AOL Parental Controls.... Any way around them?

[Heisenberg]

<< If you call good solid advice crapping in your thread so be it.

But keep in the back of your mind. Whatever help you decide to give her could have very bad effect on the relationship between your friend and her father. >>



You have a point. Personally, I try to stay out of other people's business as much as possible. But in this case, her father is being way overprotective. That's just not healthy. Unfortunately, unless she has the financial means to support herself, leaving may not be an option.

 

[Bateluer]

<<
You have a point. Personally, I try to stay out of other people's business as much as possible. But in this case, her father is being way overprotective. That's just not healthy. Unfortunately, unless she has the financial means to support herself, leaving may not be an option. >>



Am I being ignored?

Is there a reason she cannot get together with a group of her friends and rent an apartment?

 

[Heisenberg]

<< Am I being ignored?

Is there a reason she cannot get together with a group of her friends and rent an apartment? >>



No - I agree with you. My point was that money may prevent that.

 

[Bateluer]

<<

<< Am I being ignored?

Is there a reason she cannot get together with a group of her friends and rent an apartment? >>



No - I agree with you. My point was that money may prevent that. >>



I'd have to say either move out, or have a good talk with her father.

 

[stev0]

Well.... this is what I would do, and have done.

Hook yourself up with a keylogger, anyone will do. Check the log, get his pw, sign on his name and change everything for her. While your in there might as well make her accout a master account as well (if you can still do this on these newer versions of aol, I personally haven't used it since 4.0 so I dont really know).

Just a thought, what if you go though all this trouble for her and one day her father catches her using things that she normally wounldn't be able to use... wouldn't that get her in a whole load of trouble?

Also... and I may be wrong on this, but if there is a connection to the internet shouldn't you be able to use any browser, with it set up.. say neoplanet.

The best way would be to have her talk to her father, even though it is his house, this does seem a bit extreme, and he probably thinks that he is just doing what he can to protect his 'little girl'.

 

[aphex]

Ok, first off to answer a few questions. Shes never done anything wrong to make her father like this. Apparently he just thinks the internet is a vulgar place that she dosent need to be using or something. She also isnt able to talk to him because from what i understand, he dosent care what she thinks about his decisions. Finally, moving out isnt really an option due to the finanical situation.

All that being said, the only answer so far seems to be a keylogging program, correct?

 

[ucdnam]

First, install key logger and get required info. Then you can do whatever you like, but remember to cover your tracks.

As for moving out, I once lived with 6 guys in 2 rooms when I was a freshman. I'd rather live with guys than at home any day. Being with 5 other guys meant paying less than 200/month for rent. Come on, any campus job could get you that easily.

Otherwise, if she is gonna be weak and not try to stand up for herself, do what she wants, learn new things, oh well, it's her life buddy.

 

[yobarman]

yeah get a keylogger...but you might want to find one with an option to hide it, cause you dont want her to get caught.

 

[yakko]

She can just minimize the AOL window and open IE seperately. The parental controls only work inside of AOL. Then she can use web based email and get to whatever sites she wants.

 

[John]

yakko is correct.

 

[MrCodeDude]

<< She can just minimize the AOL window and open IE seperately. The parental controls only work inside of AOL. Then she can use web based email and get to whatever sites she wants. >>


I was thinking that..
-- mrcodedude

 

[peto]

<<

<< She can just minimize the AOL window and open IE seperately. The parental controls only work inside of AOL. Then she can use web based email and get to whatever sites she wants. >>


I was thinking that..
-- mrcodedude >>



...and I said that several posts back along with the keylogger idea.

 

[b0mbrman]

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<< I think she uses the computers at school when needed. But her aol email is completely blocked off (no sending or recieving) and living as far away from school as she does, going there isnt always an option. >>

IMO, I think she should get together with some of her friends, and rent an apartment together. Many college students do this. >>


Yeah, but it might not be practical for her living that close to the school...

 

[veryape]

Show her father this thread, particularly my post, where I say, YOU ARE A FRIGGING CONTROL FREAK AND PARENTS LIKE YOU MAKE YOUR CHILDREN LEAVE HOME AT AN EARLY AGE AND BECOME DRUG ADDICTED PROSTITUTES!!!! GIVE UP THE CONTROL THING ALREADY!! LOSER!!! Yup, that't the part i'd show him. She needs to start to stick up for herself, because it may be his house but i'm sure if she wanted to move he'd want control of that too, and he'd have none.

