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Orbi problems please help
hi guys. i have had this orbi mesh wifi 3 pack from costco for a few months. im finding a bunch of issues that i can not remedy. was hoping someone in this community could help me with this. ...
Alpha44 wrote:
seems useless if my kids can access my phone or my wife's phone and turn off or remove their devices from the child block list i have the device on.
My phone must be unlocked in order to access any app on the phone. I use fingerprint authentication until (every so many logins) it forces me to enter the pass code. Do your phones not "lock"?
it does but my kids do have the password to both our phones in case of an emergency. i really dont think its them. but i know how it looks
Alpha44 wrote:
it does but my kids do have the password to both our phones in case of an emergency. i really don't think its them. but i know how it looks
A valid point. Android phones have apps that can be used to "lock" applications and require biometric authentication, such as:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sp.protector.free&hl=en_US&gl=US (Although I have a vague impression that this is an "Apple Centric" family.)
Assuming that no one is deliberately removing the Apple laptop from the Parental Controls profile, can you verify that the WiFi MAC address of the laptop remains unchanged? One of the frustrating features of recent iOS and Android software is an option (set by default) to randomize the MAC address rather than use the actual hardware address. (Not needing to control my parents, I have not implemented PC, so perhaps this assumption is incorrect... Are devices identified in profiles by the WiFi MAC address?)
thanks i will look into that. if it is changing is there a way to stop it?
Both Apple (iOS) and Android have a Network Setting that controls whether they randomize MAC address or use the actual hardware MAC address. I know (less than) zero about Apple laptops. If it was a Windows laptop, then there could be an administrator login that has the ability to change network settings and the child's regular user login would not be able to.
You do realize that once things progress from "How can this happen assuming that the child did not do it?" to "How can I prevent my child...?", the battle has essentially been lost.