Whatsapp not blocked?

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Gianluca Meardi

• November 08, 2020 00:57

Just installed my new (awesome) Firewalla Gold, in router mode.

I can block web traffic for a device, but - for instance - I cannot enable "social hour" for my teens iPhones: Whatsapp isn't being blocked.

Is there a way to correctly stop whatsapp traffic within social activities?

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  Firewalla

  • November 08, 2020 02:55

  Have you tried to block it within devices?  Tap on devices->[find teen device]->turn on social block  

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  Gianluca Meardi

  • November 08, 2020 16:15
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  Yes, tried again just now.

  I can block an iPhone whatsapp activity only by completely disabling its main internet activity. Social block does not work (both for sending and receiving messages).

  I'm using latest beta 1.971

  Thanks

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  Matthew Snelling

  • December 08, 2020 06:27

  cannot block whatsapp if the phone is using mobile internet (only if they are using wifi) - its how my kids are getting around the firewalla blocking on wifi, they switch off the wifi and use the mobile data service instead

  - way found was looking at the mobile data use (was higher than the wifi connection)

  Firewalla cannot block the mobile data connection (unless the phone carrier is routing the data to internet through your home broadband connection (mobile / home internet access point))

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