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  1. A

    iPad Help with security for a vulnerable teenager

    Hi, Im looking for help and advice on a way to stop access to settings, apps and roundabout ways to stop my child from bypassing certain social media apps & controls. I dont ask this lightly but its at a stage where my teenager has gotten envolved in a dangerous toxic situation that has lead to...
    • A_scared_dad
    • Thread
    • help !! kids protect teens monitoring parental control security access suicide
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iPad
  2. glowplug

    Detecting "parental monitoring" or other tracking software

    What to do if it's possible a malicious/jealous Ex has installed parental or other tracking software? What are the clues to look for, or tools that can detect "parental monitoring" software that has been installed on an iOS device?
  3. philrock

    Best Parental Controls - Third Party Apps

    I am seeking the best parental control app for my kiddo's phone. She will be 11, and I will connect phone service to her SE 2022 for the first time. My main goal is to restrict/control which apps can use mobile data and when. I use the built-in controls, but they are constrained and seem easy...
  4. D

    Kill AppleTV

    My son is staying up very late at night to watch appleTV. I once thought it was disabled after 12pm because I shutdown the internet via our router. Turns out this doesn't prevent viewing of local content. Is there way of preventing local traffic to the appleTV via home sharing? In previous...
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    Can I implement specific app only use to a guest with the User Account preferences?

    I might move to macOS but first I'd like to ask about User Accounts to better understand it. Whether through setting up a new User, Guest or Parental account, can I achieve a state where I lend my MacBook to someone and they can use only one specific app and only have access to the files in the...
  6. R

    Parental Control problems

    Our kid has screen time with content restriction enabled and protected by a passcode. Until few days ago it worked fine and automatically across kid's iPhone, two Macs and my parental iPhone. The private browsing in safari was disabled on all three devices, as was the ability to clear the...
    • rogerover
    • Thread
    • content restrictions parental control screen time
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 14
  7. O

    All iPads iPad Parental Controls on in App Ads

    Does anyone know a way to filter the ads on an iPad? Tried searching on google and apple forums, but seems like no-one has resolved this issue. A specific example I have is with a Disney colour by numbers game, my son (who's 4YO) likes to play this but seems like every ad that comes up is...
    • olly555
    • Thread
    • ads parental control
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iPad
  8. arkmannj

    planning home network

    Hello, I’m getting ready to rotate out my old Airport Extreme & Time Capsule. I’m thinking of going with ubiquity products * Security Gateway router * pro or HD access point * maybe a switch, but This might be overkill for now. * controller gen 2 teo features I’d like are: * The ability to...
    • arkmannj
    • Thread
    • firewall gateway network parental control router ubiquity wifi
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Networking
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    iPhone 7/Plus Bug in iOS 12.0 and 12.2

    I have discovered a bug in iOS 12.0 and 12.2, I am pretty sure this is a bug and not intentional design. It is passible to disable parental restriction very quickly without losing any data: Settings > Screen Time > Use Screen Time Passcode I have set parental restriction on my work phone...
  10. M

    iPhone Parent Control / Privacy settings for contacts

    Hey guys and girls... glad to be on board! I am looking for a global way (via configuration profile or MDM) to control the privacy settings for the contacts - e.g preventing WhatsApp to use the contacts at all. The user should not be able to enable contact sync for WhatsApp once it is disabled...
    • mikemiller815
    • Thread
    • contacts ios parental control privacy restrictions
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
  11. pacorob

    Netflix app - Kids profile + age filter doesn't block non-kids material

    My family loves Netflix and use it almost daily. However for our 4 year old daughter I would like to see that they change the maturity filters (or at least here in the Netherlands) if you have 'Kids' profile set on maturity profile 'For little kids only' (In Dutch: peuters/kleuters) by ticking...
  12. J

    Setting up a user account with parental control

    Hi! I tried setting up a new user account in macOS Sierra yesterday, but the parental control settings didn't stick. I deleted the user account a couple of times and tried to add it again, but no luck. So I deleted the account again, and decided to try everything again after doing a software...
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