Spying on someones computer is bad.
As in go to jail bad.
However, there are a few very narrow exceptions, like monitoring your kids or employees.
Sometimes evil is justified, and other times, knowing evil means knowing how to beat it.
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There are only a fewveryspecific conditionsin which youre allowed to monitor a computer someone else uses.
A parent can track their childs activity because theyre legally responsible for their children.
However, outside this situations, there isnt much wiggle room, and there probably shouldnt be.
Legal and ethical justifications dont fix broken trust.
Consider the social costs to tracking as well before you proceed.
Watch them and report back to me!
you oughta actually know what youre looking for.
For example, you may want to see when an employee uses Facebook, or a child views porn.
Sometimes this can be accomplished with filtering, rather than surveillance, so attempt to consider all options.
You might only care about what they do with company email, chat apps, or proprietary software.
In that case, more selective monitoring may be better.
Monitor all activity in every app.In this case, you may want to see everything someone is doing.
If you only need to keep employees off of certain websites, dont use a keylogger.
If you want to keep children away from porn, you probably dont need to monitor every Facebook message.
Keep your tracking minimal to avoid any complications down the road.
While there are a ton of monitoring tools out there, we have a few suggestions from reputable organization.
Keep in mind, youre dealing with surveillance software.
In this case, its best to stick with established companies you know you’re able to trust.
you’re able to use these to monitor and filter your childs activity.
There are a couple of key differences, but some features are shared between both platforms.
It allows you to monitor several employees computers at once and provides detailed reports on a users activity.
Here are some of the key features:
Records statistics on when and how often applications are used.
Take periodic screenshots of user activity.
Generates charts visualizing time spent in various applications.
Sends alert messages when a user begins specific, unwanted activity.
Can be installed remotely if company uses ActiveDirectory (paid version only).
you could set custom categories based on whats productive and unproductive in your office.
Trigger screenshots after keywords are used or specific applications are opened.
Track website usage, time spent on sites, and time of last visit.
Store and archive corporate email.
Record instant message chat logs from virtually all messaging platforms.
Tracks name, file jot down, and time of documents downloaded or uploaded to the computer.
Records all keystroke activity on the users machine.
Optionally, you might choose not to record passwords.
Depending on your needs, you may need other monitoring software and theresplenty more out there.
These are our suggestions for a few common types of monitoring.
