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A long and incredible tale, I get back my stolen computer by a keylogger!

I have 2 devices in my house, one is used for my work, and the other mac laptop is in my children’s room. Taking into account their online safety, I reckon parental control is necessary. At last, I got a trial of one type of mac keylogger. It can record all keystrokes typed on any application and capture the desktop screenshots, then secretly send the logs to my email. So checking emails becomes a routine.

It was a normal day. After I end the task, I opened my email and checked the new information as usual. It was an email from the Mac parental control software. The email showed clearly the websites visited, chatting messages and netgame screenshots. When I read the message of my 12-year-ancient girl, I smelled something. She was talking with a guy every late night during the past November. Am I too paranoid? I like my children and I want to take any measure to protect them. I must be clear about the overall situation. But I was in the trial period and only 3 days left. After so nice a trial experience, I bought the keylogger service without hesitation, so I could get continued emails from the software.

But, it never rains but it pours. The next day, a thief came when we were out. Loss was huge including 2 computers, one digital camera and bucks. I called the police, and they brushed me off. Obviously they had handled so many such cases. In these days, home burglary is on the rise. As to the thief, there was no clue. I never expect that I can get back my stolen computer one day.

Two days after the burglary case,  my office computer hinted me getting a new email when I was bargaining with my client. The data in the email really astonished me! A guy swanked his huge affair and loot to another. It was the thief! He must be using the computer which I had installed parental control software that sent his information without his knowing.  I consulted the software manufacture, asking about if I could receive the logged keys and screenshots by email as before, thanks god  they answered me timely that I could start receiving the emails with the screenshoots and logged keys again without having my computer back if the computer is connected to Internet. In the next days, I received some emails uninterruptedly, then I handed over this evidence to the police. The nervously waiting days were so long, but the burglars eventually get caught and arrested. I got back of my property.

That’s all the surprised accident, I must appreciate the software after service and their sound quality products. Owning to them, I can  minimize my loss as well as catch the criminal. But, it’s not the end. Kids online safety still bother me. I need to rely on the parental control software for helping  me keep an eye on my children .

I’m telling you this tale, maybe it makes you a sense of keylogger. If yours is PC, installing a remote spy software could be beneficial some day.