What Bark Monitors

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iOS Devices

Device

Bark monitors the following directly on your kid’s device:

  • Texts
  • Photos & videos
  • Notes
  • Voice memos
How to set up monitoring for iOS devices

Email

Bark monitors these email clients on Apple/iOS:

  • Sent emails
  • Received emails
  • Image attachments

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s AOL Mail login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an AOL Mail account to Bark.

  • Sent emails
  • Received emails
  • Image attachments

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Comcast login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Sent emails
  • Received emails
  • Image attachments

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Gmail login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Sent emails
  • Received emails
  • Image attachments

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Outlook login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Sent emails
  • Received emails
  • Image attachments

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Yahoo! Mail login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding a Yahoo! Mail account to Bark.

  • Sent emails
  • Received emails
  • Image attachments

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s iCloud Email login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an iCloud Email account to Bark.

Apps

Bark monitors these apps on Apple/iOS:

  • Documents
  • Images
  • Videos

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Dropbox login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Posts on your child’s timeline (text and images)

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Facebook login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Photos
  • Comments on photos

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Flickr login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Google Docs, PDFs, documents, and text files
  • Comments and replies (in Google Docs)
  • Photos and videos

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Google Drive login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Group messages
  • Direct messages
  • Images and videos in both

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s GroupMe login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Your child’s posts, including images, videos, and captions
  • Direct messages

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Instagram login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

Limited platform

Instagram doesn’t let Bark (or any other service) access direct messaging data on iOS devices.

What you can do:

  • Message attachments
  • Chats
Bark automatically monitors Kik on connected iOS devices. Sign up for Bark today.
  • In-stream chats
  • Direct messages

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s LiveMe login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • PDFs, Office documents, and text files
  • Comments and replies (in Office documents)
  • Photos and videos

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Microsoft login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Your child’s profile
  • Images and descriptions they pin

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Pinterest login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Posts
  • Comments and replies
  • Direct messages

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Reddit login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Individual direct messages
  • Group direct messages
  • Private channels

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Slack login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Song lyrics

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Spotify login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Photos
  • Chats
  • Links
  • Photo posts
  • Quotes
  • Answers
  • Blog posts

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Tumblr login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Direct messages

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s Twitter login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • Chats
Bark automatically monitors WhatsApp on connected iOS devices. Sign up for Bark today.
  • Videos your child posts (Age 13+)
  • Comments on their videos (Age 13+)
  • New videos from your child’s channel subscriptions (Age 13+)

Sign up for Bark and enter your child’s YouTube login info to start monitoring. We also have step-by-step instructions for adding an account to Bark.

  • No coverage on iOS
Discord doesn’t let Bark (or any other service) access direct messaging data on iOS devices. We're continually working to be able to monitor Discord on iOS devices.

What you can do:

  • No coverage on iOS
TikTok doesn’t let Bark (or any other service) monitor its content. We're continually working to be able to monitor TikTok on iOS devices.

What you can do:

  • No coverage on iOS
Skype doesn’t let Bark (or any other service) monitor its content. We're continually working to be able to monitor Skype on iOS devices.

What you can do:

  • No coverage on iOS
Snapchat doesn’t let Bark (or any other service) monitor its content. We're continually working to be able to monitor Snapchat on iOS devices.

What you can do:

Browser

Bark monitors this browser on Apple/iOS:

  • Website visits
  • Searches
Bark automatically monitors Safari on connected iOS devices. Sign up for Bark today.

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How can I help?

Help us and other parents across the U.S. advocate for better child protection on Instagram’s iOS app.

Tweet Instagram

"Hey @instagram, please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechco so they can help keep my kids safe online!"

Tweet Instagram
Send Instagram feedback

Message their support team:

  1. In the Instagram app, tap your profile photo circle at the bottom right of the screen.
  2. Select the “Settings” gear icon at the top right.
  3. Scroll down to “Report a problem” and tap “General Feedback.”
  4. Paste this message in the text box and send:

    “Please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechnologies so they can help keep my kids safe online!”

How can I help?

Help us and other parents across the U.S. advocate for better child protection on Discord’s iOS app.

Tweet Discord

"Hey @discord, please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechco so they can help keep my kids safe online!"

Tweet Discord
Send Discord feedback

Message their support team:

  1. From the Discord app, tap the profile photo in the bottom-right corner.
  2. Scroll down and select “Support.”
  3. From the drop-down menu, select “Help & Support.”
  4. Select “General Question”
  5. Paste this message in the text box and send:

    “Please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechnologies so they can help keep my kids safe online!”

How can I help?

Help us and other parents across the U.S. advocate for better child protection on TikTok’s iOS app.

Tweet TikTok

"Hey @tiktok, please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechco so they can help keep my kids safe online!"

Tweet TikTok
Send TikTok feedback

Message their support team:

  1. From your profile page, tap the “...” in the top-right corner.
  2. Scroll down to “Support” and tap “Report a problem.”
  3. Tap “Suggestion” under “Select a topic.”
  4. Select “Still have problem.”
  5. Paste this message in the text box and send:

    “Please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechnologies so they can help keep my kids safe online!”

How can I help?

Help us and other parents across the U.S. advocate for better child protection on Skype’s iOS app.

Tweet Skype

"Hey @skype, please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechco so they can help keep my kids safe online!"

Tweet Skype
Send Skype feedback

Message their support team:

  1. Tap your profile photo at the top of the screen.
  2. Tap the “Settings” gear.
  3. Tap “Help & Feedback.”
  4. Select “Give feedback.”
  5. Paste this message in the text box and send:

    “Please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechnologies so they can help keep my kids safe online!”

How can I help?

Help us and other parents across the U.S. advocate for better child protection on Snapchat’s iOS app.

Tweet Snapchat

"Hey @snapchat, please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechco so they can help keep my kids safe online!"

Tweet Snapchat
Send Snapchat feedback

Message their support team:

  1. In the Snapchat app, select the profile picture on the top left > Settings
  2. Scroll down to I have a suggestion
  3. Select Friends
  4. Choose the topic Snaps
  5. Paste this message in the text box and send:

    Please open your direct message API to the good guys at @barktechnologies so they can help keep my kids safe online!