruiz (something we will build on) after an attempted prank gone wrong with his girlfriend, who has now been charged with manslaughter. YouTube’s Responsibility with Pranks Even though pranks have died out on YouTube, their effects are still very apparent as with the case of Pedro Ruiz. YouTube’s responsibility should have been to address this case and others like it. They should have addressed the community about the nature of the pranks genre and how it’s prone to be taken advantage of and manipulated for views and that as a community, people should not give attention to the ones who are obviously staged. At the same time, YouTube should demonetize any channel that perpetuates violent, racist and provocative ‘pranks’ or ‘social experiments’ (something that has lost complete meaning because of this) and should encourage channels that aren’t provocative in nature or might harm someone.

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Turns Out that the Latest iPhone 8 News Has Confirmed All Previous Rumors

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The iPhone has a trend of keeping things the same, avoiding innovations in other phones (such as wireless charging and sensors) until they adopt these features in a new model in such way that they make it their own. The iPhone 8 and the build up to its release has seen an unusual amount speculation and rumors, we ourselves have covered iPhone 8 rumors and the rumors over all have been pretty conflicting to say the least. But all seem to have simmered down after an image of the iPhone 8 has been posted by Evan Blass. The picture has given us a good view of the ‘Infinity Screen’ like screen the iPhone 8 along with a dip to accommodate front facing camera and an array of sensors. The picture shows the iPhone inside of a protective case. MKBHD of YouTube too received an iPhone 8 model in what seems to be the definitive version of the iPhone 8, which is an in hand physical representation of all the rumors and leaks. The model is what iPhone 8 case makers receive to start making iPhone 8 cases and accessories based on all the physical dimensions and measurements. The first thing you notice on this new model is the screen. The classic forehead and chin of the iPhone is now gone. The screen now covers the entire front panel with a dip for the sensors and camera. The screen covers the entire front panel, with rounded edges. With all this new space, one has to wonder what Apple plans to do with all the new space, if there would be any software dedicated for this new space. The new screen also takes down a major criticism of the screen to body ratio. Every phone in its competition had reduced bezels to zero except the iPhone that still maintained a chin and a forehead for their phones. Not only is there no bezel size, the body is actually a little smaller than the iPhone 7. Smaller body, more hand-held, more pocket friendly. See Also: How to Spy on iPhone without Jailbreak? Another huge change is the back of the phone. The iPhone 8 has a vertical camera bump on the back and of course, the glass back.  Why a glass body? Because wireless charging does not work with a metal body which means, yes, the iPhone 8 might have wireless charging. This trend follows the one of the Samsung S8 and the Google Pixel. The metal of the iPhone is on the sides, where you would hold the phone. Why a vertical camera bump? Possibly to accommodate new sensors. The power button on the side is on the same place but is slightly bigger. This means that the finger print sensor might not be on the power button as previously thought and allegedly, the new sensors on the front might be used for 3D face recognition to unlock your phone, which allegedly is faster and safer than a finger print scanner. Whatever we knew about the iPhone 8, it is somewhat solid now and things seem to be in gear for the iPhone 8’s release, which is set for an October release. See Also : Top 10 iPhone Spy Apps

rescue of a single father
Child Monitoring, NEWS

Times When XNSPY Comes to the Rescue of a Single Father to a 16-Year-Old

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I am a single father to a beautiful 16 year old daughter. I had to raise our daughter alone after we lost mom when my daughter still very young. She has faint memories of mom, but nothing solid. I am regretful that she never got to ‘meet’ her beautiful and brave mother herself but as she grows up, I can very well see that she is the spitting image of her mother, inside and out. That makes me happier than you can imagine. My daughter is a very cooperative and mature individual. She at an early age recognized that I might have needed a little help raising her, so she was never a brat or a nuisance. She was always very respectful and helpful, and this helped us develop an inseparable bond. We were always seen together by friends and family. That’s not to say that there weren’t troubles of raising her. As patient and understanding as she was, she was and still is a teenager. There were and continue to be instances of her being out way later than her curfew, being out when I don’t know where she was, not picking up her phone, getting in trouble with boys, normal teenager stuff like that. But as an only parent and being the only person that’s responsible for her, I can get very worried when this sort of stuff happens. I don’t even get mad, I just want to know that’s she’s alright and that she’s going to be alright. She is 16 now and I realize I should give her space, and I do but when something happens that cause for legitimate concern, I can’t instances like that go by without some sort of measure I can lean back on. I talked to my daughter of this concern and after some arguing, we came to some sort of an agreement. You have to understand where I come from, she is the only real family I have and the same goes for her so our stakes are high. She brought this app up called XNSPY, she heard about it from a friend’s dad, who used it for his business. She taught me how to use the real time tracker location on it that shows me in real time where exactly she is and what she’s doing. She downloaded the app on her phone and mine and showed me how to use the app. It was easy enough to learn since the user interface was very friendly. And I can’t thank her enough for this app. I can keep a check on where she is whenever I want and it’s really taken a load of my head. I can ever track her messages and call logs, to make sure she isn’t talking to the wrong people and isn’t doing anything unhealthy. Any single parents looking for a security measure for their kids, please invest in this wonderful app! It gave me a real sense of security!

