October 06, 2006
Protect Kids With IMSafer
VoIP blogger Alec Saunders talks about a new Instant Messaging monitoring tool for parents that has been created by his friend Brandon Watson. Called IMSafer, it would run in the background on a computer, discreetly monitoring IM text conversations and using lexical analysis to determine if the person talking to your child might be a sexual predator. The analysis techniques used are the same used by law enforcement.
I have no children myself, but this is a wonderful idea. It's unfortunate that we need these things, but we do. And with VoIP use becoming more widespread, maybe someone can marry voice-to-text translation with something like KishKish lie detector for Skype and come up with something that can protect people from vishers.
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