What Bark monitors
Device
Bark monitors the following directly on your kid’s device:
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Texts
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Photos & videos
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Web browsing
Bark monitors these email clients on Bark Phones:
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AOL MailSent emailsReceived emailsImage attachments
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ComcastSent emailsReceived emailsImage attachments
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GmailSent emailsReceived emailsImage attachments
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OutlookSent emailsReceived emailsImage attachments
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Yahoo! MailSent emailsReceived emailsImage attachments
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iCloud EmailSent emailsReceived emailsImage attachments
Apps
Bark monitors these apps on Bark Phones:
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BandGroup chat messages (text chat only)Individual direct messages (text chat only)
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DiscordChannel chat messages (text chat only)Group direct messages (text chat only)Individual direct messages (text chat only)
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DropboxDocumentsImagesVideos
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FacebookPosts on your child’s timeline (text and images)
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FlickrPhotosComments on photos
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Google DriveGoogle Docs, PDFs, documents, and text filesComments and replies (in Google Docs)Photos and videos
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GroupMeGroup messagesDirect messagesImages and videos in both
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HollaText chats with matches
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InstagramYour child’s posts, including images, videos, and captionsDirect messages (text only)Searches
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KikChats (text only)
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Messenger KidsDirect messages (text chat only)
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OneDrivePDFs, Office documents, and text filesComments and replies (in Office documents)Photos and videos
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PinterestYour child’s profileImages and descriptions they pin
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RedditDirect messages
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RobloxSent chatsContent searches
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SkypeDirect messages (text only)Group direct messages (text only)
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SlackIndividual direct messagesGroup direct messagesPrivate channels
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SnapchatDirect messages (text chat only)My AI chatSearches
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SpotifySong lyrics
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SteamChat messages (text only)
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TikTokDirect messages (text only) Note: TikTok automatically disables direct messages for kids under 16.
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TumblrPhotosChatsLinksPhoto postsQuotesAnswersBlog posts
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Twitter/XDirect messages
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VSCOChats (text only)
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WhatsAppChats
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YouTubeVideos your child posts (Age 13+)Comments on their videos (Age 13+)New videos from your child’s channel subscriptions (Age 13+)Views and searches
Browsers
Bark monitors these browsers on Bark Phones:
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Google ChromeWebsite visitsSearchesIncognito browsing
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Default BrowsersWebsite visitsSearchesIncognito browsing
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FirefoxWebsite visitsSearchesIncognito browsing
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