Black mirror style web monitoring system lets parents remotely schedule ...

Web monitoring system gives parents control over a child's internet access and can remotely shut down their connection wherever they are Parents can schedule internet access and block sites with customisable controls The settings kick in every time the child's phone tries to connects to the web    Control is device specific and can be used on any phone, laptop and tablet

By Yuan Ren For Mailonline

Published: 11:19 GMT, 12 February 2019 | Updated: 15:17 GMT, 12 February 2019

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A new product that claims to 'hardwire' childrens' phones to gives total parental control over internet access is being introduced in the UK.

The technology, described as 'the first of its kind' by its Irish makers iKydz, lets parents customise their child's access to the internet via an app on their phone.  

The product can be set up on any device or system, and can be linked to any of phones, tablets, laptops without being locked to any network or hardware brand. 

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A new product that gives parents total control over what children do on their phones without actually monitoring their activity, is being introduced in the UK

A new product that gives parents total control over what children do on their phones without actually monitoring their activity, is being introduced in the UK

The control can operate over WiFi or 3G or 4G signal, whenever and wherever the child's phone or other hardware device is able to connect to the internet.

The products works through a central control app downloaded on the adult's phone, and an app on each of the child's that the parent is trying to control. 

While it does not actually let parents monitor their child's activity, parents can set which sites and what time slots are off bounds for their child.  

The product once activated cannot be removed by 'tech-savvy children' unlike traditional parental control apps, according to its Irish maker Zyalin Group. 

iKydz is a range of internet control products that includes the iKydz App, and the iKydz hub device that can be directly plugged into the WiFi router at home.

Together they set up a system at home that can separately control each device connected to the WiFi network. 

Parents set filters and schedule access and time to each of their children's internet-connected devices that has the ikydz app dowloaded on the phone.

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