Why and how can your parents monitor everything you do online?

Well my family shares a computer and my mom told me that she can check everything I do online. Is that true? I mean, does that mean that she can somehow read every email I have ever sent to my friends or every IM I have written? Im worried now because that would be invading the little privacy I have left at my house. Can she really do that? I know that she can somehow check every site I’ve gone to, but can she really read my emails and crap? Please answer. :(

Answer #1

It depends. I would not be surprised if there was software that enabled parents to do that.

Answer #2

If you don’t sign out of it, yes. And if she knows your email passwords or anything, yeah, she can.

And yes, she CAN check all the sites you were on. But she can’t read every thing you wrote, unless she can log in to your account.

Answer #3

Yeah, it’s actually easy for parents to do this now adays. First, if you don’t log out, close the browser, clear the cookies/offline data and history, then your mom can see where you have been, due to the cookies + history. As far as the emails/ims go… Yes. Theres a little ‘program’ called a keylogger. They are illegal to use if they’re being used to plant malicious software on your computer + steal passwords and cc numbers and such, but since it would be being used as a parental control it’s not illegal. If you want a program that clears all the info once you close your browser, google ‘ATF cleaner’ and download that. Works great+ is clean. So yeah.. your situation is pretty shitty. That’s why I have my own computer, password protected, customized just for me. No one else uses it. (I’m a computer ‘geek’ sort to say.)

Answer #4

zxsniperzxz is correct. Keyloggers have been around for a long time (employers use them on networks, also, to monitor email and chat of employees)…

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Answer #5

This can be done easily. but as you have to know that now adays parents are little worried with their kids when they are online. and for you answer I have to say YES and it is possible to do so. and there are ways to prevent it too. but its better for you to trust you self.

Answer #6

ctrl+shift+p

to start private browsing… this will delete everything once the browser is closed..

and your parents wont be able to see where youve been..

she cant read your emails if she doesnt know the password.. just dont tick ‘remember password’ or ‘keep me logged in’

temp internet files and cookies dont contain that information..

Answer #7

There are special programs that let them monitor pretty much everything you do. Regardless of whether you’re signed in or out, or they know passwords. Doesn’t matter. The programs were made to protect kids from chatting and contacting people they shouldn’t…

Unfortunately, until you are 18 and /or get your own computer with your own money, they can do it.

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