security question

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Kasey wrote:
> is there a way to monitor my children and find out their email
> screen names and passwords

Ask them to tell you. Watch them. Computers only in Public Areas.

This whole 'secretly monitoring' thing - I never have understood it with the
parent/child relationship. I know you want to give them some freedom - but
turning them loose in Las Vegas with your unlimited credit card is not
something you would do - and the computer could be considered a similar
situation.

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In article <08140F39-E5BF-4550-A5BD-EC22473DFEA2@microsoft.com>,
Kasey@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> is there a way to monitor my children and find out their email screen names
> and passwords

Ask them to tell you, watch them enter them, then you try it - if they
don't provide them to you then don't allow them to use the computer.

Yea, it's archaic, but it works.

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"Kasey" <Kasey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:08140F39-E5BF-4550-A5BD-EC22473DFEA2@microsoft.com...
> is there a way to monitor my children and find out their email screen
> names
> and passwords

I have to agree that secret monitoring is not a good idea. I'm not raising
your kids, but I don't see that this helps develop a relationship of trust.

What I would suggest is to start fresh, and say up front that you're going
to install software like NetNanny or CyberSitter, where you set restrictions
on when they can use the PC and where they can go with it. It isn't
particularly expensive, and there are demo versions, and it works well.
Logs are usually comprehensive.

The one thing to keep in mind is that these rely on good passwords. If the
kids guess your passwords, they can easily get around the restrictions.
Change the passwords regularly.

HTH
-pk
 
being that you are the parent, I would tell them to give you their screenames
and passwords, and if they don't, cut off access to the internet, you have
the right to monitor their internet use, and the responsibility to protect
them from themselves.

"Kasey" wrote:

> is there a way to monitor my children and find out their email screen names
> and passwords
 
"Kasey" <Kasey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:08140F39-E5BF-4550-A5BD-EC22473DFEA2@microsoft.com...
> is there a way to monitor my children and find out their email screen
> names
> and passwords

This site may be of interest to you - and your kids

http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Antioch
 
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