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- ActionsCreate rules that Allow, Block, or enforce SafeSearch / YouTube Restricted mode.
- AudienceAssign rules to specific devices or make them apply to everyone.
- ContentSelect Categories, Apps, or Domains to apply an action.
- ScheduleSet a rule to be active based on a schedule.
- Supervised iPhone / iPad
- Supervised Mode (iOS)Configure a supervised iPhone/iPad so that you can add extra restrictions.
- Manage Mode (Android)Configure an Android device to allow for more control over content filtering and bypass prevention.
- WARP Enforcer (Windows and Mac)Prevent uninstall or stopping the Content Filtering VPN app on both Windows and Mac computers.
- Account SharingInvite people to join your account to share your Content Policy, manage settings, and view activity.
- Profile LockingPrevent yourself from making certain changes, like making settings less restrictive.
- Traffic LogsView websites visited for devices connected to your Content Policy.
- Change HistoryMonitor changes across your account, like changes to Content Policy rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can switch the billing cycle or to another membership level.
Security threats are based off of Cloudflare's threat intelligence. There are 15 types of security threat categories currently. For example, domains that have been classified as hosting malware or being a source of phishing attempts. Look-alike domains, botnets, and spam websites.
Yes, a virus scanner will typically check files on your device, but a DNS Content Policy examines the DNS traffic between your device and the internet.
Yes, you can block entire categories while whitelisting specific apps for effective default-deny rules. Whitelisting a specific app will automatically allow all associated domains that app depends on to function properly, so you can effectively whitelist apps without knowing the domains they depend on.
Yes, you can connect your router to your content policy by customizing your IPv4 or IPv6 DNS settings
Yes, you can connect Android, iOS, Mac, or Windows devices using network settings or an app that enables a VPN.
Yes, you can configure your devices to connect to your Content Policy even when on different networks other than your home WiFi.
You can pick days of the week and specific time ranges for a rule to be active. The rule will not apply outside of the scheduled times.
Yes, you can create block rules that block advertising domains. However, we suggest using a browser like Brave, which is better tuned for Ad blocking and can get around some of the limitations of Ad blocking on the DNS-level.
Search engines like Google and Duckduckgo provide a SafeSearch mode so that the search results are filtered from explicit content. Search engines allow you to find images, videos, and websites, so the SafeSearch mode can cater the results suggested to you if enabled. With the SafeSearch rule enabled, supported search engines will enable the filtered results mode.
You can enable YouTube restricted mode or SafeSearch to turn on the built-in search results filters for those platforms. This limits the ability to find explicit content using search. However, you cannot specify specific search terms that you want to block. This is a lmitation of DNS-level blocking.
The preview images for YouTube shorts and normal YouTube videos often contain clickbait images. Removing thumbnails can help reduce the appeal of YouTube and time spent watching videos. Furthermore, if you are concerned about limiting access to explicit content, hiding thumbnails can make it harder to discover those kinds of videos.
In most cases, it's not possible to filter content within a website or application using a DNS Content Policy. However, there are some exceptions. When you visit a website like youtube.com, a DNS Filter sees that you visited a Video Streaming website. It can't examine the videos you are watching on YouTube to see those categories. Some websites provide their own content filter for content that they provide through their platform. For example, YouTube provides a restricted mode and Google and other search engines provide SafeSearch. You can use your DNS Content Policy to turn on SafeSearch and YouTube's restricted mode. These modes are not available on all websites. Our suggestion for these other 'gray-area' websites is to schedule when they can be accessed or block images and media within those websites
If you configure filtering on your home network then gaming consoles and smart TVs should inherit the filter settings. Some devices override DNS and might require additional configuration.
Premium guides walk you through configuring your devices to make filtering better and harder to get around. You will learn how to set up Managed Devices, implement multiple levels of blocking, and prevent common bypass techniques.
No, we do not provide the software talked about in the guides. Apple provides official software for supervising and managing Apple devices and their are also third party options that we discuss as well.
It depends on your setup. For example, if you have a Mac computer, you would be able to use the free software provided by apple to enable supervised and managed modes.
The guides are self-service, but you can utilize our chat bot to get most answers answered.