Untrust worthy friend

[Gavner]

Hey there Ubuntu Forum members,

I have a bit of a dilemma here, I have a friend thats living with me and my parents but the problem is, I don't exactly trust him. I have a feeling he may be doing illegal things on our internet connection and I would like to monitor what he is doing.

If you guys can give me ways to monitor his internet activity I will be very appreciative. (Of course I would warn him I was going to do this, I wouldn't like to find out I was being spied on without warning.)

The only reason I even think about doing this is to protect me and my parents from anything bad that can come from him doing anything illegal.

[rogeriopvl]

You have tons of different ways to monitor. Like, check the browser history, bash history, set up a keylogger that activates when he starts his session etc..

[hyper_ch]

you know that too much monitoring, especially when you don't inform the other one, you might get yourself into legal problems.

[Dr Small]

you know that too much monitoring, especially when you don't inform the other one, you might get yourself into legal problems.
I don't see how you could, when it's your house.

[scouser73]

How about not letting him have access to the PC.

[hyper_ch]

I don't see how you could, when it's your house.

Surveillance might be a violation of the other's privacy rights. It's one thing to forbid not using a computer but another one to monitor what a person does on it - especially if that person's not notified of the monitoring.