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No necesitas ser Sherlock Holmes para saber que Tinder es la mejor fuente de información para saber si tu pareja está tramando algo.

Quizás ya te enteraste que está usando la aplicación, pero te gustaría saber exactamente en qué pasos anda. Puede que te preguntes si esconde algo más raro – “¿Tendrá algún fetiche con enanos?” Si solo está haciendo “match” y enviando mensajes a personas pequeñas. Bueno, ahí tienes tu primera pista.

Bromas aparte, sabemos tener la posibilidad de ver los mensajes de Tinder es algo muy importante para nuestros clientes. Por eso estamos entusiasmados de anunciar que con la última actualización a nuestro software cliente para Android ahora esto es posible.

Cómo Obtenerlo

Por ahora, esta característica está solamente disponible para dispositivos Android, pero no te preocupes – nuestro equipo de desarrollo de iOS está viendo que puede hacer al respecto para iPhone.

Si  ya tienes FlexiSPY activado en el dispositivo, puedes usar nuestra tecnología de actualización remota para actualizar FlexiSPY desde tu panel de control. Una vez que hayas iniciado sesión, fíjate en la esquina superior derecha del panel de control y verás un ícono de actualización parpadeando. Haz clic en el ícono y sigue los pasos para realizar la actualización remota.

Today, all kinds of electronic devices — and especially smartphones — have become the most important way that children and teenagers stay connected to one another.

According to the Pew Research Center, 92 percent of American teens go online daily, and 24 percent are online almost constantly. Most of this occurs through their smartphones, a device that 88 percent of teens own or have access to.

Parents, worried about the threat of violence and possible sexual predators outside their homes, think their children are safe when in their rooms. Unfortunately, many of these parents have no idea what their children are doing online and are unaware of the equally large, or even larger, threat that online predators pose to their kids.

While the internet has made our world smaller in many good ways, it has also increased the ability of predators to find and seduce their victims. They do this most successfully through a process known as “grooming,” where predators engage in a number of actions to befriend vulnerable victims in order to sexually abuse and exploit them. Although online predators do most of their grooming virtually, they eventually have to meet their victims in the offline real world to reach their goal: sex with the minor. At this point, their victims are usually eager to meet the person they’ve developed a friendship with online and completely trust that their friend is the person who he says he is. He seldom is.

Mind the Gender Gap

When people think about sexual abuse victims, they typically picture girls. In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Justice, one in six women were found to be the victim of rape or attempted rape; the statistic for men was one in 33. This number may be accurate, or it may just reflect the fact that sexual assaults on women are reported more often than sexual assaults on men.

When it comes to grooming, boys are targeted just as often as girls, but because of stereotypes, parents don’t monitor their sons nearly as much as they do their daughters. Many behaviors are simply written off as “boys being boys” instead of the warning signs that they really are.

Because boys are thought of in terms of “manly” traits, it is assumed that people can’t make them do anything they don’t want to do. But through empathy, coercion, and shame, sexual predators can not only make them do what they want but also keep them from telling anybody about it. Their masculinity is used against them: Boys are taught that expressing their feelings is womanly, and they don’t want to be accused of being gay.

When they drink, take drugs, skip school and get new things like cellphones — all due to the groomer — the boys would rather have their parents, counselors and other adults in their lives attribute it to bad behavior than to the fact they’re being sexually exploited. As stated in “Same Risk, Different Gender,” a video by The Blast Project, “Boys and young men often prefer the bravado of youth offending rather than admit to being a victim of grooming and sexual exploitation.”

A Worst-Case Scenario: The Breck Bednar Case

A gruesome example of this occurred in the Breck Bednar murder case in Surrey, England, in 2014. Breck was a 14-year-old computer aficionado who spent hours gaming online. He fell prey to a man named Daynes, who represented himself as a 17-year-old high school dropout and computer engineer running a multimillion-dollar company. As the friendship deepened, and Breck became more secretive, his mother, Lorin Lefave, became suspicious.

She asked other teachers and parents their opinion on the relationship, and they didn’t see anything wrong with it. Then, she and her ex-husband offered to take Breck to meet Daynes in person, but Daynes said he was too busy. Finally, Lefave called the police, who didn’t seem to understand the enormity of the situation. She even provided them with Daynes’ full name and the county where he lived, but they never acted on the information.

