Oh wow, I’m trying to figure this out too! I’ve been reading about these monitoring apps and honestly, it’s kind of overwhelming. Everyone keeps mentioning that you need to “root” or “jailbreak” the phone for some features - is that actually safe? That sounds really scary to me, like I could mess up my kid’s phone permanently!
I saw someone mention mSpy and notification-based monitoring, but I’m still confused about how that works exactly. Does it mean the app can’t actually see the messages? And all this talk about encryption and SOC-2 compliance… I don’t really understand what that means for keeping our data safe.
Also, I’m really worried about getting in trouble somehow. Are these monitoring apps even legal to use on your own kids? I don’t want to violate any privacy laws or WhatsApp’s terms of service. Has anyone had their account banned or anything like that?
The geofencing thing sounds useful but is it reliable? I just want something simple that won’t brick the phone or get us into legal trouble!