Covenant Eyes Does More than Promise Our Eyes
Recently, I have begun using a piece of software that’s had a significant impact on my life and I wanted to share it. It’s called Covenant Eyes and it’s what they call an internet accountability program.
Basically, what it does is generates log files of where you go on the internet, and generates reports that are sent to ‘accountability partners’ once a week. In my case, I’ve designated my pastor, my wife, and a couple of men in the church to receive reports on me. You see, I do a lot of work on laptops that are connected directly to routers and use the browser to access their web-based interfaces. I imagined I would have all kinds of problems with this tool, but I rarely even know that it’s on.
By the way, you cannot turn the program off, there’s no real reason to anyway, it doesn’t interfere with anything at all that I’ve found and I’ve used it on three different browsers. I have it installed on three computers also, two at my desk at work, and one at home and it just sits quietly in the back ground, doing it’s logging.
And here’s another nice thing, once you’ve signed up, which is either $6.99 a month, or $75 a year if I’m not mistaken, you can install it on as many computers as you like and it will log data from all of them.
In the event that you DO want to uninstall, you’ll need to contact customer service and get an uninstall password, but even uninstalling the program is logged.
One more nice thing that I discovered quite by accident is that it can function as sort of a way to password protect the internet. Notice I did not say Internet Explorer, cause it would block whatever browser you were trying to use. I know a family with seven children and when they got broadband internet service in their home, they were kind of disappointed that there seemed no way to lock it out, so that if they were not home for example and their children wanted to use the computer, they’d be able to do that without having access to the internet. Covenant Eyes does not allow internet access unless it is logged in. On my computer, I have it remember my user name and password so that it logs in automatically whenever the computer is started. It’s as easy as that.
I think this is a remarkable tool and is invaluable for anyone who has concerns or apprehensions about the internet, or for people with young children. The price is right, there’s nothing intrusive about the software. If you’re not doing anything on line that other people shouldn’t see, you won’t be bothered by being “monitored”. On the other hand, if you’re doing things you know you shouldn’t do and you know you’re being watched, you might be more careful to avoid going certain place. And for the peace of mind it brings to a family cannot be under estimated. Whether you’re involved in things you shouldn’t be involved with or not. It’s cheap insurance for our families, that’s for sure!
Submitted by A.Jay. Sutton
Basically, what it does is generates log files of where you go on the internet, and generates reports that are sent to ‘accountability partners’ once a week. In my case, I’ve designated my pastor, my wife, and a couple of men in the church to receive reports on me. You see, I do a lot of work on laptops that are connected directly to routers and use the browser to access their web-based interfaces. I imagined I would have all kinds of problems with this tool, but I rarely even know that it’s on.
By the way, you cannot turn the program off, there’s no real reason to anyway, it doesn’t interfere with anything at all that I’ve found and I’ve used it on three different browsers. I have it installed on three computers also, two at my desk at work, and one at home and it just sits quietly in the back ground, doing it’s logging.
And here’s another nice thing, once you’ve signed up, which is either $6.99 a month, or $75 a year if I’m not mistaken, you can install it on as many computers as you like and it will log data from all of them.
In the event that you DO want to uninstall, you’ll need to contact customer service and get an uninstall password, but even uninstalling the program is logged.
One more nice thing that I discovered quite by accident is that it can function as sort of a way to password protect the internet. Notice I did not say Internet Explorer, cause it would block whatever browser you were trying to use. I know a family with seven children and when they got broadband internet service in their home, they were kind of disappointed that there seemed no way to lock it out, so that if they were not home for example and their children wanted to use the computer, they’d be able to do that without having access to the internet. Covenant Eyes does not allow internet access unless it is logged in. On my computer, I have it remember my user name and password so that it logs in automatically whenever the computer is started. It’s as easy as that.
I think this is a remarkable tool and is invaluable for anyone who has concerns or apprehensions about the internet, or for people with young children. The price is right, there’s nothing intrusive about the software. If you’re not doing anything on line that other people shouldn’t see, you won’t be bothered by being “monitored”. On the other hand, if you’re doing things you know you shouldn’t do and you know you’re being watched, you might be more careful to avoid going certain place. And for the peace of mind it brings to a family cannot be under estimated. Whether you’re involved in things you shouldn’t be involved with or not. It’s cheap insurance for our families, that’s for sure!
Submitted by A.Jay. Sutton
posted by Antoine @ 2/06/2006 04:17:00 PM
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