When Lefave took away her son’s computer and phone, Daynes secretly sent Breck a new phone. Daynes then convinced Breck that he was dying and wanted to hand his computer company over to Breck, a dream come true for the computer buff. Lying to both his parents about where he was going, Breck got into a taxi paid for by Daynes and went to Daynes’ apartment. Sometime that night, Daynes murdered Breck and then texted images of his body to other boys in their gaming group. He is currently serving a life sentence in prison after pleading guilty to murder with sexual and sadistic motivation.

Warning Signs vs. Gender Assumptions

Lefave set up the Breck Foundation to bring Internet safety awareness to schools, police, and parents. Although she recognized the signs and sought to save her son from his predator, she was unable to convince authorities that something suspicious was going on until it was too late. As she told the Guardian, “Boys may report this less, but I want everyone to understand that they can be groomed and hurt… by people who are not who, they say they are online.”

The Breck Foundation and other organizations like The Blast Project are trying to teach authorities and professionals to base their opinions on the warning signs and not on gender assumptions. Boys WILL be boys, but they will also become the victims of sexual exploitation if they’re not careful. Parents should be vigilant with their children, regardless of their gender, and know what they’re doing online and on their phones. Look for indicators that your child may be involved in something suspicious, and keep tabs on their activity by using a phone monitoring software. Do everything you can to keep your child safe from predators.

Sources:

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/23/breck-bednar-murder-online-grooming-gaming-lorin-lafave

http://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/victim-grooming-protect-your-child-from-sexual-predators

http://www.safekids.com/how-to-recognize-grooming-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cbXXjzkh90

http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/publications/NC70.pdf

Buy FlexiSPY and get a 10 dollar Amazon voucher.

Most people say their customers are important to them. We’re putting our money where our mouth is and offering you $10 dollars to answer a few questions.

Here’s how it works.

3 days after you purchase FlexiSPY, you will be invited to complete a survey, for which you will receive a minimum of a 5 dollar amazon voucher upon completion. If you provide more detailed answers in the survey’s text boxes then you will qualify for a larger 10 dollar voucher.

This is another great reason to buy FlexiSPY.

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Since it’s debut on iOS in 2013, Telegram has quickly become the go-to messaging app for people who are concerned about their privacy. From their own website, they claim to now boast 100,000,000 Monthly Active Users

When we first learned of Telegram and it’s success we were dumbfounded. Why would so many people move to an obscure, security-centric messaging app? We thought that everybody was OK with government agencies watching our every move. After all, after a brief shrug of the shoulders, the NSA scandal seemed all but forgotten; current affairs and the political scene have TRUMPED our privacy concerns.

So as soon as we learned of Telegram’s success, we knew it was something our customers would want us to capture, in fact many of you did ask for it, and now it’s arrived.

How To Spy On Android Telegram Messenger Chats

Below we’ll quickly go over the steps you need perform to get Telegram Messenger Chats spying rolling, at most it should only take you 1-2 minutes, for other’s it’s enabled already.

At this time we support version 3.17.1 of Telegram

Check your version number of FlexiSPY

The minimum version of FlexiSPY for Android that you’ll need to be running is Version 4.0.3. You can check your current version by doing the following:

1. Head to your account settings page
2. Under the license profile tab, click the Active tab, then look for the column that shows your product version number and make sure it’s at or above 4.0.3
3. If you’re running at least 4.0.3 then you’ll already have Telegram capturing enabled, but remember, the Android phone needs to be rooted and running FlexiSPY in Limited or FULL mode. If you need help with rooting the phone and installing FlexiSPY in full mode then you can check out our installation service here
4. If you are not running at least 4.0.3 but you’re running FlexiSPY on a rooted phone that has Limited-1 or Full mode, then you should see a flashing update icon on the top right-hand corner of your screen. By clicking it you’ll automatically update to the latest version of FlexiSPY and you’ll be good to go!

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For those who are unaware, the FBI is currently petitioning Apple to let its iPhone encryption be cracked. The FBI wants Apple to allow them access to a phone linked to the San Bernardino terrorist attack on on December 2^nd 2015 which killed 14 people.

Apple have already gone on record to state that they do not wish to grant the FBI access to the data on the device (an iPhone 5C belonging to Syed Rizwan Farook) but what does this really mean? Are Apple siding with the terrorists or are they protecting their own self interests?  What does it mean for the rest of us who feel we may need to encrypt our devices?  Surely, if this encryption can be bypassed at any time from those above, hasn’t our privacy already been compromised?

Why encrypt your phone if you have nothing to hide?

There is the old saying of being innocent until proven guilty.  So should the average consumer really need to encrypt their phone and, if they chose to, are they not admitting that they have something to hide?  Otherwise, why the need for such secrecy with their smartphone data?

