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Is there a self-hosted Family Link server? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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As much as I love Google (not even a little, my love for that company is negative and becoming more negative per second) I would love to run far far away from it. Here's another ball and chain I need to break.

Where can I find a simple parental control access system for my phone and or computer that I allow my kids to use?

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[–] 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

depending on your router, couldn't you do this at that level? a combination of public dns (dns4eu) or adguard filter lists? you could create two wifi networks, one controlled one not; most routers let you block whole services too like tiktok, etc

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That only prevents phone connectivity over WiFi. Turning off WiFi and using mobile data bypasses it. Using offline applications and games (or even Plex/Jellyfin etc) can bypass it too.

    Family link does more than stop internet access at certain times, it allows setting usage limits by device and by app.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    dns4eu

    Use Mullvad DNS instead, it's a very blatant honeypot.

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