Feature Requests

This is already a feature in cloudflare zero trust so should be easy. my usecase would be for things like: blocking reddit.com but still allowing reddit.com/r/ /comments/ this allows for still finding reddit posts via google search, yet the main feed and other feeds are blocked

I have been going through the process of locking everything down using supervised mode on my iphone. I set up the cloudflare vpn, got all the profiles installed, but I had run into an issue where I was able to simply toggle off the VPN on my phone effectively undoing all my hard work with Cloudflare. I did the Shortcuts method, and it works, but is only effective as a second layer that takes 2 minutes to undo. So, I was stuck for a while on this issue, and I have been looking for other ways to enforce that the VPN remains on. And there is not a lot of info out there on it. But, I did find a solution, and I wanted to share and see if you can add this (or a more refined version of my solution as a guide on the website). I found that you could download an app blocker - something that access your phone's screen time controls and enforces that you cannot access certian apps. I targeted the screentime app with it, set a passcode on the app blocker that I gave to an accountability partner, and then prevent app uninstall either through the supervised configs or through screen time itself. Doing that, I was able to prevent access to the shortcuts app. Which meant I could rely on the shortcuts app to prevent the vpn from staying off. So, I would love if you added a guide for this, because there is not much info online for this, and I think it would help out a lot of people.

Hey Techlockdown team, This website has been a Godsend for me, and I am very thankful this exists. I am a long time porn addict, and I am trying to use this website as a tool to truly lock down my phone, but I am very adept at undoing all my hard work. I always find a way around, and I have been on this journey for a long time to find a truly unbreakable method to lockdown my phone. I say that to say that I found out that the account lockdown is ineffective, as there is a rather simple way to unlock your account without the passcode. I am the superuser for this account, and I am considering if not being the superuser will prevent me from doing this, and if so, then I will try to have someone else set up an account on here and be do all of this again through that account. Here is how I did it: I set up the lockdown with a passcode, and I found a way around it by adding my own email to the secondary email, and then hitting forgot passcode, and having a recovery code sent to my email. Now, you might think that adding an email that isn't yours would be the solution, but I found out that I am able to simply remove the secondary email without any need for a passcode or anything, and then go back and change it to one of my own email. And that is where the issue is, and I am wondering if someone who isn't a superuser would have the ability to do that. I propose a simple solution: just like having to send a code to the email for recovering the passcode, you should also be required to have a pin sent to the email address you are trying to remove. That way I would be unable to remove and then add my own if I didn't have access to the email. Then I would be able to put someone else's email in there and be certain that I would not be able to unlock my profile without that person. So, I hope this finds you, and you are still developing this. If someone knows if not being a superuser prevents this from happening, then leave a comment.

It would be good to have an option so that the user's profile is automatically locked after a period. This would save forgetting to do it manually. Then a user could unlock their profile, make the needed changes, and a few minutes later it would automatically lock again.

It would be great if a category of apps that include all private browsing apps to be blocked.

I recently signed up for Netspark's Canopy.us service which uses AI detection to censor images and videos on webpages as you navigate them. It works pretty well with a few limitations and be used to block not just pornographic images but also just immodest ones which is great. The only limitation I've come across in regards to this is that they haven't implemented scanning of WebP images yet. This service works on iOS/MacOS/Android/Chromebooks and Windows PCs. It doesn't seem to work in apps like telegram, but will work if you navigate it through a web portal. It doesn't work with the Brave browser at all and it automatically blocks this app. It offers the ability to block specific apps. It also has the ability to set time blocks when you don't use the internet. The only thing I don't like about it is sometimes it can be too aggressive when blocking content on youtube. I'm really appreciating the freedom that this technology is affording me. It's not perfect, but it is miles ahead of the other solutions I've been trying for the past 3 months at least on my mac. If this could be implemented as part of your solution it'd be appreciated.

The user should be able to set preferences for what happens when their profile is locked. Currently the behavior is the same for everyone: https://www.techlockdown.com/tutorials/lock-profile Users should be able to customize the locked profile behavior. Examples: Choose specific apps or categories that can always be toggled. Currently, any selected items in an Allow rule cannot be deselected. It might be useful to let the user pick specific categories that are enforced instead of enforcing everything.

I would really appreciate some features that help me blocking addictive and 18+ videogames on Steam.

While website-wide image blocking is offered, l have had a few peers enquire about whether techlockdown can block access to google images and videos for example. So instead of limiting access across the whole web, the feature blocks the images feature of search engines like google.