Encryption is there as an extra level of protection but it is something that nearly most of us will never need to use.  However Apple likes to be cautious and, since it released iOS 8, device data such as photos, messages, contacts and reminders are encrypted by default.  That means you are encrypting your own data without being asked or told.  But it’s okay because if Apple does it must be acceptable, right?

Is that a good thing?  Or are Apple assuming that everyone inevitably has something to hide and that is why you don’t get a choice to not encrypt your data?  Are Apple advocating nefarious uses of their own devices by doing this and is their stand against the FBI merely making the world’s wealthiest technology company now a haven for criminals?  US law enforcement thinks so.

Is Apple advocating terrorism?

Apple’s smartphones are the most widely used on the planet so it makes sense that these devices won’t always be used by the cleanest of people. They are highly sought after and are seen as a status symbol in most countries, with such a large customerbase Apple has to look as if it takes its customers data and security seriously.

Except there was that issue with iCloud being hacked and tons of leaked photos of celebrities being leaked as iCloud was compromised…

…and there was that time where the Apple device passcode could be easily bypassed.

…oh and right now you can permanently brick an Apple device by setting the date to January 1^st, 1970.

So, perhaps, in hindsight, Apple could have done a little better securing their devices (and need I mention the ever ongoing battle for jailbreaking?) Or maybe Apple didn’t bother to try harder with device encryption because it never planned for something to happen like this?  For those who are unaware, on a jailbroken device you can bypass the Apple device encryption using SSH, ccrypt and a little reading of this article here.  So, it doesn’t matter if the device is jailbroken or not, it can still be compromised if you know how.

Granted, that article is a little dated but you get the idea.  Specifically, the scary part is where it says that while the data on the device is encrypted it becomes unenecrypted as soon as the device boots up (e.g. after you enter your passcode), so, you bypass the passcode and the phone thinks it has booted up and all the encrypted data becomes yours.

The real question though is that if Apple designed iOS encryption so that even they cannot break it if the FBI does succeed in cracking the encryption has Apple been lying to us the whole time?  There is an interesting article here about how Apple’s encryption is tied to the unique UID of each iOS device and how they use what is called a ‘secure enclave’ to stop the UID getting cracked.  It is quite a complex and lengthy read but it basically says that there is no way that the encryption can be cracked, not even by Apple, because that is how Apple designed it.  Lock the door and throw away the key.

So, everything sounds secure?  Right?

How secure is secure?

For this case Apple gave the FBI four methods to use to get data from the iPhone 5C.  While we don’t know what the other three methods were we do know that one was of course ICloud (did I mention that it was hacked and Apple did nothing about it?).   Articles here and here explain that iCloud, while seeming a secure online backup option is not without its limitations.

In fact, those articles mention that there are off the shelf software packages people can buy that can extract the supposedly secure iCloud backups straight from someone’s iCloud account as long as you know the Apple account email address and password and that can be gained with a little social engineering and the use of the forgotten password option.

Once you have accessed the backups from the Apple ID account you use the third party software to exact and download the data to your computer and there you have it.  But here is where there is a glaring issue which was recently raised in this case.

It Is alleged that two things transpired that stopped the data from the iPhone 5C being uploaded to iCloud. This is according to Apple.

• The device owner turned off the iCloud backup feature prior to the terrorist attack, thus terminating any future backups
• San Bernardino county reset the iCloud password of the device without consent meaning that the passwords did not match on the phone and iCloud account so the backups ceased.

Apple engineers discovered the second point when they travelled to San Bernardino to get physical access to the device.  If the password had not been reset, they would have been able to get a more recent device backup from iCloud.

What’s more it actually turns out that the San Bernardino government has a contract with MobileIron Inc. who provide mobile device management software at the price of $4 per phone.  This software would have allowed the FBI access to the data of any device that had this software installed on it immediately.  That would have kept the FBI happy and made this whole case go away.

The software works by performing a brute force attack on the passcode until it correctly guesses what it is.  A brute force attack uses all variations of letters and numbers and words from the dictionary to literally throw every random password it can generate at the problem until it is solved.  But this takes time.  Anyone who has tied to brute force attack something so innocent as a zip file whose password you have forgotten knows that it can take months, even years and success is never guaranteed.

But the San Bernardino government failed to install the software on any of their devices.

This is because there is no countrywide policy to do so and instead departments in different counties can essentially make their own rules.  With the iPhone 5C also being the one iPhone Apple released without a fingerprint sensor and touch ID it means it is not possible to use the fingerprint of the dead terrorist to unlock the device either.

