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December 4, 2003 at 6:47 pm #11672mike400hpMember
Hello everyone,
I have a 15 year old daughter and she is constantly on the internet. We have a webcam that I know she uses every now and again. I want to make sure that she isn’t doing anything on the cam she isn’t supposed to. So I want to know if there is any software out there that will monitor webcam use. I would like this program to run silently in the background and record anytime the webcam is turned on. Also it would be nice if it would record a log of her instant message conversations. Anyone heard of such a beast?
Thanks,
MichaelDecember 5, 2003 at 2:49 am #87701dreamrose1989MemberWow….I dont want to sound all rude or anything but I wouldnt do that if I was you…If you daugther finds out what you are doing she is gonna get pissed and not want to be around you becuase that would be a total invasion of her privacy and no one would like that
December 5, 2003 at 2:55 am #87703DavidParticipantQuote:quote:Originally posted by mike400hpHello everyone,
I have a 15 year old daughter and she is constantly on the internet. We have a webcam that I know she uses every now and again. I want to make sure that she isn’t doing anything on the cam she isn’t supposed to. So I want to know if there is any software out there that will monitor webcam use. I would like this program to run silently in the background and record anytime the webcam is turned on. Also it would be nice if it would record a log of her instant message conversations. Anyone heard of such a beast?
Thanks,
MichaelWow, Are you kidding?
Maybe you could um, tell her not to do anything “bad” with it, and uh, trust her not to?
If you do install log software, I can assure you it will come back to get you, it IS a total invasion of privacy, and I doubt you’d even tell her that your doing it.
How would you like it if someone logged all your e-mail and everything you do online; OK, maybe you wouldn’t care, but what if you didn’t know? Doesn’t that make you wonder who trusts you, doesn’t that make you a little mad?
And honestly, If you really care that much, can’t you just take the Web-Cam away from her? Or stay with her in the room when shes online?
Sorry to be so rude 😮
December 5, 2003 at 4:25 am #87700dreamrose1989MemberI completely agree with you David. I dont even think that they make such a program since as we said it is a total invasion of privacy so I would take Davids advice and just tell her not to do anything or take the webcam away.
December 5, 2003 at 4:32 am #87699Jeff HesterKeymasterWell, now that the teenagers have weighed in on the issue, here’s an answer from the father of a daughter. 😉
The most effective thing you can do is put the computer in the family room or another “shared” space where privacy is not expected. My feeling is that she shouldn’t be doing anything that she would be afraid getting caught doing, and this greatly lessens the chances.
Second, talk to her. Explain to her that it’s your job to make sometimes unpopular choices when it comes to protecting her. You trust her, to a point, but you can’t trust everyone else on the Internet to love her the way you do.
Third, if monitoring software seems like the only solution (and I would use it as a last resort), you can find a list of monitoring tools here at GetNetWise.org.
December 5, 2003 at 5:34 am #87704SethMemberI have a program. It’s called The Watcher. If you are interested use the mail icon above to send me an email, I will give you more information on what can be done with it… I don’t think it’s a good idea though. Just like them she will feel really really violated! No reason to pay for the little program nor put anything harmfull into your system (i.e. keylogger) in the process… That’s not good!
December 5, 2003 at 9:02 pm #87702DavidParticipantI definitely agree with Jeff here:
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The most effective thing you can do is put the computer in the family room or another “shared” space where privacy is not expected. My feeling is that she shouldn’t be doing anything that she would be afraid getting caught doing, and this greatly lessens the chances.Really anywhere except her bedroom is good; but a family room location is near ideal, especially one where it can be seen from many angles, not “in a corner.”
June 29, 2011 at 9:01 pm #87705Olias2k11MemberPersonally I think mike has a valid point. Privacy over theinternet is what can only be termed as a Joke these days considering the amount of spam mail we all receive.
As a computer technician and programmer I allow my daughter access to the internet for her studies and she has a laptop, ( dont anyone come out with the “why not buy her a desktop pc and have it in the living room ) we already have one in most rooms apart from the kitchen bathroom and toilet.
The issue here to my mind and no doubt in Mikes mind too is what the children get up to on web cams these days. And lets raise the Pedo issue too while we are at it so the finger waggers whove never even had children but love hearing the sound of their own voices can get a word in. that word is DONT.
I too have a daughter as I mentioned and Ive lost count of the number of idiots and pervs that have tried to get her to undress online and I know thats whats running in the back of Mikes mind.
