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MYFOXNY.COM – Imagine being able to record and monitor every digital move your teen makes from text messages to emails. High-tech surveillance software turns parents into cyber sleuths, giving them the ability to digitally see it all. But does new surveillance software empower concerned parents or turn them into intrusive cyber spies?
A mobile app called eBlaster mobile can secretly be installed on a child’s phone and send Mom and Dad copies of every text sent and received, including digital pictures. The app is available for either Blackberry or Android phones. Once installed on the mobile device a parent wants to monitor, the program goes into “stealth mode” and is practically undetectable to the teen who is using their cell phone.
It’s digital eavesdropping technology that would expose a teenager’s formerly private digital world to parents prying eyes. And while most teens will dread this technology, many parents will be drawn to it.
SpectorSoft created the app, and the company has similar spyware designed for computers. Parents can install SpectorPro without a child knowing it and use the software to monitor online chats and web surfing. The software records hundreds of digital snapshots of the computer screen and compiles them into a visual log that parents can scroll through to see what a teen has been up to on the computer. The program also has a built-in dictionary that searches for and deciphers acronyms or codes kids use in chats. For example, if a parent comes across a word like ASL in recorded chats, the program will reveal the letters stand for: Age, Sex, Location.
The company claims the program can decipher hundreds of acronyms and cryptic codes:
GNOC = GET NAKED ON CAM
RUH = ARE YOU HORNY?
420 = marijuana
Dr. Jeff Gardere, Fox 5 News contributing psychologist, has some concerns about spying on your kids.
“When do you draw the line when you go from being concerned parent to being a stalker of your kids,” Dr. Gardere says. He thinks parents who want to use this type of software need to be honest with their kids if they plan on installing it on their computer or cell phone.
Otherwise, Dr. Gardere says if a child finds out his or her parent has secretly been spying on them it could have serious repercussions.
“They will feel betrayed and feel major issues of trust from that point on between you and that child,” he says.
Both the eBlaster mobile app and SpectorPro computer monitoring software can be found here:
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MYFOXNY.COM – Imagine being able to record and monitor every digital move your teen makes from text messages to emails. High-tech surveillance software turns parents into cyber sleuths, giving them the ability to digitally see it all. But does new surveillance software empower concerned parents or turn them into intrusive cyber spies?
A mobile app called eBlaster mobile can secretly be installed on a child’s phone and send Mom and Dad copies of every text sent and received, including digital pictures. The app is available for either Blackberry or Android phones. Once installed on the mobile device a parent wants to monitor, the program goes into “stealth mode” and is practically undetectable to the teen who is using their cell phone.
It’s digital eavesdropping technology that would expose a teenager’s formerly private digital world to parents prying eyes. And while most teens will dread this technology, many parents will be drawn to it.
SpectorSoft created the app, and the company has similar spyware designed for computers. Parents can install SpectorPro without a child knowing it and use the software to monitor online chats and web surfing. The software records hundreds of digital snapshots of the computer screen and compiles them into a visual log that parents can scroll through to see what a teen has been up to on the computer. The program also has a built-in dictionary that searches for and deciphers acronyms or codes kids use in chats. For example, if a parent comes across a word like ASL in recorded chats, the program will reveal the letters stand for: Age, Sex, Location.
The company claims the program can decipher hundreds of acronyms and cryptic codes:
GNOC = GET NAKED ON CAM
RUH = ARE YOU HORNY?
420 = marijuana
Dr. Jeff Gardere, Fox 5 News contributing psychologist, has some concerns about spying on your kids.
“When do you draw the line when you go from being concerned parent to being a stalker of your kids,” Dr. Gardere says. He thinks parents who want to use this type of software need to be honest with their kids if they plan on installing it on their computer or cell phone.
Otherwise, Dr. Gardere says if a child finds out his or her parent has secretly been spying on them it could have serious repercussions.
“They will feel betrayed and feel major issues of trust from that point on between you and that child,” he says.
Both the eBlaster mobile app and SpectorPro computer monitoring software can be found here:
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Please read this article, because it is so interesting and contains important information especially for people who have young children.
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http://www.myfoxny.com then click on “seen on TV” and then the article easily can be find.
“Spying on you kids” the title.