No headphone jack for pixel 2?
Android, iPhone Tracking

After the iPhone 7, is the Google Pixel 2 Dropping the Headphone Jack too?

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Apple’s decision to drop the headphone jack in its iPhone 7 model was controversial to say the least, as many users found it a nuisance to have to carry around a dongle to charge their phones and use their ear pieces at the same time. Besides having, Apple introduces Airpods, Bluetooth earphones that were supposed to solve this issue, at a price of $160. The Google Pixel was supposed to be a way out from the extra paraphernalia jungle that was the iPhone 7 and a treat for Android purists. No Headphone Jack on the Google Pixel 2? Rumors had been circulating before that the successor of the renowned Google Pixel might follow suit in the iPhone 7’s direction and take out the headphone jack as well. Last month’s leak by Onleak, a reliable source in the matter, has shown the Google Pixel 2 and the Google Pixel XL2 both show to have no dual cameras, partial glass backs, the fingerprint now at the back of the metal case and then the shocking reveal, no headphone jack, being replaced by a USB type C port. There is a slight chance of the Google Pixel 2 having the headphone jack but as far as the reliability of the leaks goes, it doesn’t seem all that good. If that goes along, there will possibly be more phones to follow and that will start a trend. Other leaks shown by Olixar (a case maker for the phone) and retailer MobileFun too showed the same thing, that both the models did not have dual rear cameras, the fingerprint scanner would be on the back panel and the headphone jack would be replaced by a USB type c port. Anything Else About the Google Pixel 2? The removal of the headphone jack from both the Google Pixel and Google Pixel 2 are the latest from any news we have of the phones. Besides that, what we already know is that the phones will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 with 4 GB of RAM. The Google Pixel XL2 will have a bigger, 5.99 inch 1440p OLED screen but the Google Pixel 2 will have the same 4.97inch 1080p FHD screen. See Also: Best iPhone Spy Apps Google is not one to shy away from innovation and being number one in its field, and recent rumors and speculations indicate that the Google Pixel 2 might be the first phone on the market to sport the Qualcomm 836. If this is true then we might have the fastest phone on the market, leaving behind any competition by several benchmark results. This might be some trouble for Apple too, as they are gearing for the release of the iPhone 8. The iPhone 8 looks to be a promising phone and competition will be intense pre-Christmas, when iPhone 8 and Google Pixel 2 will be released, with Samsung’s S8 already on the market, it’s going to prove to be a tough match between these three phones.

YouTube Extreme Prank Culture
Child Control, Parental Monitoring

The YouTube Extreme Prank Culture Continues to Be the Worst as ‘Daddy O Five’ Parents Charged With Neglect