Invasion of Privacy, nope I would call it making damn sure your child is safe online period. I use a program freely available to monitor all the PC’s in my house and take control of if necessary. So yes such a program exists and I can sit getting on with my work whilst keeping an eye on what shes up to online in total privacy, she doesnt even know im watching. This also gives me the chance that if some kind and loving parent making out he or she is a 13 year old tries to panda her or groom her, they get their IP address traced, their ISP notified of their behaviour and in a lot of cases the FBI and Interpol have departments set up to deal with the International side of things.
From the remarks left by a lot of you I can see there are a lot of parents that love listening to thier kids having private conversations on mobile phone which is to them an acceptable invasion of privacy, maybe they should take some time to find out what goes on in schools or youth clubs these days too. A school near us last year had a member of staff dismissed for the taking making and storing of pictures taken of kids in school changing rooms.
Mikes concerns are well seated in todays facts and all parents should keep an eye on what their children are doing. Myself I dont have an issue with watching what goes on with my daughters PC while shes using it. If something dodgy or untoward goes on her internet has a malfunction, this I put down to our local exchange being worked on and show her mines offline as well. Shes more than happy with the excuse and goes away muttering to herself about BT (sorry guys but you do make a very good scape goat ) then promptly gets on the mobile phone till the nets back on.
Oh and as for results from monitoring to shut the finger waggers up, so far the info I have gathered has broken and had arrested and imprisoned a lot of groomers, pedos and other unsavoury types that wander all over facebook, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, AOL and every other chat system online.
YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TOTALLY SAFE?
==================================1. If they join a chat system regardless of what it is have them make firstly a dead end email address. Use Gmail it can be easily traced back to its origins.
2. Never ever include any real information about themselves, ie become a different persona online. If you make it sound like it adds mystery kids are all over it these days.
3. FACEBOOK, dont ever ever add real information to this site or post pictures of your child or family, this is like a yellow pages for pedos and groomers, they troll through it daily and the number of bogus Id’s on there is enough to make anyone wonder why it hasnt been shut down yet.
4. In short adopt a psudonim online with a bogus address thats at least 40 miles from where you are, its easy to do, go on google maps, find a town, pick a street then get the post code from the royal mails post code finder. MSN are quitre happy as long as address and post code match.
5. If you want to install a monitor software program theres loads out there. IP tracing emails is free too and there are plenty of web sites that can back track an email to its original sender. Any concerns, contact the police.
6. A classic these days is a child accepts a video conversation with a supposedly known boy whose at their school to find a naked adult in an aroused state on the other end. This type of person investigates the child before they make contact and kids ARE daft enough to think its against the law to use a bogus ID online and hence get trapped into a cycle of “Ill tell your parents if you turn it off”, usually I give them the shock of their lives when i switch her camera for mine and send them all their own connection information after ive emailed it to the local child protection unit at the police headquarters.
In short Mike your a hero for mentioning it. Parents dont take kindly to kids playing noisy games while they are trying to watch Coronation street or eastenders and dont tell me every one of you stands looking over your shoulder at what goes on on a computer screen rather than whats on the TV then I think you should take a closer look at what goes on in real life instead of whats on the screen of the TV.
August 29, 2011 at 4:43 am #87706sighartMemberIt is not really applicable to use a monitoring software to a person who is not aware that he/she is being monitored. It will just cause privacy issues, promoting a low self esteem to that person and also trust. Any person using monitoring software should also be fully aware of what is monitored and when they are being monitored.
If you really want to be sure that your daughter was not doing bad things in the web cam like what Jeff said just put the computer in an open area that their will be always a person so that it would not be hard to monitor. Then you should talk to your daughter and explain what is right and wrong in using the computer so that she would be aware what will happened if she do things that unnecessary and just trust her.
When you are still planing to put a monitoring software just let her know and maybe this will help a screen monitoring software that is not intrusive it is called time doctor. It has a screen monitoring that take accurate picture of what a person do in the computer. Also it can track website that is actively being use and in which website a person spend time most. Click here!February 29, 2012 at 10:50 am #87707xiaokaigeMemberIf the webcam is used by other software. The child monitoring software can’t use it. Because the webcam only can be used by a software. But you can install some computer monitoring software to monitor your 15 years old daughter. Like Computer Spy Monitor Keylogger, LAN Employee Monitor
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