pcmag.comWe review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Everybody understands the need to protect children online – except sometimes the children themselves. This is actually a healthy thing; they need to test boundaries and push limits in order to grow up, but adults understand that not everybody out there is benevolent. So it’s really up to us to protect them – and of course they’re changing and evolving all the time, along with the risks to which they are exposed. This is why Bitdefender continually updates its offerings in its Family Pack. The 2018 version takes account, for example, of the fact that teenagers are constantly on their phones for longer than anyone had imagined before. An app management feature for iOS devices now allows you to block specific apps from use, and contacts management allows you to control who may or may not be contacted through the devices. Other enhancements are available for all devices. If your Bitdefender app reports activity you’re worried about on the device, you can pause the child’s profile and put them on hold while you sort it out. The company has also enhanced the time management function, enabling more options when you limit an account’s time online and access to certain apps. Now these apps can be placed into context as well. Read next: A Little More Conversation: Parents, Talk First, Ban VPNs Later Parents are constantly concerned about their child’s wellbeing but it’s difficult to know whether it’s right to be worried. So there is now the facility to see not only what your child has been doing on his or her phone or tablet, you can also see an aggregate figure of time other children in the same age range have been spending on the same apps. It won’t say any more than that but it adds to the information available. This is in addition to the standard already sophisticated security measures in place in the family package; Bitdefender VPN offers a safe network for your family, it acts like a corporate network in terms of security but is easy to use in a domestic setting. It is essential for you to tailor the levels of security each family member gets, according to their needs, so this is handled through an easy-to-understand app. Updating is easy, network attacks are often detected while the malicious code is dormant and if someone is about to send some sensitive information on an unencrypted form, the software will know and top them. The important thing to understand is that the threats are different from those experienced a couple of years ago, so it’s not much use using out of date software. The devices have changed and so have the way people use them, and the kids who have grown up with technology are using it in ways the rest of us might not have guessed at. It is key to stay up to date with a security suite that keeps up with these evolutions.

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