Tinney Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Are there any free keyloggers out there that can be installed for Mac? After installing, I want it to send the data automatcally to my e-mail address. Is there anything like that? I just wanna keep an eye for my 13 year old boy, an little Netbug. I am worried that he may visit some unhealthy websites, like porn or violent sites. Is there anything like this mac spy, or this mac keylogger out there? Free ones will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 IMO you should be using a firewall/filter instead of a keylogger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehippy Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Parental Control Software is what you want, Norton Family Online is Free (has some Premium services also). NetNanny is only $40/year and has been around for many many years. Both of these products have remote monitoring of some kind. OSX itself has some basic built-in parental controls Having an open dialog with your child of what is and is not acceptable will go a long way. Having them understand what they're doing on the computer is always public may be a change in perception. Also using a keylogger secretly and getting caught spying on what your child may understand to be a private use of the computer may not be what either of you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saural Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 IMO you should be using a firewall/filter instead of a keylogger. I agree with KingPhilip, many parents prefer to use keylogger when they want to protect their kids from dangers online, of course, the keylogger logs every activity, including keystrokes, passwords and so on, and thus you can know what happened. The keylogger meets your requirment and help you to solve your problems. However, if you want to protect your kid and his privacy at the same time, you can use a web filter which blocks porn and unwanted sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 You can also take a look at opendns http://www.opendns.com/home-solutions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylor1 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I agree with KingPhilip, many parents prefer to use keylogger when they want to protect their kids from dangers online, of course, the keylogger logs every activity, including keystrokes, passwords and so on, and thus you can know what happened. The keylogger meets your requirment and help you to solve your problems. However, if you want to protect your kid and his privacy at the same time, you can use a web filter which blocks porn and unwanted sites. Protecting your kid as well as his privacy is the best thing. I personally think you need to have a talk with him, let him know which kind of sites will harm him, and you also need to tell him the reason. It better to educate him rather than control him. And of course, if you failed to have a talk, you can use the parental control sogtware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I agree with KingPhilip, many parents prefer to use keylogger when they want to protect their kids from dangers online, of course, the keylogger logs every activity, including keystrokes, passwords and so on, and thus you can know what happened. The keylogger meets your requirment and help you to solve your problems. However, if you want to protect your kid and his privacy at the same time, you can use a web filter which blocks porn and unwanted sites. Protecting your kid as well as his privacy is the best thing. I personally think you need to have a talk with him, let him know which kind of sites will harm him, and you also need to tell him the reason. It better to educate him rather than control him. And of course, if you failed to have a talk, you can use the parental control sogtware. I agree. Talk to him instead of trying to be his puppeteer, you'll fail in the latter anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe92 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 When I was younger I was inflicted with having k9 web protection on my computer. It didn't bother me when I was 13-15 because I spent more time outdoors than in, but as I got older and started using the computer more I hated it so much I learnt how to hack it and remove it and then installed my own version with my own password on it (could do that because it was free). It might be preferable option for young children using the internet who can't make responsible decisions yet, but don't burden a 16 year old with it because he will not like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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