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In the past few months on YouTube, the community on YouTube has been enraged by a YouTube couple who posted pranks on their channel titled “Daddy O Five”. The videos posted by this channel showed them playing ‘pranks’ on their children that viewers and critics hailed as child abuse. In the videos, the children would often be subjected to physical and mental abuse, the most common target of these pranks was the youngest child named Cody. The children would often by seen crying in distress and sometimes even bleeding from the physical abuse that they received. The videos have been taken off YouTube, but in one of them, the parents berate Cody — to the point he starts crying — while falsely accusing him of spilling ink on the carpet. The Issue of Child Abuse Comes to Light After other prominent YouTubers such as Phillip Defranco brought light the issue, the story caught national attention of the media and local child protective service authorities. The father and step mother of the children lost custody of two of the children, Cody and Emma, following child protective services action. All of their videos on their YouTube channel were deleted and the couple posted an apology video, saying that the videos were faked. Critics were still skeptical about these claims as they doubted the children could be such good actors, when shown crying and clearly frustrated and flustered. “We did do pranks, but most of the time the kids knew about them and they were planned,” Mrs. Martin told the US television show, adding that some of the content was real, but some was acted. The couple had appeared on Good Morning America on the 28th of April revealing that they were under a child abuse investigation by the police. Two Charges of Neglect The couple have now been charged with two counts of neglect of a minor in Frederick County Circuit Court. The allegations are that they parents both neglected Cody and Emma Martin between November 2016 and April 2017. A plea hearing is scheduled for September 11 as lawyer Stephen Tully has confirmed. He does not provide any further details. Under the ‘Daddy O Five’ channel, the family made over 300 videos which often included the parents berating, yelling and sometimes even hitting the children. Sometimes the older children were made to beat Cody and Emma, that is not to say that these children weren’t subjected to these ‘pranks’ themselves. This is only the result of YouTube prank culture, where harassment and abuse of another individual becomes amusement for another. Other mainstream YouTubers who previously made these prank videos were famously caught faking the pranks. Apparently not everyone caught news of this and fans of these channels tried to replicate these dangerous and stupid pranks without ‘faking’ them. This led to channels such as Daddy O Five, who have now been charged with neglect of two of their own children. Be responsible with what you watch and what you support, YouTube pranks can be harmless if done well, but these were obviously not.

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Someone Stole My Phone but XNSPY Location Tracker Helped Me Get it Back

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A simple but pretty poignant story about how using XNSPY as a precaution helps you get out of the stickiest of situations. Here’s a client’s story in their own words…  I work in construction, so I’m always out in the field, picking and transporting things that usually requires a lot of leg work and focus. Not only am I doing some heavy work, have I had to make sure everyone around me is also safe so that no one gets hurt…and this also means that I might not be too attentive to my own self. We wear a belt that contains our necessary tools and immediate handy stuff that we might want to use. We also keep our phones on this belt too. We usually carry two phones, or at least I do because I want to keep my work phone a separate entity in itself. Now, I work a normal nine to five job and there is a rarely a dull moment in this job. The days go by pretty fast and I’m absolutely exhausted by the end of these days, and I usually just go to home to sleep. Well one day, after a long hard day of work I come back home and just basically pass out. I have a habit of checking my work phone once I wake up to see if I have any work related emails. Well imagine my panic when I could not find my phone when I woke up the next morning. I tore my apartment apart looking for that dang thing. I checked my belt and it wasn’t there. I called a colleague to ask if there was any important emails in the morning, and he said that there were supposed to be performance reviews today and management was going to call in everyone separately, at their allocated time that was mentioned in the email. Now being the knuckle head that I am, I didn’t even bother logging in from my work email from another computer. Plus, all my personal work data was on that phone. I was, for a lack of better word, screwed. Contemplating new job prospects or a new identity all together, I showed up to work not knowing when I was see my last brick laid down. The thought of a brick striking my head suddenly reminded me. I had XNSPY! One night just after getting the work phone I thought it would be clever to download the app on my phone for exactly what I was going through. I didn’t really think I would need it but I’m sure glad I had it now. With a cheeky grin I pulled out my own personal phone and loaded up the XNSPY app. I went to the control panel and used the location tracker option to see where my phone was.  My phone was at home. I won’t go into details of how I excused myself from work and drove the fastest that I could to and back from home, but I will say that the app helped myself in a very sticky situation. I will recommend this app to anyone who is as careless as I am!   Do you have a story that needs to be heard? Write to us by leaving a comment below and get a chance to be featured on this blog!

Parental Monitoring

Parental Tracking App Helped Stop What Could Have Been a Family Vacation Disaster!

