Protecting a child on laptop! HELP!

wannabedebtfreee

Hi, I am trying find some software that will record the full screen of my sons laptop, I have found various software that will do this BSR being one of them, but this remains in the taskbar at the bottom, thus he will now it is running, i want one that remains hidden. has anyone ever come across one?

Thanks

BillScarab

Do you want to protect he child or spy on them?

What OS are you running? If you are running Vista there are good tools built in to protect children and record what sites they've visited.

DatabaseError

How old is your son?
There are methods of blocking sites/types of sites which, combined with something like K9 (which also blocks sites) which logs typed urls (sites visited/attempted) might be enough.
If you are worried that you need even more control over his/her web use why not move the PC to your living room, so whatever he/she was up to you'd be able to see?
Recording the actual contents of the screen crosses a line which I, as a parent of 4, am not prepared to cross, if I was that worried about what they were getting up to I'd just stop net access (remove their PCs from my router's "safe" list) which I have done from time to time (facebook abuse etc. led to 1 month net ban and all social networking sites blocked for 6 months +). My kids know that net access is a privilege, not a right, and they can lose it at the drop of a hat, so they are very careful

robt_2

The post contradicts the title.

You want to spy on him, not protect him.

wannabedebtfreee

BillScarab wrote: »

Do you want to protect he child or spy on them?

What OS are you running? If you are running Vista there are good tools built in to protect children and record what sites they've visited.

Vista, Spy sounds like a sinnister word! i have set up all the parental controls etc, but that stops nearly every site, so i just want to monitor what he does, deletes etc, as he has a nasty habit of lying!

thomas01155

Try opendns http://www.opendns.com/
it blocks doesn't monitor

DatabaseError

watch him, as a responsible parent. If you spy on him and discover something you don't like...what are you going to do? Admit that you've been spying and lose what respect and trust you have? If you are that worried, either watch him on the internet, or ban him from the internet.
as to visa blocking nearly every site, if my kids want access to a blocked site they just need to ask and I will decide yes or no (always been yes, so far).
Spy does sound like a sinister word....because it is!

PasturesNew

I thought parents were advised to be in the room when their children are on the net.

Or is he 40 really ?

pandora205

PasturesNew wrote: »

I thought parents were advised to be in the room when their children are on the net.

Or is he 40 really ?

That was the advice in the Byron review Safer Children in a digital world (though not for 40 year olds).

SaqibQ

I suggest reading this thread over at Icrontic!

DatabaseError

SaqibQ wrote: »

I suggest reading this thread over at Icrontic!

The theme seems to be (everywhere) that the technically savvy don't condone spying on our kids, but, generally, do accept the need for something to try to protect our children from the big bad world out there, whilst accepting that inevitably they will see/do 'something' which we won't approve of. Then again, if my parents had known what I was reading/looking at when I was 12/13 they wouldn't have approved.