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- Shirk, on 10/12/2007, -9/+84Ahhhh, nothing like using surveillance software rather than actively watching your children and teaching them not to strip for web cams/meet strangers/and other Internet Tom-foolery.
- dpcamp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64and that the child will accept the add
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -23/+77This is a good idea. Kids don't have privacy. It's part of responsible upbringing. If you want your kid to not fall prey to pedophiles, violence, etc., you have to check on them.
Being in your child's life is integral to parenting. Kid's don't do a very good job of raising themselves. - jownz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+51...or they could add their kid to their friend list and watch themselves?
- mrspin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49Yes but that presumes they know their kid's MySpace name.
- Joab, on 10/12/2007, -3/+50Lol the kid will just create a seperate account for their parents to monitor
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26@ Shirk; "Ahhhh, nothing like using surveillance software rather than actively watching your children and teaching them not to strip for web cams/meet strangers/and other Internet Tom-foolery. "
And what is the problem with using software to watch your kid online? Sounds like responsible parenting to me. A parent is responsible for the things their kid does, it's incumbent on them to monitor what they do in real space as well as online. Sitting next to your kid every time they are on a computer and watching them the way you would watch them on a playground is not a good solution. I'd like to see more software like this for parents. How many times have you heard the argument that "it's the parents responsibility" well software like this can help a parent fulfill this responsibility. A kid doesn't have complete privacy rights from their parents until they're 18. - dave830, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26I'm surprised there's negative reaction to this.
Whenever detrimental things happen with minors, the rally cry is always "where are the parents? It's their responsibility!" Now the parents are trying to get involved... and you criticize the effort?
Can't have it both ways. - sikosmurf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20You misspelled "the victims of my stalkings."
- dpcamp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20myspace died a long time ago buddy..
- tuartboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Who cares if your kids hate you? The problem with many parents today (besides laziness) is that they don't want to make their kids unhappy or angry. Who gives a crap? You are supposed to protect them and teach them how to act mature and sometimes you have to lay down the law to do it.
- warchant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16great idea! it's sad that things have come to this, but i definitely think it's needed
- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Myspace never should have been born.
- aplardi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Owners have a right to put whatever they so please on their own computer that they payed for with their own money. If they want to put software on it to monitor what people, children or otherwise, are doing with their computer they have the right to.
For the same reasons companies can look up passwords that employees have saved on their computer. Unless you own that machine, it's not yours.
I don't see what the big deal is. It's not malicious software, and it is not the first of this kind. - NightStryke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Who cares about age?
Older people != smarter people
Ban the idiots - argoff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Ha, in my neighborhood it seems like:
A) all the parents are computer illiterate
B) all the kids have my-space accounts and lied about their age to get them
So, I don't know what their plan is, but I'm sure it won't work. - shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19This is the best news I've heard regarding MySpace - maybe that site will finally die now - what kid is going to want to use MySpace after hearing this? You'd think Murdoch's lackeys would realize by now that their horribly designed site is losing people to Facebook (you know, the site that actually gets updated by its developers).. any "growth" that MySpace is receiving is from spammers.
- freff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I applaud News Corp for making this announcement. Anything that lessens the popularity of the cesspool that is known as MySpace is a good thing.
- AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10People bitch about parents not watching their kids. And now that MySpace is providing a way for parents to do that, people are still bitching. What gives?
- sikosmurf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'm definitely going to have keyloggers installed on my computers. My kids are going to hate me.
- romo1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9What a perfect solution...now parents can monitor their kids activity on their laptop...while listening to music! No communication required!
- shirosamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8No no, MySpace is alive and well.... alive and well with spammers, anyway.
- Antialias, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9mercurysquad,
I'm pretty sure you're being sarcastic, but what would be wrong with any of those things? Children have no inherent right to privacy. Now a responsible parent will show a good balance, but I don't think any of these items should be "off limits" for parents to monitor. - livejamie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8you can send them a bulletin telling them to stop doing drugs!
