Specific Content Policy Locker - 30,60,90,120,150 days etc
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Jack Maher
One of the unfortunate things I've experienced first hand, is the periodic unlocking of a specific content policy you'd like to restrict yourself access to. Sometimes i have to log into the dashboard to fix a different content policy and every so often turn off the policy I know I shouldn't but still do.
With that in mind, it'd be great if one could lock a specific content policy (irrespective of whether the profile is locked / unlocked) for a set period of days, say, 30, 60, 90... 365 that cannot be undone for the period selected.
So not as extreme as never getting access to it again, but for the time selected, you can't touch that particular content policy, even if the rest of the profile is unlocked.
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Alex Stav
Jack Maher & Ben
Totally agree with this idea—but I already see a few ways why it might not be fully effective. On iOS, if you can unlock your profile, you can pretty much remove most blockers or bypass policies easily.
The root issue really comes down to controlling the unlocking of the profile itself. I've proposed a solid solution with scheduled unlock windows here:
https://techlockdown.canny.io/feature-requests/p/scheduled-unlock-windows-build-discipline-and-prevent-impulsive-bypassing
Key benefits:
✅ Prevents impulsive unlocking
✅ Strengthens self-control
✅ Expert-endorsed approach
https://techlockdown.canny.io/feature-requests/p/scheduled-unlock-windows-build-discipline-and-prevent-impulsive-bypassing
Ben
Thanks for the suggestion, I've been considering something like this for a while (locking specific rules in the content policy)
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Jack Maher
Ben Exactly, because despite the various means of password protection, timers and so forth, these are all "nuisance" deterrents, but once you've undone them, a simple switch turns off the very things you're trying to prevent yourself access to.
So if you could specify and decide, no matter what, this particular content policy, once locked for a certain day period, can't be undone, it takes the opportunity away from yourself, which I'd hazard a guess is what most of us can struggle with.
Ben
Jack Maher the complication is that content policy rules are layered and flexible. So if you lock a specific block rule, what's to prevent you from creating an allow rule to override the locked block rule? A solution is possible, but it will require a redesign to how content policy rules are managed.