We are constantly reviewing products
to find out which ones work and which ones don't. As the internet changes
and kids get smarter, programs that are designed to monitor your computer
have to constantly keep up.
Everytime a new email or chat program is developed, monitoring software developers
have to make adjustments. So we continue to review them and pass on the results
and recommendations to you.
Our first review is for a product called SafeEyes by SafeBrowse.
This program is great for monitoring your children at home and at your relatives
homes, like grandparents. The cost is very reasonable at only $49 for a license
that can be installed on up to 3 computers.
There are several great benefits including a time restriction tool so you
can restrict how long your child can be online. You can also determine what
programs they can run while online, so if you don't like MSN Messenger, for
example, you can disable it.
One of the best features is you can control all of this via the internet,
so if you are at work and want to restrict access, you can go to SafeEyes
website and make changes.
Another awesome feature is that you can view all the online activity of your
children via the internet. That includes what websites they have been to,
and also the entire text of their chat messages. SafeEyes is not a stealth
program and does require your children to log on to SafeEyes before they can
access the internet.
The only cons we have discovered is that it currently does not support Google
Talk, so it does not capture those chats. It also does not block access to
Google Talk so that means it doesn't count against the restricting time limit.
We have contacted SafeEyes and the are working on adding Google Talk, but
stated that because Google Talk is in beta, they were still working on adding
it.
We give this tool a 4 out of 5. Click on the banner to purchase this product
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