Families of YP
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Those of you who have a young person being investigated - what on earth are you doing about phones/internet access?
Hey, we have installed 'kidslox' which means he can't download apps without permission, any inappropriate images or searches are flagged and we can see what he is watching/ searching etc.. I am not sure if it is foolproof though x
Thank you
My son is an adult but I've got the parental controls set on his phone to restrict the content, apps and downloads. Parental controls are built into all iPhones and just need setting up.
Do these all work?
My son is an adult, (23) but we haven't set anything up since the arrest as he has always got around everything. Plus the fallout would be bloody ginormous
Ocean. How has you managed to get this agreed on your sons phone, mine pays for his contract and that is his argument.
Anyway, over the years, he has got around every parent lock and will disconnect from WiFi and go onto his phone data, he can then use any BT hub and go onto the BT open network and pay for WiFi by the hour and then there are no parental controls or blocks.
Or, he would use snapchat amd claim he needed it to stay in touch with friends and girlfriend, so we didn't want to isolate him anymore than he was, but he would use snapchat to get onto the Internet and this would again give full access. All you have to do is write a website in a message and click on it and you are on the Web. The younguns are just far too clever for it all and innapropriate content is so easy to access.
Absolute bloody nightmare and so stressful,
We have had Microsoft family- crap and used parental locks but they are not foolproof.
Any help or advice would be great as I am scared he can still access .
My son is an adult, (23) but we haven't set anything up since the arrest as he has always got around everything. Plus the fallout would be bloody ginormous
Ocean. How has you managed to get this agreed on your sons phone, mine pays for his contract and that is his argument.
Anyway, over the years, he has got around every parent lock and will disconnect from WiFi and go onto his phone data, he can then use any BT hub and go onto the BT open network and pay for WiFi by the hour and then there are no parental controls or blocks.
Or, he would use snapchat amd claim he needed it to stay in touch with friends and girlfriend, so we didn't want to isolate him anymore than he was, but he would use snapchat to get onto the Internet and this would again give full access. All you have to do is write a website in a message and click on it and you are on the Web. The younguns are just far too clever for it all and innapropriate content is so easy to access.
Absolute bloody nightmare and so stressful,
We have had Microsoft family- crap and used parental locks but they are not foolproof.
Any help or advice would be great as I am scared he can still access .
We use Microsoft Family and the Apple version but had to put age 13yrs to enable some restrictions and I have all the passwords. So every app, website and downloads I have to authorise. My son doesn't mind but can be difficult if he needs app at college and we don't see message.
I think any system isn't 100% but it works for us. My son is too focused on Fifa or selling items on Vinted.
I think any system isn't 100% but it works for us. My son is too focused on Fifa or selling items on Vinted.