10/17/2019
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PARENTS: As you are getting the kids ready to head off to school, we are sharing potentially dangerous apps your kids could have access to.
Please have “the talk” with your kids and SHARE (Source: Sarasota County Sheriff's Office) * Plenty of Fish: A popular free dating app and website that encourages chatting with strangers. It allows users to browse profiles based on location.
* HILY: A dating app where users can browse photos, engage in chats, send private videos and more. Based on the GPS location of a mobile device, strangers can arrange to meet up locally.
* Zoosk: A location-based dating app and website similar to many others. The app is available in 80 countries and utilized a 'carousel' feature which matches users with random strangers.
* Mocospace: A free social networking and dating app. Users can connect with strangers worldwide via text messages or voice calls.
* Best Secret Folder: Specifically meant to hide photos and videos. According to app store descriptions, it features password protection, decoy videos and alarm settings.
* Monkey: A live video chat app that connects users to random strangers worldwide, offering group chat and private message options. It claims to be rated for ages 12 and up but has "mild sexual content and nudity."
* MeetMe: A dating social media app that connects people based on location. Users are encouraged to meet in person.
* WhatsApp: A messaging app that allows texts, video calls, photo sharing and voicemails with users worldwide.
* Bumble: Similar to Tinder, but requires women to make the first contact. Law enforcement says kids and teens can create fake accounts and falsify their age.
* Live.Me: A live-streaming app that uses geolocation to share videos. The sheriff's office said users can earn "coins" to "pay" minors for photos.
* Ask.FM: The sheriff's office said this app lets users ask anonymous questions and is known for cyberbullying.
* Grindr: A dating app geared toward the LGBTQ community based on user location.
* TikTok: A new app popular with kids lets users create and share short videos. Law enforcement said the app has "very limited privacy controls" and users can be expo