- DeepDoo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I already have spyware program for my kids.
I actually watch what they do on the internet
I know, shocking isn't it. Imagine that, a parent parenting.
As far as they are concerned, I am the KGB. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Soon, there'll only be spammers left, and they will delude themselves to think there is still prey available and will spam eachother. It will be a wonderfully futile and destructive vicious cycle.
- NewChar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"If you come near my girlfriend again I'll f*ckin kill you. Oh, and thanks for the add."
- cyberscape2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Actually confronting your kid ALONG with monitoring what they do actually works. My parents did it with me, and it pissed me off when I was younger, but made me more responsible.
And then I learned how to hack filters when I was thirteen, so it made it all worth it. ^_^ - Ender2007, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16The parents need to do that, but they are too lazy. They don't pay attention to what their kids watch on tv or what violent video games they may be playing. It's so much easier to simply sue the network/show/game company when their kids get hurt or try stupid stuff. Now they want an easy solution to watch their kids online that they will never use, but at least will make them feel better about it. And it's not like the kids won't be able to de-activate it or get around it - I was doing stuff like that when I was 12 so I could surf easier.
Let's hear it for legalized spyware. I can see it being used more for Myspace than the parents' benefits... - threemagic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@teknotant: "A parent should not resort to such deceptive methods to keep tabs on their child,"
Why does it have to be deceptive? I watch the internet activities now but I let them know. Too many stupid choices are made behind the safety of a computer monitor. Beside the whole idea of this is to stop those that are deceptive from preying on the naive. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I am all for this.
Kids have a privilege to be online, not a right.
Parents have the authority to monitor their children's activity. Otherwise, the blame will fall to the mediums the child is using, be it TV, music, games, or the Internet.
Why not place the responsibility on the parents? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@ Pezza131214 : "No one should have to spy on their children. If the children are trustworthy, then they may use the website without being spied on. If you don't trust your kids, then don't let them use the internet, as that is the only truly effective solution."
You missed the point dude. Most parents trust their kids, but no parent should trust the internet.
Believe me, when my daughters will be old enough to chat, all my computers will have key and chat loggers, if only to give to the police if something happen. I wont be one of those "But... but my kid is so amazing, he must have fell with the wrong crowd, and I accuse them" parent. - rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@teknotant: "A parent should not resort to such deceptive methods to keep tabs on their child, why not just put the computer in the family room or the like?"
A parent doesn't have to do it secretly. All they have to do is say hey, don't get up to anything online because I'm watching you. That's not spying--that's responsible parenting. Keeping the computer in a public place in the house is a good idea, but not completely adequate either.
I keep spyware on my sons computer and tell him about it. I also run VNC on it so I can check up on him that way. He also knows that I do this. He's 10 and if I couldn't do that I wouldn't even let him use the Internet, which isn't a good option either. - jlebrech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Parents: You don't need this tool we already know that your daughter is a slut and your son is a Lunix Haxx0r.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8What ever happened to sitting down with your kid and talking with them openly and honestly? Do we seriously need to resort to using software to find out information from our own kids?!? ***** sad!!
- marklj, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@dyrmsz
Please remove your head from your ass. It's self righteous people like you who ruin the internet. - Karyyk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6And what's the problem? Their kids, their computers, and anyone whining about how "if they were good parents" obviously has never had a kid, much less a chance to trust one. Dugg down for being a whiny tool...
- rusty075, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Was this summary written by a 13 year old?
If it is your computer, and you are installing the software intentionally, and you are the one receiving the data it collects, it is not spyware.
If Myspace wants to give parents a tool to track their kids' activity on the site, great. Wouldn't be hard to write a prog. that logs anything keyed into a webform whose address starts with "www.myspace." Will it be as effective as raising kids who are stupid enough to give personal information to strangers? Well, no. You can't protect everyone from themselves.
