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IM monitoring for parents

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:34:00 -0400

Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Vascellaro talks to Jean Lee about how parents can use Web filtering software to help protect their children from online predators

See the video here. (3 min 16 sec) October 18, 2006

Some of the software mentioned in the video:

IMSafer – basic version is free

SearchHelp – $79.95 for a one year license

BeNetSafe – $19.95 per month or $79.95 per year

SnoopStick – $59.95 plus $24.95 per year

"IM monitoring for parents" by Richard Kuhlenschmidt

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:55:21 -0400

Hi Josh

Thanks for your comments. I was at a middle school parent meeting last night where the topic of IM monitoring came up, so there seems to be a great desire for a product like IMSafer.

Richard

"IM monitoring for parents" by Josh Morgan

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:28:32 -0400

Hi Richard,

I’m the PR guy working with IMSafer. In regards to helping protect kids from inappropriate content on social networks, IMSafer has introduced its Social Networking Service that notifies parents when their children receive links or content from the major social networking services. More information is here:

http://www.imsafer.com/splash/pr-10-18-06.rhtml

"IM monitoring for parents" by Richard Kuhlenschmidt

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:54:29 -0400

Brandon,

Thanks for your comment.

Being able to monitor MSN, AOL and Yahoo is big! Of course, social networking sites like MySpace are becoming almost a right of passage for teens these days.

I look forward to testing it out.

Richard

"IM monitoring for parents" by Brandon Watson

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:59:20 -0400

Richard,

Thanks for picking this up. I’m the CEO of IMSafer, and we felt that a free alternative for parents makes a lot of sense. Our number 1 mission is helping parents and kids work together to keep the kids safe online. Our free service is our commitment to that. We do have a premium service, which gets coverage for the social netowrking sites, but free will get you coverage for MSN, AOL and Yahoo IM programs.

Thanks, Brandon Watson CEO IMSafer

"IM monitoring for parents" by Richard Kuhlenschmidt

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:46:29 -0400

Yes, free is good. Have you had a chance to test IMSafer yet?

I’ll try to dig into it a bit later.

"IM monitoring for parents" by freeisgood

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:28:35 -0400

I like the fact that IMSafer is free, and it seems to really address the real issue, IM is where predators really prey on kids.