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X3 Watch – Free internet accountability software

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1. What’s an accountability software?

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button With accountability software, a user has an accountability partner who is sent copies of the web pages the user looks at. The idea is that if the user knows the accountability partner will be keeping track of his or her Internet usage, the user is less likely to visit sites that will not be approved by the partner.

2. What is it not?

An accountability software is not an internet usage monitor. Neither it’s designed to block the user from  accessing inappropriate web sites.

3. What is X3 Watch?

X3watch is a software that does exactly what I mentioned above. Whenever you browse the Internet and access a site, which may contain questionable material, the program will record the site name, time, and date the site was visited.

A person of your choice (an accountability partner) will receive an email containing all possible questionable sites you may have visited within the month. This information is meant to encourage open and honest conversation between friends and help us all be more accountable.

“Covenant Eyes” is the most popular software of it’s kind, but “X3 Watch” offers a free edition also.

4. How do I install it in my computer?

I don’t know how many of our readers are comfortable with downloading software from the internet and installing in the local PC. Therefore I wanted to give some brief instructions.

I. Run the setup file

Assuming you have already downloaded the software run setup by double-clicking the “Setup.exe” file. You might get this warning message. “The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?” Click Run.

II. You should see the following screen. Click next

X3 Watch - Free internet accountability software

III. Accept the end user license agreement.

Select “I accept the agreement” and click “Next”

X3 Watch - Free internet accountability software

IV. Selecting a start menu folder

In this step just leave the default values as they are and click “Next” to continue

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button

V. Now click “Install”

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button

VI. The Installation starts. Wait till it completes. This wont take long

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button

VII. Installation successful

You should get the following screen if the installation was successful. Make sure that the option “Launch X3Watch” is checked. Then click “Finish”.

Configuration

Now X3Watch will prompt you to enter some information.  Enter your email address and First name in the relevant fields. Click ok.

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button

A message appears saying you need to register and configure the software. Click ok.

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button

Now, enter the email address(es) of your accountability partner(s). Free version of X3Watch allows only up to 2 partners. If you have only one accountability partner, don’t worry. Just enter his email address. Make sure that you have their permission to do this. Enter a user name in the relevant field.

Select "I accept the agreement" and press the "Next" button

Then set how often X3Watch should report to your accountability partner(s) by selecting “Reporting frequency”. If everything was successful you should see a tiny green colored “x” icon in the system tray. That’s it. You are good to go.

Download: X3 Watch free edition

Yohan Perera 11 August 2010 Church software and technology Free, X3Watch

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2 Responses to “X3 Watch – Free internet accountability software”

  1. Eric says:
    May 27, 2012 at 6:45 am

    This is a great idea… Unfortunately you can get rid of the executable in task manager though, so its useless until the developers make the program invisible to the user.

    Reply
    • Yohan Perera says:
      May 27, 2012 at 8:02 am

      Hi Eric,

      True. Did you notice however, that the software alerts your accountability partner each time you terminate the executable in task manager? Therefore he/she can still hold you accountable, because unless you have a far better reason than watching porn, there isn’t any reason to unload the executable.

      You must not forget that making the process invincible defeats the overall purpose of the software. Each time the user see the software in action chances are high that he would be discouraged from viewing porn or any other sites flagged as inappropriate. Furthermore an invincible edition of the software isn’t a very good concept as people might abuse it by using it to spy on users without their knowledge.

      Reply

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