I have asked for this feature in the past but it seems to have gotten lost somewhere along the way

June 18, 2021 16:01
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I would love to see a filtering feature to enable a whitelist or allow list "only" option like the old product used to have. Screen accountability is nice to provide accountability for older kids and adults. But for younger kids that need to access particular online sites for school or whatever I would like to be able to keep them from getting to other sites that I don't approve. There is too much bad stuff out there for me to trust that my younger kids aren't going to accidentally stumble across something even on a site like YouTube. Please consider bringing this feature back!

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Danielle
- June 18, 2021 16:41
Hello Mark.
Thanks for your question. Without getting too into it, there were a number of technical reasons that they moved away from the Allow List Only option a few years back. While I don't have anything to share regarding the possibility of an Allow List Only option at this time I will absolutely submit your request formally to my developers. They do regularly read and consider requests like this and it gives them an indication of what our members are looking for in the services we offer.
Thank you and have a great rest of your day.

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Daniel Wollam
- March 16, 2023 00:42
Looks like this is an old topic, so not sure of the current status, but I'd really like to see a whitelist feature as well.

I am a software developer and can think of a few reasons why this might be technically challenging if the goal is to make the option simple enough for most users to take advantage of. (and also without inundating you with support requests because a 'whitelisted' page was not accessible or functioning as expected)

Just keep it simple; mark the option as an 'Advanced Setting', tag it with a friendly disclaimer, and make it available to use-at-your-own-risk. (Bonus, add whitelist options for a few common sites and services...(ie, gmail.com) so the more advanced user doesn't have to burn time figuring out exactly which IPs need to be on the whitelist for those things)

Dan

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Daniel
- March 16, 2023 21:26
Hello Daniel,

Thanks for your comment and your suggestions. While I don't have anything new to share at this time I will also happily pass on your interest in a whitelist only feature to my developers. If there is anything else we can help with please do let us know. Thanks again and have a great rest of your day.

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