Net Nanny Mobile: Protect your child on the go.

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Net Nanny Mobile: Protect your child on the go.

Posted by Sam Hobson on Nov 30, 2009

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net_nanny Content Watch, a well known distributor in parental controls, has teamed up with SMobile to bring you Net Nanny for Mobile. It gives parents the ability to ~~stalk~~ monitor their kids and teens and see what they are doing. It helps parents protect their kids from misconduct, exploitation, sexting, loss and theft, and predators ~~while at the same time stripping them of the little privacy they have~~.

Some of the ~~intrusive~~ features include:

Email and SMS/MMS Monitoring
View all pictures taken, sent, and received with the device
View all of the voice conversations
View contacts and apps on the phone
View location via GPS from Google Maps
Filtering calls and messages containing non-preferred language.

It also has features to protect the phone in cases of loss or theft, including GPS tracking, remote backup, lock, and wiping and restoring, and antivirus.

Net Nanny Mobile is available for a monthly fee of $29.99 for the first phone and $14.99 for additional phones. Existing Net Nanny (PC version) users can start at $14.99.

Now, as a 16yo, its natural I don’t agree with this, but I’m not going to go into that. All I’m going to say is that something like this is kind of intrusive. If anyone cares to debate on this, I will gladly join. If it happens in the forums, tell me so I can join.

Tagged with invading, net nanny, protection, services, stalking, stripping of rights

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Amy

I'm looking into this for my daughter...I kind of giggle when I hear parents tell how much they trust their children. My mother STILL thinks I was a great kid...she trusted me, and I snuck out of the house and did things that I will deny to my death if my child ever asks. Part of being a child is making poor decisions. I WANT to trust her, but know that she may do something stupid. I think if it is hanging over her head that we *might* see what she sends and recieves, it will curb what she does. Just saying...

Pony99CA

All I’m going to say is that something like this is kind of intrusive.

To me, it's only intrusive if it gets in your way. The only feature listed that might be intrusive is "Filtering calls and messages containing non-preferred language." (And how do they filter calls for language? Is their speech recognition that good?)

One other possibility that might be intrusive is if you can't use the phone while the software's features are being used remotely.

You can argue that it's intrusive in the dictionary sense of an intrusion, but that implies some wrongdoing, and if I'm paying the bill, there's no wrongdoing at all. :D

Steve

Pony99CA

I could have used this when my daughter lost her LG enV Touch (or had it stolen) at a college party less than two months after I bought it for her (at $250 or so). (Of course, I doubt that I would have paid $30 per month for the service when I wouldn't pay Verizon $3-$7 per month for the insurance, but that's another issue.)

She's now back on her "old" LG Voyager and not too happy about that. Tough.

Steve

doogald

As a parent of kids in that age range, I agree that this is a bit restrictive, but I understand why parents want to follow so closely. I do not myself, but, as the guy paying for the phone and the service, and the one responsible if it is used illegally, I'm thinking that I have a right to know how it's being used.

I could have chosen some location features from Verizon for my kids' phones, but decided against it. Why? First, I am concerned how secure this actually is. Second, I trust my kids to let me know where they are, they always have and do, and they have done nothing to violate that trust.

Zealot

When I was 16 Sam, I felt exactly the way you do regarding such things. Heck, I felt the same way at 26 too.

However, now that I have a 10 year old son who will try and sneak a peek at any website that has "sex" or "blood" in the title, I have begun to appreciate products that allow a parent to at least slow down a kid's head long rush into so-called adulthood.

While I would never want to shut down my son's ability to explore completely, I think products like this that allow a parent to configure and set the limits and rules that their kid's have online are useful tools. Yes, I know that a kid with tech savvy can likely defeat such things pretty easily, but at least they will need to develop their computer skills in order to check out the video nasties on YouTube. Like a good lock, it won't stop them, but at least it might slow them down.

I am not in favor of the elements of the software that are used to spy, but the tracking elements do have good uses in these difficult times, not the least of which is finding his phone when he has lost it again.

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