Bark is able to monitor emails sent and received (including attachments) on connected email accounts like iCloud. We will alert on instances of bullying, sexual content, violence, weapons, and more. We can even alert you to new and risky apps that your child has signed up for with this email.
Apple requires the use of app-specific passwords when connecting Apple email accounts to third parties like Bark. The emails connected with this method end in @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com.
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Connecting the iCloud email to Bark only monitors emails sent and received. To monitor an iOS device's texts, photos, and more, click here!
Connecting the iCloud email to Bark only monitors emails sent and received. To monitor an iOS device's texts, photos, and more, click here!
Get Started
- Enable two-factor authentication for your child's Apple ID:
- On your child's device, open Settings > [your kid's name] > Password & Security (or "Sign-in and Security").
- Tap Turn On Two-Factor Authentication.
- Follow the prompts to finalize Two-Factor Authentication.
- On a computer or your own phone, go to appleid.apple.com.
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Log in with your child's Apple ID and password:
- Select App-Specific Passwords.
- Click on Generate app-specific password or on the + symbol:
- Type in Bark as the name. You’ll then be asked to confirm the Apple ID password.
- Then, a long password will be generated on the next screen. This is what we need to connect the account to Bark!
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Highlight the password. Right-click and Copy the password.
- Return to your parent app / dashboard and +Add New App.
- Under the Email category, select iCloud.
- Enter in your child's iCloud email.
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Paste the password into the iCloud password field. Then click Connect.
That's it! 🎉
Going forward, if we find something alarming in your child's sent or received emails, we will alert you!
You will also see the iCloud email account is connected on your child's profile, along with all of your child's other monitored accounts and devices:
If your child has an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you'll need to follow some additional steps to get the texts, photos, and videos monitored on that device. We've put together this guide to help!
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