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by ypkuby 2582 days ago
Have you considered getting your own non-isp supplied network gear, running a firewall and just monitoring it, setting up rules and triggers, etc?

That's what I'm doing at home, I also monitor news for threats happening and some sample payloads, IPs, and add to my block list.

Its not bulletproof, but I'd say 70% at least gets blocked.

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Sorry to jump in, but is it possible to monitor for cyber bullying using these methods?
Chat apps encrypt the messages as they are sent over the network preventing you from monitoring them.
This is where correlation would have to occur.

You see your son/daughter upset at 5:30 PM.

Suppose logs show your son/daughter was accessing IPs associated with Facebook/Messenger at 5:28 PM.

One could reasonably infer that something/someone upset them.

How would that work? I can’t see how the surveillance software would distinguish a benign message from a malign one. For example ”you’re so cool” could be either a compliment or an insult, depending on the context.