Are all of my AIM convo's saved somewhere on my computer?

Question

Just curious if of my conversations are saved, and if they are: where they are located? Thank you!

Answer 1

you can set it to "Log" your conversations, and can put a password on it.

We have Macs, but it should be one of the options where you change all the settings/preferences.

I have my son's conversations logged and only I know the password - so I can go read them whenever I want and find out what he's up to.

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To the other Answerer - "Josh":

NO, it is NOT invasion of privacy. As a minor, my son is solely my responsibility. In fact, I can go to jail or incur major fines for things he might do without my knowledge. He is fully aware that I log his IMs, so I'm NOT 'spying'. Although he doesn't like it, he knows that I do it because I care about his well-being.

In fact, my son tells me things because he knows I'll find out eventually, and he doesn't like lying. The key is that I rarely read the logs; and I don't get hysterical or punish him. I just use it to open a dialog about different situations that he and his friends are in, and how they might want to handle them.

I have given him responsibility and let him make his own mistakes. He thought I was so mean because I didn't bail him out of the messes he'd gotten into. He also hated doing chores and earning money to get the things he wanted. But at nearly 16, he now sees how ill-prepared most of his peers are to live in the real world. He understands the value of hard work and appreciates all he has, regardless of who paid for it.

He and his friends talk about anything to me, or in my presence. I sometimes join them for poker night (I always lose). So rather than push him away, we are really quite close; and hopefully his friends know that they can come to me if they have a problem they can't talk to their own parents about.

I hope that you also have someone that you can trust; and I hope that when you have your own kids, that you will care enough to be involved in their lives. Good luck to you!

Answer 2

Well you can set it in your settings... or you can just copy and paste the important stuff...

but for the parents who do this to spy on their kids... it is invasion of privacy... and the kid is going to resent it, and rebel, and you are only pushing him away... i can understand it with little kids... but not teenagers... they need to learn things on their own, learn from their mistakes...

ex... if you constantly badger them about smoking, they are more than likely going to try it a few times... but if you tell them the bad things... they will think twice...