Link – FBI Warns Parents About Apps After Indiana Girl Was Taken And Raped

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“They were communicating at some point on a chat app called Kik. K-I-K,” he said. “Kik is one of those apps that can be problematic due to the anonymity of it.”

I just wrote about this elsewhere last week. Parents, you need to know what apps your kids are using, and who they are talking to. Handing them a smartphone and expecting them to never contact anyone they don’t know, or use apps to communicate, is irresponsible.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/04/fbi-apps-kik-missing-girl-rape/

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