Bark for Chrome
Monitor chrome web browsing for inappropriate content.
Total ratings for Bark for Chrome
1.29
(Rating count:
110)
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Pros
Cons
- Does not monitor effectively
- Causes lag and performance issues
- Considered invasive and violating privacy
- Inaccurately interprets cyberbullying
- Loss of trust with parents
Most mentioned
- Does not monitor effectively
- Causes lag and performance issues
- Invasive and violating privacy
- Interprets cyberbullying inaccurately
- Loss of trust with parents
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| Timestamp | Author | Rating | Comment |
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| 2023-08-05 |  |
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super bad to be honest |
| 2023-07-05 |  |
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this does not monitor really anything maybe bc norton family blocked it |
| 2023-06-23 |  |
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I know I'm gonna sound like every other teenager on this app, but this sucks. I had this on my phone and after a week it was lagging. I kept restarting it, fixing my internet, it was just bark itself. It's basically a whole virus that takes over your device. Bark doesn't just monitor "sexual" material like p**n it also monitors what is considered "cyber bullying." Why should bark tell my mom that I told my bsf "Loser" or anything like that. The cyber bullying images that are shown on the Barks' website are just stupid. I have friends vent to me and I don't need some virus to notify my mother about it so she can read it too. They're my friends, not my mothers. I feel bad when I have to tell my friends that they can't vent to me because some app is going to send it to my nosy mother. This app made me lose all trust with my parents. |
| 2023-06-19 |  |
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(1. Go into your settings, and disable bark VPN (2. Use Opera GX, it's the only browser bark cant detect on all platforms (3. Always use incognito, it will help block account association tracking (4. Your welcome. |
| 2023-06-18 |  |
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Hey look at that! Another spyware extension with the exact same problems as Securly! |
| 2023-06-06 |  |
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every time bark is on my phone it runs slower sometimes the internet doesnt even work and apps wont launch |
| 2023-05-04 |  |
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An invasion of privacy, I am also extremally disappointed that my mom had to put this on here. this just shows their child that their parents don't trust them with google or any other website or app. I had found this extension because I had seen it, because I was trying to get some Roblox web extensions. The only thing this shows kids is that their parents don't trust them. this doesn't teach kids any lesson, or tell them to be safer, (okay just a little bit.) it shows them that their parents doesn't care about their privacy and if younger kids can comprehend this, then that means that they will think that they don't have to care for others privacy. This can also ruin relationships with kids and parents. 0/10 app, would NEVER recommend to anybody. |
| 2023-05-04 |  |
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pointless and ruined my relationship with my parents. seriously what is the purpose of this? |
| 2023-04-27 |  |
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Bark is a virus. Straight as that. While is provides somewhat of an insider to what a child may be doing online its methods are to have unwanted access to accounts and devices. The safety features flaunted by Bark is all just a trojan horse for personal information, records, and much more to be put at risk from attackers or be maliciously extracted by those who authored Bark. Another issue to Bark is its flagging feature which flags common phrases that could be used in multiple contexts. This extension is invasive and does not do what it is advertised to do. It does not keep children safe. It does not guarantee a safer environment. All it is is a company nobody even in the tech world has heard of that is trying to market towards exploitable customers, parents/school administrators. Under no circumstances should this ever be used by businesses or even government entities/agencies. |
| 2023-04-25 |  |
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This may sound petty, but, I had full axes to everything on my chrome book, and I had full privacy, but now I can't even talk to my Bf because of it! on top of that I can't use my phone for the same damn reason. my computer is very slow now and takes forever to load; I wish that this app never existed. If I could, I'd give this a one star review. and to all parents, please just trust your child, if you think they are going to do something stupid, then let them! they need to make mistakes to grow up, but they also need there freedom and privacy. this app has made me grow distant from my mother and puts me in a state of Anxiety all the time fearing that she is going to fined something on my phone that she deems "inappropriate" so parents, please don't do this to your child, it's only going to make things worse....trust me... |
| 2023-03-14 |  |
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You may think that this is a petty review from a teenager who thinks they know everything, and you might be right. However, you could also be wrong. I barely had this app for a day, and my phone already doesn't work. It broke my whole phone down to where I couldn't even talk to my friends or text anyone without having to wait about 1 to 3 hours before having my message either being or not delivered. I also couldn't use the majority of my apps because they were stuck loading forever. It got so bad to where I am having to go to my computer to do things I should be able to do on my phone. Before I got bark, my phone was very responsive and fast, however after it was significantly slow. Their website claims that their app "only slows down internet speeds in minor ways". This is not true whatsoever. I should also add that setting up bark is an over-excessive pain. Their customer service was also unresponsive. They should not charge the amount that they do for a shabby app. |
