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How To Add Parental Control To Your WiFi Router – Forbes Home


Most parental controls allow parents and guardians the ability to manage which internet pages––websites, social media platforms and messaging apps––their kids can use and at what times they can use them. Your parental controls can vary depending on the router that powers your home network. But the following features are what most parental controls share in common.

  • Limit screen time
  • Group devices
  • Filter website content
  • Pause Wi-Fi

Limit Screen Time

You can curb the amount of screen time available for your kids by restricting usage with your router’s scheduling feature. For example, schedule an internet break for homework, chores, piano practice and at dinnertime. When it’s time for “lights out”, you can shut off the internet at a designated time for school nights and a different hour for weekends.

Group Devices

Many routers allow parents and guardians to group devices by users. This enables you to schedule shutoff for a younger child’s smartphone and tablet on weeknights at 7:30 p.m., turn off your teen’s off desktop and gaming console a couple of hours later at 9:30 p.m. and keep your own connection active for video streaming and when you need to work late.

You can do this simply by naming each device such as “dad’s laptop” or “David’s tablet” if you didn’t do this when you set up your electronic device. You can rename devices easily in the General/Settings menu on each device.

Filter Website Content

Routers with effective parental controls can filter website content. Filtering will allow you to restrict or blacklist certain types of content such as adult entertainment websites that are inappropriate for children. You can also restrict content based on topics and keywords. Consider using SafeSearch, a tool that blocks millions of adult websites.

Pause Wi-Fi

If you want to keep distractions to a minimum but feel the need to set up restrictions or daily scheduling, consider pausing your Wi-Fi. You can often sync your home networking router  with virtual assistants such as Google Assistant and Siri. Just say, “Siri, pause the kid’s Wi-Fi” and turn it back on after dinner.

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Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in the Kiddoware Kids Place Parental Control Android App


Kiddoware is the world’s leading parental control solutions company with a wide range of products and  serving over 5 million families worldwide. Kiddoware is committed in helping you to protect your kids while providing you intelligence to be proactive about your childs’ online activities.

Earlier this week, SEC Consult Group identified numerous security flaws in a parental control app called Kids Place, which allowed hackers to access login credentials, send files to a child’s device without parental knowledge, or install malware onto the system. These bad actors were even able to remove all restrictions set on the device and bypass any settings established by the parent.

Dr Klaus Schenk, SVP security and threat research at Verimatrix, commented “The vulnerabilities found in the Kiddowares ‘Parental Control – Kids Place’ app for Android underscores the critical importance of prioritising cybersecurity in both the architecture and design of web servers and applications. The root cause lies in the neglect of basic development principles, highlighting the significance of adhering to secure coding practices.

“Developers should follow reputable security frameworks and cybersecurity tools to support them in building secure applications.

“Prevention tactics include:

  • Thorough security scans and adherence to fundamental principles (e.g., password hashing)
  • Applying security scanning to their web design (e.g., security headers assessment, SSL/TLS configuration audit)
  • Applying app hardening and threat detection technologies to monitor/analyse the app’s functionalities to prevent or flag suspicious behaviours

“The vulnerabilities uncovered in the Kiddowares app are a clear-cut indication that integrating robust security measures at every stage of the app development process in a must. By prioritising security in architecture, design, and development, organisations can protect user data, prevent unauthorised access, and uphold the trust of their users.”

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BullGuard internet security antivirus review: VPN, secure browser protection and parental controls


Having been around since 2002, Bullguard joined Avira as part of Norton Lifelock this year, but is still being sold as a separate product. For your annual subscription you get a very broad suite of antivirus and security tools, plus PC tune-up and parental controls too.

Like every other antivirus provider except Avira, the first year’s subscription is charged at half the renewal rate. A subscription that covers ten devices is generous, however, and boosting it to two years of coverage also saves you money, making it one of the more cost-effective products on the market.

Bullguard has cheaper products too. Drop down to Bullguard antivirus and you’ll pay just £24.99 a year, but miss out on the firewall, parental controls, and mobile apps. If you’re a Mac user, however, you’ll be annoyed to discover that the cheapest app isn’t available for your computer – you’ll need to step up to the middle-tier Bullguard internet security (£44.99/year, Bullguard.com).

Whichever you choose, the big news in the 2021 edition is the Dynamic Machine Learning that continuously monitors your computer, looking out for known malware signatures and virus-like behaviour. This runs on your machine, meaning if you’re cut off from the internet – perhaps in an attempt to stop your antivirus software from updating itself – you’re still protected.

Files are scanned as they’re accessed, and you can also schedule full or quick scans of your entire system. There’s cloud-based protection too, with emerging threats detected and analysed without the need for updates to be downloaded.

How we tested

We installed Bullguard in a virtual machine running a fully updated and activated copy of Windows 10 Home, ran it through its paces on the clean machine, then exposed it to test files from EICAR (the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research) and Spy Shelter. It detected 100 per cent of our test files. Bullguard has a 100 per cent rating on av-test.org, against an industry average that’s also 100 per cent – antivirus products, it seems, are good at detecting viruses.

Bullguard premium protection: £69.99/year, 10 devices, Bullguard.com

(Ian Evenden )

Rating: 8/10

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