That in itself is a fun story - one of those Internet startups spawned in school. The story's really about how the Internet has lowered the barriers to entry. But this is also about a new online-safety resource for parents. X-Detect is interesting because it's a little different from most monitoring software. The software uses keywords, which are disclosed in the documentation, as well as in the X-Detect Web site .
Users can modify the keywords, based on a family's own criteria.
For products in the monitoring category, go to GetNetWise.org's Tools for Families page . You'll find, as we did, that many of these are filtering or blocking software applications that include monitoring as one of their features. Some monitor email as well. In our humble opinion, being up front with kids is best. If parents choose to use monitoring software, we suggest they let their kids know.