version 25.9. Family protection
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Hello,
The release note is useless… It seems that now time limits are gone and teens have limitless use for their gaming computers … did not see this coming
Yes. That's exactly how it is, and in general, release notes also mention this directly.
However, they have now also created this note: Family Rules feature will be removed from the F-Secure app
Anyway, the current Family Protection feature focuses more on content filtering (based on content categories and three pre-defined profiles). How to use and configure it on Windows and macOS is described in the answer above, which mentions the online guide page. I hope this functionality remains (or, as the best way, it will be improved).
But what about general stuff like screening time, bedtime rules and so on: their recommendation is to use the built-in system Parental Control / Family Safety functionality, which is quite good and generally more robust (in places). I think that F-Secure was still forced to rely on certain "system" capabilities in its implementation and was not much more 'powerful'.
Windows has one surely, and KB article mentions macOS as well. Quote is ""Windows and macOS have built-in parental controls for filtering content, managing screen time, and monitoring activity"" and continues with ""Most browsers also offer parental control extensions and safe browsing options to manage access."".
Most likely mobile platform like Android has it too as built-in system functionality.
So, currently the suggestion is to explore system built-in Parental Control abilities and options. This may make setup a little more complicated, but should certainly give the desired result. And generally more flexible.
Thanks!
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Hello @spinlogger
I've never gone through the steps of setting up family protection so this is all I know of, besides doing a forum search. Across the top of the link, you can click on the device type you're concerned with.
Maybe someone here who has experience with this feature will post, otherwise you could try offline support and see what they have to say. Recently, the English forum gets very little attention from a mod or employee. Scroll down the page to get the support options.
Kind regards.