| 2023-03-04 |  |
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Ok so, my parents put Bark on my Chromebook and it really just made grow apart from my parents. I understand that this is just trying to keep me safe, but it will flag the stupidest little things ever! Also I can't go on any websites now like Amazon. It's so dumb! Now I'm just afraid to talk to my friends because my parents can see every little thing that is flagged. Also if I'm on a group chat with one person that I don't have saved in my contacts it flags it, I might have just not saved them, this app/extension is also making my Chromebook work way slower. This gives me ZERO PRIVACY with my parents, like some things I just DON'T want to share with them. I don't feel ok with my parents looking at everything I search/watch/post. It also can see what you search in incognito mode. I'm not so sure I'm right about this but... I don't think it matters what device you're on, as long as you linked the account you're using right then, it can flag what you see. Thank you for reading this, have a great day/night. |
| 2023-01-12 |  |
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To be honest, this app isn't as horrible as people in the reviews say. I've never experienced any kind of hack or glitch that was caused by this, and i've had this for about 6-7 years tops. I do believe that this app isn't the best, though. It's good when you write down the idea on a sheet of paper, but the app is not a very good program in general.The app is trigger happy, and most people feel like they don't have privacy from using it on personal devices. I do want to say, I've never felt any disruption in my privacy, since this was never used on any of my personal devices. I do think that some problems with this app could be fixed easily, though, but I'm not absolutely sure they can work or be coded easily. But one big thing about this app that I despise... THE REVIEWS. I do think that a couple of 1 star reviews are actually reliable, but any other reviews don't feel helpful in any kind of way. Some of these reviews are kids whining about "ME PARENTS WATCH AND ME NO LIKE THAT' or "APP GAVE ME VIRUS DON'T DOWNLOAD," but to be honest, those reviews are getting annoying, since I have gotten no kind of virus out of using this program, and I haven't made my parents breathe down my neck just to see what I'm looking up. (I'm not a saint, btw.) If people did get a virus, It might have not been bark that's been the source of the virus. I've also seen people complain about "SCHOOL DOWNLOAD THIS AND ME NO LIKE" I mean, the school devices are still school property... They don't want you to look up anything that's suggestive. Overall, I think this app is survivable, but could use some changes. |
| 2023-01-06 | |
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CRINGE It does nothing |
| 2022-12-16 | |
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its terrible schools should not use it |
| 2022-12-08 |  |
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it not good |
| 2022-10-27 |  |
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IT IS TRASH |
| 2022-09-16 |  |
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No bugs, No Lagging, No Virus And My Chromebook Its Okay. |
| 2022-06-08 |  |
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this is the worst app tha tcould exist on the market along with life 360, its horrible most teens cant even have a conversation with their friends without it being marked as violence and such it wont even let you swear which is pretty terrible for an app designed for pre-teens and actual teenagers. parents if you want a good relationship with your kid do NOT GET THIS APP!!!! IT WILL ONLY WORSEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM |
| 2022-02-17 |  |
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Nobody likes bark, whoever made it should go expose their search history and I bet it's worse than ours |
| 2022-01-10 |  |
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I literally hate this app. It will report literally almost every single thing you search up. It's ok for 4th grade kids, but since I am a 7th grade student, this app should not be on my chromebook. It reports even when you say "punch" or "kick" even when you're not trying to use it for violence. I once listened to music, and it got reported for self harm, even though it had the word "Decide." Really? THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO HURTING YOURSELF WITH THE WORD DECIDE! I also looked at some of the reviews, and some people are saying that this extension is spyware and gives your computer a virus. I do NOT recommend this extension. Please, delete this immediately. -An angered 7th grader |
| 2022-01-05 |  |
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Very buggy and took up a lot of space. Gave my computer a virus and it loaded slower. |
| 2021-12-29 |  |
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This is the worst possible extension to exist. This should be removed. I understand schools using this but the thing is that you get ZERO PRIVACY. Parents also use this. This can be helpful BUT you should be able to trust your child. Using this extension as a parent to secretly watch your child is a VERY bad idea. I say this because it make your child try to hide things from you. They will end up not trusting you. I swear that some people need to respect their children's privacy. Like I said earlier, this should be DELETED IMMEADENTLY, along with any other Bark extensions. |
| 2021-12-12 |  |
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cringe beta app 0 stars would not recommend |
| 2021-11-09 | |
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This is not a safe extension, gave me a virus. Do not install on your chromebook. |