Now of days there are several ways for children to learn and grow their education besides at school. They have interactive gaming devices, speaking books and hundreds of smart phone apps. The issue that is unfolding, is that these apps have a large audience of children, and they are asking for personal information without parent approval. Such as name, phone number or location. Also with adds, out of the hundreds of apps only 25 say they do not have adds with their program, however only 15 of those 25 were telling the truth. So in conclusion these apps need to not have as personal questions, ask for a parent permission and overall just focus on the learning and teaching.
I personally dont believe that little children should be learning on iphones in the first place, and if they are, they certainly should be approved and safe. Several of these apps are tracking the location of the device without even telling the user, this is a huge safety hazard. I just hope they can figure this out before something serious happens.
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/technology/many-mobile-apps-for-children-fall-short-on-disclosure-to-parents-ftc-report-says.html?hp&_r=0
Okay, what peopole don't realize is that yeah, this is bad for children to be exposed to, but almost every app out there asks for permissions for location. So whether the child give information or not, they can still track you. But yeah, it is kind of messed up. The book Fast Food Nation talks alot about advertisement aimed at the youth. I thought they made it illegal or something but I don't know what happened to that... A way to fix this problem is just to tell your children not to give out information! Educate them on the dangers of the internet!
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