ParentSense - Smart Search & Safety Insights

ParentSense: Smart Search Awareness & Parental Safety Be the lighthouse in their digital ocean. ParentSense provides caring parents with a discreet, secure, and privacy-first way to stay informed about sensitive searches, bullying, and early distress signals—without intrusive tracking or rigid web blocking. WHY AWARENESS BEATS AGGRESSIVE BLOCKING • Early Distress Detection: Children facing cyberbullying, anxiety, or distress rarely speak up immediately, but they often search for answers online or type their thoughts into forums, chats, and search engines. • Building Trust Over Walls: Move from "I don't trust you, so I blocked you" to "I am here as a quiet safety net if you ever encounter something overwhelming." • No "Forbidden Fruit" Effect: Rigid web blockers push kids to find bypasses (VPNs, secondary browsers, friends' devices). Gentle, local awareness eliminates that friction while keeping the lines of communication open. SMART KEYWORD STRATEGY ("Think Like a Teenager") ParentSense allows complete flexibility to tailor keyword pools using authentic language and slang: • Mental Health & Distress: Catch subtle phrases like "want to disappear", "hate my body", "feel so alone", "kill myself". • Substance Awareness: Monitor specific terminology such as "GHB", "GBL", "MDMA", "weed gummies", "edibles", "vape juice". • Cyberbullying & Social Exclusion: Track phrases like "they hate me", "kicked from group", "stop texting me", "exposed". • Adult & High-Risk Content: Customize terms matching exact concerns for your household. 100% ON-DEVICE PRIVACY GUARANTEE • Zero Data Collection: Detection logic and alert logs run and reside exclusively on your local computer (chrome.storage.local). • No External Servers: No browsing activity, search queries, or logs are ever transmitted to the cloud or third parties. • PIN-Protected Dashboard: Secured behind a 4-digit Parent PIN and security recovery question. KEY FEATURES • Real-Time Input & Search Monitoring: Inspects search engine queries, voice-to-text inputs, and active web forms locally on the client side. • Exact Typed Context: Captures the exact search query or typed phrase to eliminate false alarms and avoid scanning passive page content. • Predefined Safety Presets: Quick-start categories for bullying, substances, self-harm, and adult content. • Direct Context Links: Review the exact timestamp and source page for any triggered alert. • Clean & Discreet UI: Minimal lighthouse icon designed to blend naturally into the browser. INCOGNITO MODE SETUP To maintain active protection during private browsing sessions: 1. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/ 2. Click 'Details' on the ParentSense card. 3. Enable the toggle: "Allow in Incognito".