SnoopStick - USB Key Allows You To Monitor Remote PCs

May 3rd, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

SnoopStick

Some of you may have noticed a new advert on my site for SnoopStick. I’ve just clicked through to have a nosey at SnoopStick and I think it’s an interesting concept. SnoopStick provides software on a USB key that once inserted into a PC can install secret monitoring systems within 60 seconds. These monitoring systems allow you to not only secretly monitor in real-time usage on that PC, it also allows one to enable or disable Internet access.

SnoopStick could come in handy if you have kids and you want to keep an discreet eye on what they are doing, but the service could quite easily be abused e.g. you could insert the SnoopStick in your partner’s PC to keep an eye on what they are doing.

Would you ever use a service like SnoopStick or have you used a similar service in the past?

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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  1. #1

    Comment by Brown Baron on 3 May 2007:

    It only takes 60 seconds to install? I guess it has to be fast since it’s a “sneaky app”. Sounds interesting although I don’t need to monitor my kids and my wife. They might need to monitor me though.

  2. #2

    Comment by Everton on 3 May 2007:

    Maybe they already are….

    One thing I’m quite careful about is passwords. Until about a year ago, I was using the same password for just about everything. It was a good one, but I realised because I’d been using it so long too many people knew what it was.

    The funniest instance was when my girlfriend logged into my Tesco’s account and removed all the fatty food and sweets from my favourites as she wanted me to lose weight! I didn’t realise for ages.

  3. #3

    Comment by Brown Baron on 4 May 2007:

    Ahah now that’s good! I agree with the password. It’s too easy to just use one since it’s convenient. I have a dozen regular ones that I use. Sometimes though I tend to forget what I used for a particular site.

  4. #4

    Comment by green on 4 May 2007:

    This is a cool product to monitor your pc. For passwording issue. I would combine sitename, letters and numbers to create specific password for each site i visit.

  5. #5

    Comment by Mike on 6 May 2007:

    It is a rather interesting product but it is said nothing about its functionality i.e. what exactly it intercepts??? That is why I prefer ‘traditional’ monitoring products as I can go to keylogger.org or somewhere else and view the testing results for keyloggers. I can choose the one that is best PERSONALLY for me(the most functional or the most stealth or even the cheapest one)

  6. #6

    Comment by TwoKidsMom on 2 June 2007:

    I think this product is very useful. This is what I found about it:

    SnoopStick monitors all the web sites kids go to, their email, chats on IMs (Yahoo, MSN, AIM). It also is able to take screen shots of the pages kids see.

    SnoopStick is a parental control not a keylogger, so it can not be used to capture passwords.

    I found http://www.MyKidsInternetSafety.com has a lot of information about SnoopStick.

    Also, the have tons of videos showing off the device and how to use it on http://www.MyKidsInternetSafety.com/videos.html

  7. #7

    Comment by Harry Wood on 13 August 2007:

    I often go to tech meetings/conferences where there’s a sequence of talks by technical people, but often there’s just one guy with a laptop hooked up to the projector, and then other people just plug in their USB key in, and open their powerpoint file.

    I always wondered whether the guy with the laptop should really be a little bit paranoid about this. I mean these people dont really know each other, but they are letting a technical expert onto their laptop. What might they be installing in the background, while they are giving their talk!

    For this use (or abuse) you would need it to install very quietly (no pop-up error messages!)

  8. #8

    Comment by Everton on 13 August 2007:

    @Harry

    Very good point - would be a good way to do some corporate espionage!

  9. #9

    Comment by Dr David C Payne on 16 October 2007:

    I can certainly see this tool being very useful within a family unit, say with teenage children, used in conjunction with some discussion about the appropriate use of the Internet.

    At work, I can see some problems with security and violation of privacy. Also, this stick must be visible (based on its apparent size) to most users and the label “Snoop” on its side is a bit of a giveaway!

    Has any reader used it and does it really work?

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