- Make sure your parents are using Covenant Eyes. If they are, there will be a picture of an eye in the right section of the upper menu bar. Other ways to know include having to sign in before using the internet, and/or receiving an email with a link to the website, covenanteyes.com.
- If you are sure your parents have installed the Spyware Covenant Eyes on your computer, start by making an alternate email your parents don't know about. SKIP THIS STEP IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A FAKE EMAIL. Use gmail or yahoo. The age should be more than 18.
- Go to covenanteyes.com, and sign out if you were previously signed in.
- Click "My Account" in the top right of the page. Click the "Sign Up Now!" button underneath "Don't have an account?" and sign up using a fake email.
- Click the eye in the right of the upper menu bar, then click "Sign Out."
- WRITE STEPS 7 THROUGH 13 DOWN. YOU WILL NEED TO SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER.
- Restart your Mac, holding down Command ("Pretzel") and the "S" key at the same time the instant it starts up again.
- Wait for the white text to finish loading.
- Type /sbin/mount -uw / then hit "Return."
- Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist then hit "Return."
- Type passwd then hit "Return."
- Enter whatever password you like, hit "Return," and re-enter the password. IT WILL NOT SHOW THE PASSWORD OR ANY LETTERS ON THE SCREEN. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU AREN'T TYPING.
- Type restart then hit "Return."
- Click the eye in the right of the upper menu bar, then click "Sign Out."
- Sign in and open Finder. Search, "Covenant Eyes," and select, "This Mac." Open "Uninstall Covenant Eyes."
- Sign in to your fake Covenant Eyes account. Hit "Generate Uninstall Code," and follow the instructions. When it asks for an Administrator Password, type "root" as the name, and the password you made earlier.
- Enjoy restriction free, spy free browsing!
- Make sure to use another computer WITH covenant eyes installed, so that accountability reports from Covenant Eyes still have things in them. If you don't do this, your parents will find out within a week.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Removing Parent Spyware "Covenant Eyes" on Mac
Parents can be cool, but they can also be WAY over paranoid. Covenant Eyes is designed to help hold people accountable in a relationship, but can be easily misused as a Parent Spyware. Here's me second guide on how to remove the Parent Spyware Covenant Eyes on your Mac. It's completely legitimate, and requires no actually hacks.
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