Even the alarm, so useful when you’ve merely misplaced a mobile device, isn’t
fully functional on iOS. When it’s an Android device, Trend Micro can sound
the alarm regardless of volume settings. On iOS, if the device is muted nothing
happens except a popup that silently announces, “Mobile Security remotely
sounded an alarm.”
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separate browser with full control over the websites and pages you visit. Web
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sites it knows are dangerous.
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HTTPS domains by category, so your child won’t evade it by using a secure
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there is in Android.
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enabled two-factor authentication for your iCloud account. Wi-Fi Checker
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Data Usage seems slightly archaic; it lets you enter the details and limits for
your cellular, roaming, and Wi-Fi data and then warns if you’re approaching the
limit. Who has a Wi-Fi data limit?