# Best networking software to spy with?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-networking-software-to-spy-with/180749>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 10, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-networking-software-to-spy-with/180749 "2003-06-10T00:17:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-networking-software-to-spy-with/180749/1 "2003-06-10T00:17:17Z")

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Just a short while ago my stepfather had purchased a laptop for himself, and I’ve got it set up so we’d both share internet access through a router.

But lately I’ve been in a peeping-tom kind of mood. Does anyone have some ideas for software I should be using? Preferably freeware if possible, I’d like to be able to scare him by moving his mouse around for no reason, typing phrases like “Satan is watching” and occasionally re-directing his websites to gay porn etc

😃

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**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-networking-software-to-spy-with/180749/2 "2003-06-10T17:49:34Z")

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Wow, no suggestions? No one has ever done anything like this before?

☹

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-networking-software-to-spy-with/180749/3 "2003-06-10T19:37:08Z")

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Yes, there are quite a few. However, you’re probably not going to find out about them here. 🙂