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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 39813" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>One other way is to set up your own ficticious MySpace account, then ask to be his "friend". Yes, this is sneaky, underhanded, and may even violate the terms of service for MySpace (but who cares, they're not supposed to let underage kids have pages, but they do).</p><p></p><p>The best way to do this is to get on his MySpace page and see who <strong>his</strong> friends are, and then slowly work your way into his friends list through them (a lot of kids will simply accept any request to become a "friend"). That way, you can eventually ask to be added as a friend to your difficult child's site - when he checks your profile, he sees that you're already friends with other people he knows.</p><p></p><p>If you can do this, it's better than a keylogger (which has both legal and ethical, and ODD problems, if your difficult child discovers it). The same goes for any other "forensic" tools that are marketed to parents these days (like screenshot snappers, etc). Unfortunately, if a computer is properly protected against virus and malware attacks, these programs get picked up and deleted in the next scan. If your computer <strong>isn't</strong> properly protected, and you have a kid cruising the net then you probably have (or soon will have) problems with an infested computer, and the snooping programs may not work right anyway.</p><p></p><p>I also like the idea above about using the "forgot your password" option if you know his email password. The only problem with that is it's possible that MySpace logs the date/time when you log in; if so, your difficult child could discover that "someone" is logging in to his site.</p><p></p><p>But if you truly feel the need to access his page, then you have many ways to do it. If you feel you must install some kind of snooping program, my suggestion is that you hire a local consultant to come in and do it for you, and show you how it works.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 39813, member: 3579"] One other way is to set up your own ficticious MySpace account, then ask to be his "friend". Yes, this is sneaky, underhanded, and may even violate the terms of service for MySpace (but who cares, they're not supposed to let underage kids have pages, but they do). The best way to do this is to get on his MySpace page and see who [b]his[/b] friends are, and then slowly work your way into his friends list through them (a lot of kids will simply accept any request to become a "friend"). That way, you can eventually ask to be added as a friend to your difficult child's site - when he checks your profile, he sees that you're already friends with other people he knows. If you can do this, it's better than a keylogger (which has both legal and ethical, and ODD problems, if your difficult child discovers it). The same goes for any other "forensic" tools that are marketed to parents these days (like screenshot snappers, etc). Unfortunately, if a computer is properly protected against virus and malware attacks, these programs get picked up and deleted in the next scan. If your computer [b]isn't[/b] properly protected, and you have a kid cruising the net then you probably have (or soon will have) problems with an infested computer, and the snooping programs may not work right anyway. I also like the idea above about using the "forgot your password" option if you know his email password. The only problem with that is it's possible that MySpace logs the date/time when you log in; if so, your difficult child could discover that "someone" is logging in to his site. But if you truly feel the need to access his page, then you have many ways to do it. If you feel you must install some kind of snooping program, my suggestion is that you hire a local consultant to come in and do it for you, and show you how it works. Hope this helps. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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