Having this software will shield Myspace from some potential litigation, thus preserving the site for the millions of adults who (for some reason) use it every day. Of all the "But Think About The Children" schemes that have come along, this is actually one of the smarter ones. Isn't it better to limit the rights of a few children than to limit the rights of ALL of us adults? It's Myspace today, but it could be social sites like Digg tomorrow. - cathars1s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Ender2007
Considering your user name, I'm not surprised you have that point of view.
parents are evil! kids are ingenious! - Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Um, so it's just age, name, and location?
Doesn't stop pedophiles. They love little 14 year olds. - ratrip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5You may be the "KGB", but only on computers you control. What about the millions of machines you don't monitor? A piece of software can't replace good parent-child interaction. Explain to your kids why they shouldn't be looking up < insert dangerous stuff here >. Tell them what the possible consequences are to their personal lives.
I doubt that slapping your kids with a spy-ware log in their faces and giving them a "third degree" is teaching them anything. To learn, there has to be an exchange of knowledge and there has to be free will. You have not learned anything if you didn't have the choice to do something or not and then chose to not do it, based on the information given to you and your thoughts about that information. - ab500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hmm. Parenting shouldn't be such a battle. If you actually teach your kids something when they are little they won't be doing stupid ***** online. Solutions like this try to shelter kids and protect them, the goal is to teach them enough common sense so they don't need to be sheltered. I was raised with unrestricted access to the internet when I was little, I played violent video games because I thought they were fun, and I watched whatever I felt like watching on TV, I never did any stupid ***** because my parents managed to instill some common sense in me and actually talked to me when I was little.
- Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5yeah age != maturity
I know lots of mature little kids
and I would wager nearly 50% of the morons you meet online are over 18 (maybe 40%+)
all age does is give you more of a chance to become mature, if you never take up that chance well, you never become mature - Kevin108, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4When asked for comment, Children stated, "OMGHAX!!1"
- heffae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Personally I think this is a great idea for teaching Kids about computers. Most of the more advance stuff I learned about computers at an early age was to get around the restrictions my Dad had placed on my computer to keep me from screwing something up. Of course this was pre internet and the best restrictions in place was some menu interface (It was either part of word perfect or Lantastic) the launched after Autoexec.bat ran (we are talking Dos 5x here) so it's not like it took much in the way of hacking skills still it got me interested.
And now with all these new technology's to protect our kids on line we have all new training tools after what is a better motivation to teach a teenage boy the intricacy's of a computer than to find a way to defeat monitoring software and filters so they can access porn.
I am being a bit sarcastic I think giving parents more control over what their kids do on line generally is a good thing. I would rather it be up to me to determine what my Kids can access on the internet then up to the government.
This does need to be balanced with some freedom. (according to their age of course) Most of the people I knew who lived in strict house holds when crazy when they left for college and were no longer under their parents control.
Then again what do I know my son is only 3 months old so I (hopefully) still have a few years before I need to worry about My Space - 98acura, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5how about this, be a parent, know where your kids are at all times, if they arent there, they get in trouble and dont go anywhere again, talk to them, teach them.. monitor what they watch on tv.. Dont buy them M rated games.. If they have a M rated game, take it away.. Its not hard people.. quit being lazy and expecting other people and/or technology to raise your child...
/rant - speedynlane4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@nakedlobo:
your 11 year old should NOT have a MySpace! I was learning how to type at 11 and had no desire to chat with god knows who! - Gizzmo0411, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's also not spying if you tell them you're doing it. I'd just tell my kid. You can use myspace but I'm watching you, so don't do anything stupid. The primary difference in my case is that I'm computer savvy...many parents are not. It takes effort to keep up with the times, and I believe it's the responsibility of every parent to learn the means necessary to protect their children. Childrearing isn't just for fun, it's full time, 24/7 365 days a year, and it's the one job you'll never get to quit from. Might as well be good at it.
- stalefries, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7It's not spying if it's your kid. That's called responsible parenthood.
- fallenone05, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wohooo! Now I can see who my girlfriend is cheating on me with
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