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technology used by law enforcement to catch internet predators is available to parents to protect their kids online.
According to the FBI, internet crime is growing fast, and children are the fastest growing victim pool. The problem is growing so fast that the FBI's Innocent Images program has become the bureau's second-largest operation -- second only to the Sept. 11 terrorism case.
Now, the technology used by law enforcement to catch internet predators is available to parents to protect their kids online.
Watch Right is an easy-to-use parental monitoring software for AOL and AIM*. The application empowers parents to monitor the behavior of their children while on the Internet -- and help parents fight the fastest growing crime in America -- crimes against kids on the Internet.
Watch Right, a parental monitoring software that works with AOL and AIM, is not filtering software, but a sophisticated, easy-to-use application that empowers parents to monitor the behavior of their children on the Internet. The software monitors and records for review by the parent all: instant messages, chat room sessions, email, web sites visited, and message board interactions.
James Doyle, President of Internet Crimes Inc., believes parents should take advantage of monitoring tools at home.
"The Internet is just like the real world. There are bad neighborhoods and good neighborhoods. Parents need to know what can happen and that bad people are coming into their homes. And now the same technology we use to catch cyber criminals is available in Watch Right."
Bob DeMarco, CEO of IP Group, and marketing partner for Watch Right said,
"Our position in this industry is unique. Our PowerTools software is used by the FBI, Department of Justice, and every Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in the U.S. The same reliable logging technology used in PowerTools to collect digital evidence is now available for parents to use in the home."
The Watch Right monitoring panel can only be used by the parent, and was developed after hundreds of hours of feedback from law enforcement officials and parents.
Watch Right recently launched a weblog that features articles about this growing problem. The blog includes an RSS feed for schools.
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