Parental Help - Password lock access for device OpenDNSUpdater?

[webasylum]

Hi, The OpenDNSUpdater app on Android would be much better if you could add a Password Lock pin to the app which keeps the settings locked so my 9 year old can't change the setting / close the app / reboot the device (which in its current programming - means that it is no longer running).

Most youngsters are pretty smart - so adding OpenDNS to an Android device as a parental control function doesn't achieve its goal - the child has too many simple ways to stop it from working.

@Developers - I would be happy to walk you through a user-design session that would result in your OpenDNS service being a much better solution for parents in tackling child addictions to social media etc whilst still enabling them to use tablets for productive helpful reasons.

As it is, I have had to install MacroDroid - so that I can auto-start OpenDNS if/when the device is rebooted. {Something I would have expected it to do itself but doesn't}
Add OpenDNS and MacroDroid to the Hidden Apps, so that it is only visible in the Settings -> Apps list and not on the home screen.
Installed Hide-It-Pro in an attempt to stop the OpenDNSUpdater from appearing (Didn't achieve this) and giving my child the option of fiddling with the settings.

A password lock supporting 6 digit pins would be a great help 

If there is anything else on the market which would help me achieve this - please drop me a line and let me know.  and finally - Netflix's documentary "The Social Dilemma" is an excellent insight to the value of protecting children from the addictive aspects of going online.

Thanks for reading, I hope folks will be able to assist.
Martin.

[rotblitz]

You got the wrong forum, because OpenDNS does not provide an Updater for Android, and staff normally do not respond here.  Also, OpenDNS is a service for networks you own, not for your particular devices in other networks.  Therefore the general recommendation is to not install an Updater on roaming devices.

"adding OpenDNS to an Android device as a parental control function doesn't achieve its goal"

This is correct.  You configure OpenDNS for your network, and this includes also Android devices within this network.

Regarding the passcode for this updater, my suggestion is to contact the author of the app directly via Google Play.

[webasylum]

309368103 thank you for the response.  It is interesting that you say I should contact the author of the app in Google Play, when this website's own support instructions make out that the OpenDNSUpdater app is their own recommended solution:

https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/227987867-What-is-the-OpenDNS-Dynamic-IP-updater-client-

Secondly, the OpenDNS is working as wanted on my network, the stats are showing the correct domains being blocked as required within the dashboard and the devices are showing the CISCO blocked page template as expected for the range of configured settings - so that side of things is great.

It is the updater app itself which OpenDNS state is their own solution - which is the weak aspect of this solution.
I shall do as you suggest, and try to reach the app authors via Google Play as well as send a direct message to the support team here and find out if the app is indeed, as they state, their own.

[rotblitz]

The page you have linked to is just about an Updater for Windows and Mac OSX, nothing for Android, iOS or Linux.  Didn't see this?  You really can believe me.  Go to the Google Play page for this app to see that OpenDNS is not the supplier of this app.  And OpenDNS do not say that the Android app is their own.