Title says it all. Got a parental control DNS service (Control D) but all the kid needs to do is open settings & turn off the VPN. I can’t disable the button in parental controls. Has anyone found a solution? I’ve been searching for 6 hours and my eyes are burning
The closest thing I can find is techlockdown dot com at $10/mo billed yearly (ouch)
Seems like a BIG hole in apple parental controls
why not use apple’s built in parental controls? afaik you can’t prevent a vpn from being disabled, because that would just be a huge security risk. what do you want to do that doesn’t work with screentime?
Try creating a custom profile using Apple Configurator. I think you can force always on VPN with it.
What are you trying to block exactly?
We use 1.1.1.1 for families. You can configure the DNS per device or at the router level.
We configure the No Adult Content DNS at the router and basically keeps adult content off the home network.
Doesn’t work for Ads or games tho…
Use shortcuts to automatically close settings app when opened.
You can block changing of setting a with apples parental controls.
I would activate “Guided access” before giving my phone to kids.
I use NextDNS which doesn’t rely on a VPN connection, instead it builds a DNS configuration on the device and sets the phone to use it. The app can also be locked with a pin code so your kid won’t be able to disable it.
You can with a MDM profile, or at least set the VPN profile to always reconnect every time the device tries to connect to any services.
If you’re talking about MDM, that looks daunting to do as an individual
Unless they VPN around your DNS with something free like proton vpn
Isn’t this for the network? As in router setup? Simple enough to turn off WiFi and use cellular?
How does this work when the kid leaves the house?
Yeah this would be quickest and easiest
You can disable nextdns by going into general ->von and device management and change the DNS provider
Except you can’t prevent the child from turning off the MDM profile, or deleting the VPN entirely, as far as I know.
It will walk you through the steps. It’s very straightforward. There is even an option during configuration to prevent the profile from being disabled.
True, hopefully by that age we’ve taught them enough about responsibility and respect.
There is no foolproof solution…
True yes, we deliberately do not allow our kids to have cellular for this reason
Have you looked into Screen Time Restrictions? You can set your own password and lock them out of specific apps and control which websites can be visited
I believe this works even on cellular
