Forcing safe search mode is the single most important part of family filtering, and it should be on by default-if you forget to do so, a relatively innocent Google Image Search can turn into a very explicit eyeful in a hurry. While Circle does offer that functionality, I had to manually hunt it down at the very bottom of the enormous laundry list of sites, services, and categories in the filter section to enable it.
When testing Circle to see how difficult its filters were to escape, the first and most annoying discovery I made was that even "Kid"-level filtering did not automatically put Google and Bing searches in safe mode. Filtering can do a good job keeping your middle-schooler from stumbling into things he or she is neither ready for nor trying to find, but it absolutely won't prevent a determined adolescent or adult from circumventing it. Effectiveness (or not) of Circle filteringĪs we already mentioned, family Internet filtering isn't a completely reasonable proposition. You can also check out each family member's usage patterns and history, both site by site and by the same broad categories available in the filtering section. Much like the filtering, the access schedules are per-profile you can set regular times for Internet disconnection (bedtime) as well as daily time limits, with configurable "weekend" and "weekday" periods so the kids can have more playtime on weekends and less on school nights. In addition to filtering the Internet, Circle allows you to schedule access to it. If your device broadcasts a NetBIOS name, Circle will show it to you if your device doesn't, there just isn't anything else to identify it with. This complaint is understandable but not entirely fair-trying to identify dozens of devices this way is absolutely a pain in the butt, but many devices don't show anything but their BSSID.
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The majority of the negative Circle Home app reviews on the Google Play Store complain that it's hard to identify devices by BSSID (the Wi-Fi equivalent of a MAC address). This allows you to offer separate profiles for each family member and ensure that each person's experience is consistent across all their devices.
In addition to a default filtering level, Circle offers filter sets on a person-by-person basis. That said, Circle is reasonably solid, as mobile apps go. If you prefer a Web interface-or want to control Circle using a full-sized computer, display, and keyboard at all-you're out of luck. On the App Store, the Inner Circle dating app received 6.4 thousand ratings with an average of 4.2 stars. The Inner Circle has been downloaded from the Google Play Market for more than one million times, and more than 4 thousand people left their feedback hereto rate the app.
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The biggest bone I have to pick with Circle (first-gen, as reviewed) is that it must be managed from an Android or iOS app, whether you're using Circle embedded in a Netgear router or via the standalone IoT device. As for the app’s popularity among users, figures are the best proofs.
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