Learn the tricks- How kids hide potentially dangerous apps used by sexual predators
There are several ways kids are hiding apps used by sex traffickers to groom children.
Three of the most common are described below. (Watch the video in the player above, which may be easier to follow, as FOX 4’s Dhomonique Ricks demonstrates how to check your child’s phone.)
Vault app:
An app called ‘The Secret Calculator Vault’. It looks like a calculator but it is definitely not. There are apps hidden within it. Â Parents think the child is using it to do math, when really it’s used to hide conversations.
