On 2018/09/09 12:37, Ken M wrote: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:08:39AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > Scanning for troubling words is not going to work without being able to > > see the email itself for context. Whether it's automated scanning or > > reading the mails yourself there are still privacy issues. Plus whatever > > monitoring you do is going to miss IMs, web forums (reddit, youtube > > comments, etc), online chat in games, all sorts. Email is relatively
Oh, and in-person of course! > > much less used. Better to keep your eyes open and talk to them rather > > than try to do this by technical means. > > > In general this is my belief as well. I am just trying to find the right > compromise on this for my wife to be satisfied. Or at least create the > semblance > of what will satisfy her. > > Ken In a nutshell, monitoring email is concentrating on what is really likely to be one of the less problematic areas. The others, which IMO are MUCH more likely to be involved if any problems do occur, are less amenable to this sort of treatment. (For my children, 12-16, email is pretty much a last resort if other methods aren't available, I think that's pretty common nowadays).
