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Posted by Greg on November 4, 2005, 7:01 am
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Greetings all. I was looking around on the newsgroups for info about
computer monitoring software. This seemed the best one to start with.
I'm a father of one teenaged daughter, and another teeneager-to-be (not
too soon, thank the Gods!) My wife and I can't be over her shoulder
all the time, but we want to know EVERYTHING that goes on on that
computer. Any suggestions for good computer monitoring software? I
prefer one that can monitor email, IMs, downloads (i.e. P2P), the
works. What are the pros and cons of each program?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Greg
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Posted by David H. Lipman on November 4, 2005, 3:10 pm
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| Greetings all. I was looking around on the newsgroups for info about
| computer monitoring software. This seemed the best one to start with.
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| I'm a father of one teenaged daughter, and another teeneager-to-be (not
| too soon, thank the Gods!) My wife and I can't be over her shoulder
| all the time, but we want to know EVERYTHING that goes on on that
| computer. Any suggestions for good computer monitoring software? I
| prefer one that can monitor email, IMs, downloads (i.e. P2P), the
| works. What are the pros and cons of each program?
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| Thanks for your suggestions.
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| Greg
I think you are going in the wrong direction. Instead of letting them do what
they want and
monitoring them you should be locking down the system and blocking what you
don't want them
to be doing.
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by Greg on November 4, 2005, 7:23 am
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Good point, and don't think we haven't gone that route. We've used
parental controls, limited use of the computer, monitored use, removed
other web browsers that don't have such controls, etc... You and I
both know there's always a way around every obstacle. :) Kids will
find them. I did.
My main reason for wanting to monitor activity instead of block it is
then I'd be able to intervene if something really serious is going on.
For example, before the kids got wise to parental controls and how to
bypass them, I learned that one of her friends was self mutilating, and
another was being molested. Thankfully it wasn't my kid, but could
have been. If something like that is going on, I want every possible
avenue open to knowing about it.
Of course there's no substitute for open communication with kids, and
honesty.
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Posted by nemo_outis on November 4, 2005, 3:26 pm
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> Of course there's no substitute for open communication with kids, and
> honesty.
A good principle - and you have no trouble reconciling it with
surreptitious spying?
Regards,
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Posted by Greg on November 4, 2005, 7:32 am
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monitor anything that goes on in our house, especially on the family
computer. We openly tell our kids that the computer is monitored. If
they're doing something they don't want us to see, they should
seriously reconsider whether they should be doing it at all.
We do not read her emails or IMs, but want to know with whom she
corresponds and who's trying to contact our 14 year old daughter.
If I would put such software on my next door neighbor's computer,
THAT's spying. I believe there's an important difference there.
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