Enhancement request - child firewalla app

https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/26036957415699-Firewalla-Managing-Kids-and-Fighting-Internet-Addiction I was just reading the following article and was thinking how nice it would be if there was a firewalla child app that runs a transparent vpn on kids iPhones / Android devices. This would give us the ability to control traffic for those devices on and off the home network. Blocking Internet from home is only half the battle, once the wifi is toggled off those devices jump onto a cellular network which needs to be managed by another app. Once I controlled both cellular and Wi-Fi, I became way more successful in helping convince my kids to complete their homework and chores. The best part is that these rules followed them to school and helped them focus while allowing me to still call or text if needed. i.e, When home use firewalla rules and when away on cellular or friends WiFi apply child policy.

Firewalla

February 15, 2024 01:13
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App's can't force VPN; the only way for that to happen is to use EMM/MDM type of controls. (which are enterprise tools that may be a bit hard to manage)

Sean K

February 18, 2024 16:34

I believe the apps below are able to do it. I was just thinking, maybe it would be convenient to have one place for parents to go and manage all child devices. Maybe outside of the bounds of where you guys are wanting to go.

https://canopy.us/parental-control-app

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/verizon-smart-family-parent/id923408272

Enhancement request - child firewalla app

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