Teen's Pravacy vs Protection: Keylogger...

would you use a Keylogger to spy on your kids?...

  • Yes...

    Votes: 6 66.7%
  • No...

    Votes: 3 33.3%

  • Total voters
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Monami

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&lt;r&gt;&lt;FONT font="Calibri"&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;While some people think it is an absolute travesty to use it and it is invading teen’s privacy, but some will debate that it is absolute necessity to protect your kids from cyber world. The device (sometimes it can be a software) I am referring is a &lt;U&gt;&lt;s&gt;<U>&lt;/s&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;s&gt;<I>&lt;/s&gt;Keystroke Loggers&lt;e&gt;</I>&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;e&gt;</U>&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/U&gt; (aka keyloggers).&lt;e&gt;</SIZE>&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/SIZE&gt;&lt;e&gt;[/FONT]&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;FONT font="Calibri"&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;If you think your child (perhaps teenage child) is acting little suspicious, would you willing to use it to spy on your child?&lt;e&gt;</SIZE>&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/SIZE&gt;&lt;e&gt;[/FONT]&lt;/e&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/r&gt;
 

Dadu2004

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It seems that most people are of the opinion that you need to trust your kid and that doing such a thing is majorly invasive of privacy.

My personal opinion? Heck yes, I would use it. My thought is that there is nothing that's going to be going on under my roof that I won't know about. Is that strict? Absolutely. But, I would do it for the protection of my family. There is a tremendous amount of danger on the internet, and quite frankly, kids and teenagers are too stupid and lack the life experience to make good judgement calls (this is a generalization that doesn't apply to EVERY situation).

Call me overly-strict. Call me Hitler. But, I will always do what I have to do to protect my family.
 

Xero

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Yeah its like somone restates the exact same question in a different order once a month lol.

I wouldn't use one just to keep a regular eye on my kids, but if I felt suspicious and I felt like something was really wrong and I had good reason to, I would use one in certain situations. It would depend.
 

Momnonymous

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By the time they are able to use the internet, you should have taught them not to get into dangerous situations on it.
 

Father_0f_7

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Of course I have taught my children well (I believe) but that doesnt mean they arent going to want to learn for themselves.

Kids will be kids, you can teach them all the right things, how to be careful, how to act. It doesnt mean they will listen. It's their responsibility to follow the guidelines you have set for them.
 

TabascoNatalie

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I think that teenagers will be one step ahead of their parents concerning IT, unless parents work for microsoft. I think as my kids will be big enough that i'd need such extreme measures -- I guess keyloggers will be a thing of the past.
 

IADad

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Sure, I've taught my kids not to run into the street, I still watch them to be sure they don't.
 

Xero

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Momnonymous said:
By the time they are able to use the internet, you should have taught them not to get into dangerous situations on it.
Are you serious? My two year old uses the internet. I babysit my 5 and 7 year old cousins that straight up browse the web. You've got to be joking about that.

IADad said:
Sure, I've taught my kids not to run into the street, I still watch them to be sure they don't.
Amen.

Momnonymous said:
But do you monitor every single step your teenagers take to make sure they never go in the street?
No, but that's common sense by that age. Things teenagers have trouble dealing with are social situations, peer pressure, the temptations to do things they aren't supposed to because they could be fun, etc. The internet falls into that category (the teenager catagory). Not running in the street falls into the toddler/small child catagory. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't compare the way I teach and supervise a toddler to the way I teach and supervise a teenager.
 

IADad

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Momnonymous said:
But do you monitor every single step your teenagers take to make sure they never go in the street?

well, I don't have a teenager, but when I do, I'm sure I'll take reasonable steps to monitor their safety. I think it's reasonable to spy on their internet activity, even if it is to confirm that you've done a good job and you can see they are handling themselves well. Would I call them out and stop them for every step they take into adulthood, no. If i were to find out one of my sons was regularly visiting bigjugs.com I might at some point have a discussion with him about respect and objectifying women, but not necessarily his online habits. If I found out he was chatting about meeting up with big cal from Cleveland, you bet I'm going to step in and not feel the least bit of guilt for having spied.

Even now, I go through his backpack, see just how many candy wrappers are to be found (man I gotta teach that kid to hide better...)no guilt.
 

Aunt

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Well dadu I might call you strict but I think Hitler is a teensy bit harsh afterall I am sure your house is not a concentration camp;)

I dont see the need for it in most cases. If kids are under around 12 then it is likely they are only allowed on with parents supervision anyway.
If they are older i agree it is a little creepy, like sitting next to them all day or following them home from school. In our house there is a firewall to block out anything too filthy as my nice once accidentally googled some rather disgusting porn &amp; came to me horrifiedr &amp; parental controls to limit time (so that hopefully she is not up surfing in the middle of the night) I am aware kids can get around these things if they try hard enough but so far mine has not let me down so there has not been the need to invade her privacy. In the event of some sort of inappropriate beavior my instinct would be to punish by limiting time or priviledges over following her every move.
One thing that parents need to be aware of is that this is a form of spyware and can make you more susceptible to viruses etc.
Xero I think this is just one of those hot topics because it was not around hen most of us were little kids so there is no yardstick to measure with.
 

IADad

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Aunt said:
Xero I think this is just one of those hot topics because it was not around hen most of us were little kids so there is no yardstick to measure with.
how true - anyone want to talk about the dangers of running with scissors?
 

Xero

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Lol but they make SAFETY scissors now!! :D





Sorry that's stupidly huge. Technical difficulties. lol
 

IADad

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they had the "then" too dear..(I think Xero just called me old) .;-) and we STILL weren't allowed to run with them!!!
 

Xero

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lol I would imagine, since they existed since I was old enough to hold scissors. It was a joke. ;)
 

Jeremy+3

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We have keyloggers at school, all different ones, every single one gets hacked within a few days on everyones account, I'm a teacher at a school for children with special needs, if they can figure it out, you're kids can figure it out. Now we don't bother with keyloggers and as a result not only do people actually do their work instead of hacking we get far fewer viruses as our frequently visited sites aren't visible to anyone outside of our network.