I can't recreate this in the app under "kid mode" as I get an error attempting to turn it on. Kid Mode on the website removes whatever information the user has put into their profile but social media links do remain.
Under normal mode, in the app, the links do open a very neutered "browser" internally if you choose the view profile link (it lacks an editable address bar, nav button, etc). And if that profile links elsewhere the links can be followed in that same crude "browser."
The easiest solution might be to hide social media links (and any links that navigate away from lichess.org) entirely under kid mode. Or simpler still for the app would be to just remove profile links when kid mode is enabled.
That said kid mode functions as described which is simply to remove the social aspects of the lichess site itself. Perhaps that needs extending to hiding social media links to elsewhere as well.
You must be at least a bit tech savvy to have the app on a fire tablet (last I checked it wasn't supported officially). Do you think any responsibility is on you for not restricting things on your end? It isn't difficult to create a black/white-list for devices on your network which would have prevented navigating away from lichess in the first place.
Also your kid is probably smarter than you give credit for figuring this out. By their age I had a WAMP stack up with a forum and shoutcast server for my friends. A few years later I'd switched to linux and was still learning more. Unrestricted internet access and nobody hovering over me worried I'd see a tit or hear a bad word to thank. Though I guess I can agree about Twitch & Fortnite in that regard - there's nothing meaningful to be learned.
Under normal mode, in the app, the links do open a very neutered "browser" internally if you choose the view profile link (it lacks an editable address bar, nav button, etc). And if that profile links elsewhere the links can be followed in that same crude "browser."
The easiest solution might be to hide social media links (and any links that navigate away from lichess.org) entirely under kid mode. Or simpler still for the app would be to just remove profile links when kid mode is enabled.
That said kid mode functions as described which is simply to remove the social aspects of the lichess site itself. Perhaps that needs extending to hiding social media links to elsewhere as well.
You must be at least a bit tech savvy to have the app on a fire tablet (last I checked it wasn't supported officially). Do you think any responsibility is on you for not restricting things on your end? It isn't difficult to create a black/white-list for devices on your network which would have prevented navigating away from lichess in the first place.
Also your kid is probably smarter than you give credit for figuring this out. By their age I had a WAMP stack up with a forum and shoutcast server for my friends. A few years later I'd switched to linux and was still learning more. Unrestricted internet access and nobody hovering over me worried I'd see a tit or hear a bad word to thank. Though I guess I can agree about Twitch & Fortnite in that regard - there's nothing meaningful to be learned.
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This is just a thinly-disguised swipe at Lichess.
If you don't like what your child watches on the internet,disable the bloody internet,mate.Take your kid to a real live OTB chess club instead of palming off your parental responsibility to a monitor screen.I have 3 children, 11 grand-children and 1 great-grandchild..before you try to attack me for calling you out.
If you don't like what your child watches on the internet,disable the bloody internet,mate.Take your kid to a real live OTB chess club instead of palming off your parental responsibility to a monitor screen.I have 3 children, 11 grand-children and 1 great-grandchild..before you try to attack me for calling you out.
@Toadofsky Kid mode was the first thing I turned on on their profiles and that is the promise of the kid mode: "In kid mode, the lichess logo gets a :) icon, so you know your kids are safe." Well he isn't.
@lokomis I'm a software developer myself, that's why I disabled the browser, that's why I installed lichess and only that on the tablet. And, if lichess wouldn't allow breaking out of that, it would be safe.
The kids also have a laptop where a browser is installed. There I whitelisted in the browser which pages are safe and which aren't. But how should I configure this sideloaded browser?
And I know, that he is smart, but eight is no age to see chopped heads, hardcore scenes and so on.
@lokomis I'm a software developer myself, that's why I disabled the browser, that's why I installed lichess and only that on the tablet. And, if lichess wouldn't allow breaking out of that, it would be safe.
The kids also have a laptop where a browser is installed. There I whitelisted in the browser which pages are safe and which aren't. But how should I configure this sideloaded browser?
And I know, that he is smart, but eight is no age to see chopped heads, hardcore scenes and so on.
OP, you are responsible for your child. No one else.
lichess is not a babysitter. If you don't want your child finding things on the internet, don't let him use computers, phones, or tablets. If given the chance, kids will always find workarounds, especially kids who deal with critical thinking, problem solving, and have persistence (aka chess players).
"But how should I configure this sideloaded browser?"
I believe some routers offer the solution I'd suggested and which I should have expanded upon. Rather than configuring individual devices and their software, PITA in my opinion, a single point on your network should be able to act as a firewall and handle what your devices can or can't communicate with. Your router can probably already do this (firewall & QoS settings) and there are other options if it can't.
A common use for a Raspberry Pi is to make a Pi-hole which works as an anti-advertisement device out the box but can be configured with custom rules. You either tell your router or each individual device to use the Pi-hole as the DNS and the Pi-hole handles the requests blocking whatever is blacklisted and/or allowing what is whitelisted.
This functionality isn't limited to a particular piece of hardware or to the Pi-hole software either. If you've a home server that's always running it could be configured to act as the DNS and run whatever flavor firewall/QoS software you see fit. You could even run Pi-hole virtualized if you decided you liked it but didn't want to buy a Raspberry Pi just for it.
Anyway a good router should already fit the bill and a decent one might be made to work with third party firmware like DD-WRT. I'd poke around your router's settings before anything else and hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised by some extensive Firewall/QoS options. For a little time spent employing these features you'll save time configuring individual devices in the future. Check Quality of Service settings first. That's usually where you'll find options for limiting access based on url, keywords, time of day, etc and the rules can usually be configured broadly or per device.
I believe some routers offer the solution I'd suggested and which I should have expanded upon. Rather than configuring individual devices and their software, PITA in my opinion, a single point on your network should be able to act as a firewall and handle what your devices can or can't communicate with. Your router can probably already do this (firewall & QoS settings) and there are other options if it can't.
A common use for a Raspberry Pi is to make a Pi-hole which works as an anti-advertisement device out the box but can be configured with custom rules. You either tell your router or each individual device to use the Pi-hole as the DNS and the Pi-hole handles the requests blocking whatever is blacklisted and/or allowing what is whitelisted.
This functionality isn't limited to a particular piece of hardware or to the Pi-hole software either. If you've a home server that's always running it could be configured to act as the DNS and run whatever flavor firewall/QoS software you see fit. You could even run Pi-hole virtualized if you decided you liked it but didn't want to buy a Raspberry Pi just for it.
Anyway a good router should already fit the bill and a decent one might be made to work with third party firmware like DD-WRT. I'd poke around your router's settings before anything else and hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised by some extensive Firewall/QoS options. For a little time spent employing these features you'll save time configuring individual devices in the future. Check Quality of Service settings first. That's usually where you'll find options for limiting access based on url, keywords, time of day, etc and the rules can usually be configured broadly or per device.
On your wi-fi settings, use the 'kidsafe' setting (if there is one) to disable twitch and then it will won't let you access it even when originally on lichess
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