1. A method comprising: by a client computing device, retrieving one or more access rules of a first user account of a plurality of accounts of a social network using a first application installed on the client computing device, the first application having access to the social network, wherein: the first user account is associated with a first user, the one or more access rules of the first user account are set on the social network using a second user account of the plurality of accounts, the second user account being associated with a second user, the second user is connected to the first user on the social network, and access to the first application on the client computing device is restricted from the first user to prevent changes to the one or more access rules by the first user; by the client computing device, storing the one or more access rules of the first user account using the first application in one or more data stores associated with the client computing device; by the client computing device, periodically checking an account of the social network for updates to the one or more access rules of the first user account; by the client computing device, receiving a request from the first user to install a second application on the client computing device; by the client computing device, determining whether the first user is permitted to install the second application on the client computing device by applying the one or more access rules of the first user account using the first application; and by the client computing device, generating an alert indicating that the first user has attempted to install the second application for display in association with the second user account.