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Ah, the chaos of last-minute vacations. We feel the pain of this XNSPY parent who shares their story about how a pretty scary situation befell their otherwise fun holiday. Here is the story in their own words… It’s almost the end of the summer and my kids are pretty bummed about having to go back to school, these back to school ads and marketing campaigns seem to give them more anxiety than actually going back to school, maybe it’s because it’s a more on the nose reminder of how they’re ‘freedom’ is now over and they won’t be able to get up at 12pm or so anymore, but really  it isn’t as dramatic as it really is, they’ll get back into the flow of it once they actually go back to school. A Little Family Trip But to take their mind off of the anxiety and to make them actually excited about going back to school, I decided to take my kids, a 14 year old and a 13 year old, on a little trip! I planned to take them on a city to city tour through a bus service because they’d never been to these cities before and they’d never been on a bus that isn’t yellow and one that isn’t longer than an hour. XNSPY for Business Inspired XNSPY for Parenting We packed all things necessary, clothes, toothbrushes, battery packs and whatever they needed. I however one thing with me that they did not know. I took XNSPY on my phone. I bought XNSPY after I saw its uses in my business. I had a greater control over my employee activities and that really gave the confidence in the app I needed, so I used it on my kids. And boy I’m glad I did. Something’s Not Right… We took to the private bus service station to depart and we went along on our long journey. Hours and hours went by and I was glad that they were excited enough to look more out their windows than their phones (even though they still had their phones on them 24/7). They asked me all about the scenery and everything and we had a good time in general. I’m Definitely in Trouble Here is where I used the app and saved them. On a bus stop, where we all had a window of 15 minutes to get refreshments and to use the bathroom, my kids, both of them, took a lot longer than usual.  They knew that they did and they got on a different bus, headed to god knows where. I panicked but it was too late, their bus had started to depart and mine had too. The worst thing is that I didn’t even know where they were. XNSPY Location Tracker is My Savior I without thinking, whipped out my phone and launched XNSPY. I used the location tracker service to see where they were exactly and knew that they were on a different bus entirely. I had asked my bus driver to pause while I went to look for the exact position that they were in. Their bus had started to leave and I ran up to the bus and, embarrassingly made a scene but it was enough. They too stopped the bus and got my kids just in time. They were a little spooked but saw the humor in my causing a scene and we left on our bus to where ever we went, I don’t even remember anymore. So go ahead and check this app out. The app helped me out more than that of course. Taking care of two teenage boys is a handful and I can be on top of whatever they do with this cellphone tracker app. I can check in on their WhatsApp through WhatsApp Spy, their Facebooks through Facebook Spy and their message and call logs as well. Use XNSPY to avoid any nasty situations like mine! Do you have a story that needs to be heard? Get a chance to be featured on this blog by letting your voice be heard in the comments below!

Child Monitoring

4 Back to School Tech and Apps That Will Come in Handy in 2017!

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It’s almost mid of August and schools and colleges are already reopening for a fall term or semester after a long and seemingly endless summer. But all this come to an end and we need to be ready for when they do! Along with getting your course packs and new clothes etc., you should really look into these apps and pieces of technology that could really help you out, no matter what you’re studying!   1.      Paint.Net Like we said, any course you’re studying might ask you for a creative project where you’ll have to come up with a presentation. And a presentation might ask for a little graphic designing. Paint.NET, while not as good as Photoshop, its features and programs are enough to cover you quick touch ups, a scanned document can be edited. It covers all basic necessities and the program is highly capable when plugins are installed to enhance the program. The developer of the app is pretty good at keeping up with updates and users can sign up for a beta version that lets them try new features before anyone else. This helps keeping away any bugs. 2.      The Homework App If you aren’t organized with all your courses and homework, you’ll be making it a lot harder for yourself and that really isn’t necessary after all the stress you might have. One simple organization might help you a lot more than you realize. The Homework App will make it a simple task to keep what homework you have, from what course and when it is due. Along that of course, you’ll have a timetable to see your schedule. Color-code your classes for easier reference and you can even record your teacher’s instructions for later us. 3.      Easy Bib If you’re involved with a course that demands a lot of essay writing, you might need this app. Even if you don’t have course like that, you will inevitably have to write an assay or too. This means that you will have to do citations, sources and will have to track down your citations and sources. A headache. Easy Bib makes it easier for you. Simply scan the bar code of the book you’re referring to and it display all the content you need to your document. Over 7000 citation styles such as Harvard, MLA, APA, and Chicago are available. 4.      XNSPY If you’re vary of where your devices are and if losing them is a huge risk because of all the data they haven, XNSPY is your go to tracking app.  XNSPY is a cellphone tracking app that will help you keep track of where your phone is. Simply download the app on your phone and keep track of its location in real time or through a log whenever you suspect it’s been moved or taken. In the case of it going missing, you can always use the app to track it down instantly. The stressful situation of losing your phone is now easily solvable!  

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