How to Use PC Spy Software on Teenagers
Spy Monitoring Software Defeats Efforts to Bypass Parental Control
© John Wu
Nov 10, 2009
Illegal movie DVD copying, file sharing, IM chats with sexual predators, racy Facebook pages, and porn are just a few of the many inappropriate activities that teenagers engage on the computer behind the bedroom door. The only sure way to monitor a teen's internet activity is to do it in secret with computer spy software, one which can record keystrokes and what's on the screen.
Before installing PC spy software, parents need to understand that it's very likely that there will be new revelations about their teenager that may be very shocking. There is a school of thought that says it's better to never find out. However, the teenage years are the last chance for parents to instill good values. The teenage years are also when they're the most vulnerable to bad influences.
Computer Spy Software Without the Teen's Knowledge
The problem with parents telling teenagers that they're being monitored is that the teens will spend a lot of effort to defeat the monitoring software and hide their activities. For example, many porn sites allow users to use HTTPS protocol to encrypt their data, and teenagers know this as well. Others may use a proxy server to disguise their traffic. If parents don't have technical knowledge on proxy servers or the many other methods to defeat parental monitoring software, teenagers are bound to get away with it.
A hybrid approach to this is to tell the teenager that the content from the internet is being monitored by one piece of software, but don't tell them there is spy software on their PC that's recording their keystrokes, emails, and IM messages.
When picking the software, it's important to pick one that cannot be detected by the teenager. Teenagers know that parental spy software is popular among parents and are always on the lookout for evidence of tampering. A lot of the computer spy software out there are easily detected. If the teenager finds out about the spy software, it's likely he will move his questionable activities out of the house. Using that free or low cost, but ineffective spy software may be penny wise but pound foolish.
Features of PC Spy Monitoring Software
The most important requirement of PC spy software is to be undetectable by the teenager. The software must not list its presence in the Add/Remove Programs option in Windows. The performance of the PC must be just as good as it was before the installation of the computer monitoring spy software. Of course, the desktop should be free of any icons related to the spy software.
The next most important feature is to have an easy way for you monitor the data from the spy software. For example, many spy software programs send email or cell phone text messages when the teenager visits an inappropriate website. Spectorsoft's Spector Pro spy software provides periodic screenshots to provide context to captured data and keystrokes. It's important to make sure the software allows parents to review the captured data easily.
When choosing buying PC spy software, it's important to pick best of breed over price. In most cases, parents have only one chance to get it right. If the first computer spy program is detected, the chances of the parents ever catching questionable activity greatly diminish.
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