 

[hoomza444]

well.......what you can do is get a whole bunch of free aol cds that have the free trial.......keep signing up for accounts for her since u don't need to use CC...........and then she can just log into AOL as a guest.......i would THINK that the parental controls wouldn't apply to that particular account logging in as a guest, but i don't have any experience with parental controls and stuff so id on't know how it works like if it is for accounts or for the actual application or waht.......but yeah, if you want to help i would say that is the best way is to just hook her up with her own master aol account

 

[tm37]

I have No Problems with doing what what yakko said.

So her Dad has a control Problem? How bad would this problem Be if He finds out you have been Hacking into his computer to let his daughter do something HE DOESN'T WANT HER TO?

The Key here is HIS HOUSE HIS RULES! If she doesn't like the rules she should Either talk to him OR move out.

Nuff Said!

Helping a friend is cool and all but you have to becareful about makeing there life worse. Is AOL Really worth it?

 

[geno]

It might be his house and his rules. But what's the point in a rule that's just going to affect his daughter's GPA?

 

[tm37]

<< It might be his house and his rules. But what's the point in a rule that's just going to affect his daughter's GPA? >>



OMG ! No interent means LOW GRADES!?!

It's a library, they are books, read them.

YOU DO NOT NEED THE INTERNET TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER!

 

[geno]

<< It's a library, they are books, read them. >>



It's called the internet, you find what you're looking for much faster, therefore making your research much more efficient and effective.

Sorry but you can't compare a library full of books to a world of information that's just a keystroke away. My point was that the father is hindering his daughters chances at doing well in school, and there's no positive point to it (at least from everyone else's point of view, because the father obviously thinks there's something good in it).

 

[wiredspider]

<< well.......what you can do is get a whole bunch of free aol cds that have the free trial.......keep signing up for accounts for her since u don't need to use CC...........and then she can just log into AOL as a guest.......i would THINK that the parental controls wouldn't apply to that particular account logging in as a guest, but i don't have any experience with parental controls and stuff so id on't know how it works like if it is for accounts or for the actual application or waht.......but yeah, if you want to help i would say that is the best way is to just hook her up with her own master aol account >>



They say no credit cardf, but they will require that you either give credit card or some type of checking account...

 

[tm37]

<< It's called the internet, you find what you're looking for much faster, therefore making your research much more efficient and effective.

Sorry but you can't compare a library full of books to a world of information that's just a keystroke away. My point was that the father is hindering his daughters chances at doing well in school, and there's no positive point to it (at least from everyone else's point of view, because the father obviously thinks there's something good in it). >>



Yes she make have to work a little harder to find what you need BUT it's not like he took away her pens and pencils making it impossible to take notes.

Yes the interent is a powerful additional tool that can be used in research. But it should not replace the library. Her dad is making it harder not impossible, I thought my dad was a jerk for not letting me use a calculator for my math Homework. The teacher allowed it. But I can do long division in my head and make calculations on the fly. Sometimes your brain needs to be honed and hard workj is the only way tpo do it!

 

[rh71]

uHH... tell DADDY-O she needs to do research for class all the time. The hour restriction is fine if he wants that control, but restricting any use of email and web browsing is ridiculous. She's in college... she NEEDS to do RESEARCH. Try explaining that... hopefully he's paying for her tuition too... he'll think twice about letting her fail. *hint hint*

 

[bsobel]

> First, install key logger and get required info. Then you can do whatever you like, but remember to cover your tracks

Sorry if this will be seen as thread crapping, but all of the posters telling you to install a key logger are friggin idiots. You understand that doing that may well involve criminal prosecution against you? Your situation isn't helped by the fact that the father is a cop. There is pending case (forgot where, anyone remember) where a husband is being prosecuted for installing a keylogger on his seperated wife's machine, the husband will likely lose and spend some time in jail.

Bill

 

[KevinF]

<< She can just minimize the AOL window and open IE seperately. The parental controls only work inside of AOL. Then she can use web based email and get to whatever sites she wants. >>



This is not true. In all recent versions of AOL, if any parental controls are enabled, the AOL account cannot be used outside of AOL. For instance, with parental controls and an AOL connection, IE will not recognize that the computer is connected to the Internet.

The only solution is a keylogger, but I think the cons of that far outweigh the pros

 

[aphex]

Shes usin AOL 4.0.... I havent talked to her today yet, I also think were gonna stay away from the keyloggers for now. Ill try and get her to use the other methods, like signing on as a guest or downsizing it.