Mobile app bypass

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Mobicip Support iPhone iPod Touch Premium

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Filtering policy

Hi I jus figured that it is extremally easy to bypass mobil app.

1. You are logged in on Premium account no acces to google pics

2. Sign out from premium and sign in to free account (first need to create one which is extremally easy)

3. Now you have acces to google pictures and toons of nude, free app does not block google pics

My question is how to secure this one?

Mobicip Support Oct 18, 2016

Re: Mobile app bypass

First of all, Mobicip free app does not allow access to explicit nude pics. Google Safe Search is always on when using the Mobicip Safe Browser. Our filtering is based on keyword searches and hence, our filter will catch any inappropriate search keyword entered on the Google search bar and will automatically block the search results page. It is trained to catch most inappropriate content like porn and explicitly adult-oriented content, but sometimes, even reputed websites may have some explicit images included in their informative articles and will be allowed by our filter. Added to that, due to the lack of descriptive content on most images available online, sometimes, a few inappropriate images slip through our filter. We constantly update our filtering algorithms to catch such websites and images.

Reg your concern - No, Mobicip filtering cannot be completely bypassed by just creating a new account. Of course, we have thought of this loop hole. Even if you create another Mobicip account, once your device is registered as a premium device under one account (parent/admin account), Mobicip Safe Browser app will not let you use another account details to login to the app on the device. It will result in 404 login error. So you will not be able to see your own reports and change the settings using another Mobicip account.

If the device is a non-premium device, then even if you use another account on the Mobicip Safe Browser app, you will have to choose one of the three filtering levels and you can be assured that you will not have access to inappropriate content as long as you use Mobicip.

Robb Lentz Oct 18, 2016

Switching profiles without credentials

I've recently had some users claim they were able to change their filter profile without having to enter the password to the admin account. They claim it just popped up. Is this an issue anyone else is having? Is there a way to trick mobicip into thinking that you can change the filter profile? These users do not have access to my admin credentials, so I'm not sure how this happened.

Thanks,

Mobicip Support Oct 25, 2016

Re: Switching profiles without credentials

Hello Robb

The bypass method that you mentioned is highly unlikely to happen. During all these years, we never received one such case reported. What we suggest is to try and check the steps yourself and confirm.