iPad Monitoring

iPhones and iPads have been finding their way into public schools and lots of companies. One major concern over this is privacy vs. security. The fact that these portable internet computing machines are allowed to be used at institutions of learning and commerce are definite causes for concern.

Firstly, and iPhone or iPad can be very helpful for the learning process or business efficiency. On the negative side, there are those who intend to use the devices for personal or malicious purposes, and using someone else’s iPhone or iPad is a perfect opportunity for such a miscreant to get away with it unnoticed and unidentifiable.

Of course, there may be some sort of log book that a school or company would have that would tell you who had what and when, but it could prove rather difficult to determine what was done and who done it without having some sort of monitoring service that could keep track of everything for you.

I’m not sure what the iPads and iPhones are being used for in school, but if it’s something like a programming or IT curriculum that is specific for the iPad, then you have a lot of dangerous students on your hands when it comes to cyber-security and who is watching the prodigious youths as they learn to do advanced projects with these devices.

I undoubtedly feel that the best remedy is proper prevention. With iPhone or iPad spy software, you can make sure that no one that borrows the device is installing their own spy software, stealing the iPad, or behaving in a way that is not conducive to their iPad-using privileges. In the digital world, the best anti-hacker must first be a hacker himself.

Most schools or large businesses have at least one network administrator who usually installs some sort of spy software to the many computers that use the network. Often, they use parental control programs that allow them to see any screen at any time, and lock the computer at will.

Without the presence of such safety measures on iPads at the same school or business could result in rampant theft, access to inappropriate content, and a loss of control over the ownership of these devices.

With software such as PeekTab, Mobile Spy or PhoneSheriff, it is possible for network administrators to perform a variety of monitoring checks to determine the location and usage information of any given device, lock certain applications or viewable websites, determine time restrictions, and in some cases even view the screen live from an online control  panel.

It is important for school administrators and business managers to understand the rancor of renegade iPad usage and to find effective and responsible ways of determining how these iPads can be used most effectively to serve their purpose for either the school or business