8 effective ways to find out what browsing or watching your son online

The topic of “our children and technology” is one of the strong topics in our contemporary society, despite its importance and gravity on the future of the next generation, but the efforts made in it are weak and most of them are individual voluntary, and the digital content (especially the Arab) does not rise to the required level, so either fathers or we will be parentsSoon, we must be armed with science and knowledge and know how to use and volunteer technology to protect children from its dangers.

Through the following lines, we will learn about the practical ways to monitor the use of children for the Internet, as monitoring is the first step from which the esophage is for guidance and control later, and in the folds of this article we will learn about programs, tools and applications, in addition to devices that can be purchased to do the task, some can be used for free and someThe other requires a monthly or annual subscription, so in the name of God we start.

1. Use the "Browsing Register" feature

There is a useful feature available in modern browsers (such as Google Chrome) which is the ability to know the sites that have been visited, by clicking on the (History) option from the drop -down menu, the biggest benefit is when logging into the Google Chrome browser in both devices with one account, for example you useA device and your son uses another device, no problem with that, you can know what your son browses through your device and not from his device.

The process is done - as we mentioned - by logging in to the browser, via the small icon in the top tape (Sing in), log in the same account in more than one browser in several devices, then you will be able to reach your favorites and to your browsing record and even service additions(Extensions) of any device connected to the same account, and the sites that have been opened can be known in all devices connected to the same account.

2. View viewing on YouTube

If the goal is the YouTube site specifically, it is possible to use the feature that the network provides to find out the videos that you have previously opened (viewing record) that can be accessed by clicking on the (History) option from the personal page, and renewed this feature is related to the account, not the device, and what must beDoing it is to log in to your account (or the monitoring account) in the YouTube application that your son uses, and you will show you the record of the videos that he opened.

"View View" on YouTube provides several useful features in this aspect, where the following information can be known:

And those features give the father or mother to know the son's behavior through YouTube in a deeper and more detailed way.

3. Screen Time application

We wrote about this application previously in the world of technology, and it was chosen for being one of the best applications that allow parents to control the tablet or smart child (it works on Andorid and iOS), it is mainly dedicated to controlling playing time or using the tablet or smartphone,It also provides the feature of blocking and opening applications and stimulating feature to carry out duties and housework by allowing the child to play more time, and finally the feature of knowing the browsing and search record on the Internet.

The application is not satisfied with monitoring the Internet browser only, but it monitors the use of all applications in the tablet or smartphone, and gives you a report using each application and how long it has been used, and this is useful to avoid the child's use of a program other than the official browser, as there are applications that can be downloaded fromApplication store provides internet browsing or watching videos and downloading them directly.

4. Flexispy applications and applications

Although the subscription paid in the previous application costs only $ 40 a year, it does not provide professional monitoring and accurate tracking of everything that is going on in the other device, it is an application that focuses on controlling time more than other goals, while the Flexispy program and application is one of the professional alternativesFor spying on the associated phone (it works on all devices and not only the smartphone) and know everything that is going on inside it in detail, but in return the monthly subscription price in this service is slightly high, as it costs $ 68 per month or $ 149 annually.

This service is not satisfied with monitoring the sites that were opened in the boy's device, but rather displays the details of what was inside (some) social networks, as well as conversations that took place through immediate messaging applications (Facebook - WhatsApp - Viber - Skype ... etc) as well as the SMS messages that were sentI reached the device, in addition to detailed statistics on phone calls and the ability to record calls and then listen to them, and a wide range of features that can be explored through the page of features and features on the site.(The site can be browsed in Arabic through this link).

5. Revealer keylogger program

There is another type of software that works on desktop devices in particular (some of which come for free or two versions, one free and others driven). These programs have only one copy that can be installed on the son's device itself, there is no remote control, but the home programs monitor a deviceThe son (and sometimes takes screenshots) and then save them in a special record until you come to view it, while some programs increase that by sending that report and photos to your email or uploading them to your account in the Drop Box.

Revealer Keylogger offers its basic features free of charge (including the recording of the texts that were written and knowledge of the search and browsing record in the Internet) while the paid version is the one that provides screen photography feature every period you specify(Arabic) This program.

There is another program in anti -for this program (or it may be better than it), which provides a series and a detailed view of the pages that have been opened with history, time and other features, is the Best Free Keylogger, and other alternatives to this type of programs (monitoring and espionage programs can be reviewed.) Through (this link).

6. Net nanny programs

There are software for family control in ANNENT in general, not only monitoring, but it protects your children and family members from accessing inappropriate and harmful sites with morals, and the Net Nanny programs package is one of the best programs working in this field.

The (Net Nani) package consists of programs for various devices, as it is for Android as well as for iPhone and for Windows and Mac, as it analyzes pages in the actual time and opens or prevents content according to pre -settings, and not like other regular programs that depend on the addresses of pages prepared in advance, because the Internet isIt changes and a lot of the new content appears, (there is no information about the Arab content and the support of the program) can be viewed on their Arabic promotional leaflet to learn more, while the prices range between 48 and 78 dollars annually for the entire family (from 5 to 10 devices).

7. Screen Teen Programs

This program can be considered the largest competitors and application of the previous Screen Time, but it is also more than that it supports Windows devices (besides Android and iOS), but the previous program is more special regarding controlling use and playing time, while prices are approximately equal ($ 40in the year).

Screen Teen provides control and protection for your children from harmful and unwanted sites, and also provides protection from applications that you do not want to use your children, you are the one who determines a list of these applications and the application will make the rest and provide several other features of them - and what concerns us - is to register the sites thatIt was visited and recorded in a report so that parents can see it.

8. The devices connected to the router

Another way, but it is not software this time, which is a device connected to the router with the aim of filtering sites or managing the connected devices in general and determining the available times, sites and applications. Examples of these devices include:

Finally: There are other programs and tools specializing in parental control in general. PCMAG has reviewed some of them, and you can also look at other tools such as Kidlogger or K9 Web Protection, and others.

Note: There is a type of applications that we have not discussed in this report, which is determined by your son a special angle or a graphical interface in which some applications that were identified in advance only, and the child cannot get out of it (such as the Kids Zone and other applications), these applications are more suitableYoung children, who have not yet entered the Internet world, but whoever is at the age of ten or at the beginning of adolescence, these programs will not suit him.