HAWK Monitoring Parental Control is an app by Paraben Corporation in the Communication category, listed since at least April 2019. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.
It asks for 17 permissions, 9 of them sensitive, including precise location, read contacts and read sms.
What's new in v2.1
1. Now all MMS Images are analyzed via Image Scanner with displaying the scanning results on the site.
2. A list of data under monitoring is now displayed on the last page of the HAWK App Agent.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.
HAWK Mobile Monitoring by Paraben Corporation
The HAWK App is a monitoring App that can be used to ensure the safety of children and seniors online via their smartphones. The HAWK App was created by forensic experts to help keep two of the highest preyed upon groups safe from online exploitation.
HAWK Mobile Monitoring allows the monitoring of call logs, text messages, multi-media messages, GPS location, and web browsing activities from mobile devices. All of these areas are primary areas of risk for kids and seniors in an online environment. In addition, HAWK can also monitor for risk related content such as illicit images, drugs, and guns. Since the HAWK Monitoring application was developed by the forensic experts, the collected data is always considered to be sound. Trust the experts at Paraben to protect your child or senior and watch them like a HAWK.
The HAWK App just needs to be installed and configured on the device to be monitored. To activate the application takes five simple steps. Note that the application can be seen by the device users, but it cannot be removed without a special password. The information obtained from the monitored device can be viewed on the HAWK Mobile Monitor website.
The HAWK Mobile Monitor allows you to monitor as many devices as you want. You just need to install and configure the application on each device you want to monitor.
Using the HAWK Monitoring application, you can monitor the following:
✔️ [FREE!] Call logs history: Information on incoming and outgoing calls, even if there was no answer, and the detailed information on each call, such as the time the call was started, the phone number from which and to which the call was performed, its sender and recipient (if it is recorded in the device address book), its type (incoming, outgoing, etc.), and the duration of the call.
✔️ SMS activity on the device: All incoming and outgoing messages, draft messages, which have not been sent yet, messages awaiting sending, messages whose sending failed, the sender of the message, the time the message was received, sent, or created, its type (draft, sent, etc.), and the contents of the actual message.
✔️ Multi-media messages: Incoming and outgoing messages, draft messages, which have not been sent yet, messages awaiting sending, and messages whose sending failed. You can download and view the files sent in a message, as well as the sender of the message, the time the message was received, sent, or created, its subject, its type (sent, draft, etc.), and text sent along with the file.
✔️ GPS information: After enabling GPS tracking on the device, you can view the history of its movement, information on location, speed of the device at the certain moment of time, as well as download and view the GPS history data on the actual map.
✔️ Web history from the default browsers installed on the device.
Premium Edition
✔️ Risk Content Monitoring from illicit images that might be downloaded to the device to images of guns and drugs, you are alerted to any potential risks.
Call logs information is always provided for free
All new customers will get a 7-day free trial
To subscribe, see our prices here https://hawkmonitoring.com/
Since the application is protected from removal with the password, note the following items that are unique to uninstall the application:
1. In the device Settings, tap Security and then find the Device Administrators settings.
NOTE: The Security menu and the Device Administrator settings names and locations might be different on different devices.
2. In the Device Administrators settings, tap Device Admin of HAWK.
3. You will be asked to enter the PIN defined during the HAWK Agent installation. In the Password box, enter the PIN and tap OK.
4. The Device Admin of HAWK page opens. Tap Deactivate.
5. In the device Settings, tap Apps and then tap the HAWK application.
6. In the App info menu, tap Uninstall and then tap OK in the confirmation message.
7. The uninstall
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Unknown
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “Paraben Corporation”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature not checked yetFeb 26, 2020
Antivirus scan passedSep 10, 2020
Signed byCN=Amber Schroader, OU=Mobile Development, O=Paraben Corporation, L=Ashburn, ST=VA, C=US
Uploaded by “catappult”Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (17)
HAWK Monitoring Parental Control requests 17 permissions, 9 of them sensitive.
HAWK Monitoring Parental Control APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the HAWK Monitoring Parental Control APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Unknown. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 7045f2afa2bffb227c11ef1bdd7dde69.