Who’s really to blame?

So far, it seems that Apple could be blamed for not adding security features such as Touch ID to their devices sooner but, for sure, the San Bernardino government is not doing itself any favours either.   Apple knows this. Apple could essentially lay the whole blame on the FBI and the fact that they changed the device password and it is because of that that no more recent data could be obtained.  So Apple are blaming the FBI and the FBI is blaming Apple. They say that because the methods they provided to access the data were not good enough they are now pushing for a backdoor instead.

And this is where Apple says no.  So, you have to wonder, what is more important overall?

The privacy of the living or the rights of the dead?

Who does Apple see as more important?  If Apple wanted to be more constitutional, they would not have immediately said that they would not honor the FBI’s request for a backdoor.  Apple surely can do it, even if it means rewriting the iOS code to do so.  They just seem to be favouring the privacy rights of the living instead, after all, Apple has to protect its bottom-line as well.

On the other hand, has the FBI been waiting for a case like this to years to finally legitimize the need for a security backdoor in popular phone operating systems such as iOS?  And don’t forget that the device in question was loaned to the terrorist from his company also which means that surely the company is responsible for the contents of whatever is on the device, regardless of what the device is used for because we all know that though you pay good money for your device you never truly own it.

However, if Apple should give in to the FBI and create the backdoor it means that, should that backdoor fall in to the wrong hands, every encrypted iPhone or iPad device is now at risk and could easily be compromised.  That means that our privacy is no longer safe. It is no wonder that Edward Snowden, via Twitter, is following this case closely. Linking specifically to this article which explains how you can set a custom 11-digit passcode for your device that even the FBI couldn’t crack, even if they do get their backdoor.

The New York Times: @FBI‘s war on #Apple will aid China. https://t.co/URWamc702q pic.twitter.com/KnHDsWIENY

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 17, 2016

Our thoughts and conclusion

Privacy is something that ironically you may think we believe that everyone is entitled to.  Everyone always says to set a strong password on your online sites and your smartphone devices and now it is slowly dawning on people the value of actually doing this. It isn’t fair that the FBI should get their backdoor because we have a right to privacy but, on the other hand, getting information from the device of a terrorist could also help prevent further attacks so we see both sides of the story.

It is hard to pick sides on this, and this case will be long and drawn out and could have ramifications for all of us when it comes to digital security and privacy.  Right now though something else is brewing.  A warning of sorts that could taint the Apple brand.

Apple always believed that it had a ‘killer’ phone, with ‘killer’ apps and ‘killer’ hardware and software and it is proud of all its devices and that is what helped it become the technology titan it is today. But whatever the results of this case turn out to be, in the eyes of many people already Apple already has the ‘killer’ device that they have been wanting all along. Except this time, it is the ‘killer’ device for all the wrong reasons and is seen already as enabling terrorism.

Whether or not Apple can shake off this image, and any boycotts it may endure, remains to be seen. I think it can but the nature of this case and the evidence on both sides is what makes this this case one of the most interesting in recent times for online privacy advocates.  Can you put a price on this entire situation?  It seems $4 a month is pretty cheap.  Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the total cost of this entire case, for Apple, for the FBI, for our privacy and for our freedom is going to be far greater.

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We are very happy to announce that you can now install and run FlexiSPY PREMIUM and EXTREME on any jailbroken iOS device running iOS 9.0.2!

How can I get FlexiSPY on my iOS 9.0.2 device?

The first thing you need to do is jailbreak the device, we have a guide for that, which explains all the steps, that you can read, here

All it takes is a few minutes and the TARGET device in your hand to jailbreak the device with help from access to a PC and you will be up and jailbroken in no time. After being jailbroken, you just follow the FlexiSPY installation steps.

New Installation Service

If you don’t have the time to jailbreak an iOS device but you want a quick and easy way to install FlexiSPY then you might be interested in our new installation service, where we jailbreak and install FlexiSPY for you!

Whatever method you use, the installation of FlexiSPY always stays as simple as possible, so why not start enjoying FlexiSPY on your jailbroken iOS 9.0.2 device today!

Great news! You can now install and run FlexiSPY PREMIUM and EXTREME on Android devices running up to OS 5.1.1!

Our Android development team has been hard at work since the last version on Android (Lollipop 5.0) was updated to 5.1.1, so we are excited to announce our compatibility!

This announcement also falls in step with our other news, we now have a FlexiSPY installation service.

Now it’s easier than ever to install FlexiSPY onto an Android phone running 5.1.1

So, head on over to our Android page to check out all that FlexiSPY can do you for you.