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Internet monitoring programs

Post by sassy koala » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:14 pm

Not exactly a BUS question, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of any reasonably priced decent internet monitoring programs for personal computers. I'd appreciate it.
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Post by Spidey » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:31 am

what do you mean by "monitoring"? like a content filter? or a way to figure out inbound/outbound connections...?
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Post by sassy koala » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:28 pm

um, to monitor where people have gone online. someone mentioned spectorsoft to me.

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Post by sassy koala » Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:50 pm

yup, that's what I mean.

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Post by Milvus » Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:53 pm

I would question the legality of such software. However they might be able to point you in the right direction at http://community.livejournal.com/ask_me_anything
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Post by sassy koala » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:08 pm

It's for home use, so I can't imagine there would be a whole lot of legal issues with it.

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Post by Milvus » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:32 pm

even family members have a right to privacy though. But this is not challenge me, so I will stfu now >.>
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Post by Spidey » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:36 pm

ah, okay.

norton internet security has parental controls - from what it says on the symantec.com product page, it includes a blocker for objectionable sites, but says nothing about tracking where people go online (although i'd imagine it would have such a thing.)

besides that and probably aol's internal controls (that is, if you use aol), i would have no idea. perhaps do a search at download.com or sourceforge / versiontracker?
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Post by sassy koala » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:57 pm

talking hasn't done anything. It's been discussed over and over.
I haven't decided to do anything yet though, just am looking at options.

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Post by sine nomine » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:41 am

before you install a keylogger, have a good idea what you will do if your suspicions are confirmed.

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Post by sassy koala » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:14 pm

yeah, that's kind of why I'm hesitating.

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