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submitted 1 year ago by tkk13909@sopuli.xyz to c/android@lemmy.world

Does anyone know of a good privacy respecting (preferably FOSS) parental control app for Android? I'm trying to convince a friend to get a Pixel with GrapheneOS as their kids next phone but they won't do it unless it let's them control certain things.

They're used to iOS where apparently their kid can request to download an app and they can remotely allow the installation. They can also add screen time beyond the original set limit if the kids requests it.

Unfortunately, I don't think they'd be open to switching if it means losing their parental controls.

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[-] machinin@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Sorry, this won't answer your question, but I would just let them use what they want. Unless they were interested in it originally, they will just resent you if anything goes wrong or if they have any trouble.

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

The thing is, the kid has started realizing the data collection that's going on and it's interested in switching. That's the only reason I'm genuinely pursuing this.

[-] machinin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay, that makes much more sense if it's the kid's initiative.

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah they were talking about a game and then started getting ads for that game. Classic start to the story lol

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago
[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago
  1. Yes I know that's way too old to be putting parental controls on their phone.
[-] Neon@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

I disagree. A human Brain is fully grown by the age of 22.

Until then it is the parents duty to make sure they don't get addicted to anything, including phones.

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

So you think that parental controls should be in place until the age of 22?

[-] Neon@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's difficult to generalize, but at least screentime-monitoring should be, so parents can find out if their child is addicted

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Counterpoint: a 22-year-old has been a legal adult for 4 years in basically every western country, is allowed to drink alcohol, and can join the military.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but those aren't based on scientific data.

We do a lot of stupid shit simply because it's always been that way, when there are options that make more sense according to scientific data. Letting a 18yrs old join a deadly job is not responsible.

[-] scorpionix@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Same reason I try to get my GF to ditch her iPhone.

[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Not my kid but yeah.

[-] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Privacy is incompatible with parental control. I can't help without going against my values, sorry.

[-] ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Graphene would allow them to create a non-owner profile with no APP store. That way, their kids wouldn't be able to install anything and the parent could install apps in the owner profile and then permit the kid to use it.

Screen time and such would not be configurable though I think.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I've found it to have severe impact on battery life; always eating CPU cycles.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

That may be! Hm, but it works 💁‍♂️

[-] alonely0@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Família link (which does all that and more) won't work unless it has privileged access. Life360 is even worse than google, so no talking about that. I don't know what to say, if he's just into location stalking; then you can just use google maps to share the location, but elsewhere, you'll need to find some trustworthy MDM service.

this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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