Gaming What's the deal with this whole 'Parental Controls App'?

[JFlare]

I totally agree with you on that... also, the switch's parental controls are too strict imo :3

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I totally agree with you on that... also, the switch's parental controls are too strict imo :3

They're as strict as the people enforcing them make them

 

[Futurdreamz]

They're as strict as the people enforcing them make them

Hence the cute cautionary in the Bowser trailer.

 

[owek1]

by the way, based on the leaked video, you could set parental controls on the Switch itself as well as using an app for ios/android..

 

[Bladexdsl]

gotta protect the kiddiez

 

[thorasgar]

Find My Switch app would be cool.

 

[darkten]

Find My Switch app would be cool.

I'm not sure I am gonna need help finding my Switch:
1. Hooked up to display in office
2. On desk in office
3. On Person
4. On Nightstand*

If it is not in one of those locations, lol, it is stolen, hahaha

*Ok this one is subject to the wife's tolerance levels heheh

 

[thorasgar]

I'm not sure I am gonna need help finding my Switch:
1. Hooked up to display in office
2. On desk in office
3. On Person
4. On Nightstand*

If it is not in one of those locations, lol, it is stolen, hahaha

*Ok this one is subject to the wife's tolerance levels heheh

Have kids? I have two boys that suffer from CRS (can't remember shit).
Phone/3DS/shoes/gloves/iPad doesn't matter, all the same. Always budget 10 minutes before you have to leave to find shit.

Also wouldn't recommend certain jRPG games in the bedroom.

 

[darkten]

Have kids? I have two boys that suffer from CRS (can't remember shit).
Phone/3DS/shoes/gloves/iPad doesn't matter, all the same. Always budget 10 minutes before you have to leave to find shit.

Also wouldn't recommend certain jRPG games in the bedroom.

3, 2 boys one girl. Two of them are afflicted IDK/HTH (I-Don't-Know-How-That-Happened) and since they are older, "tough rocks if you can't find it, we're leaving. Mind your things...look, here's mine"

Yeah we don't have TVs in any rooms but Watching TV Room and Kids Monitors (they don't watch TV, they watch Youtube and twitch. Young People) so "Switch on nightstand" is gonna be a "thing" at my house heheh

 

[Sketchy1]

So, it is available for Android and iOS, but why do it on an app instead of on the system itself. If a kid took your phone it would be even easier to change them. I am especially worried that noobs will start asking questions about using the app as a possible entrypoint for an exploit. What are your thoughts on it?

tbh it would be more secure then the 3ds parental controls.
we can generate our own unlock codes, and disable them if we needed too.

so yeah, a 6 year old can play resident evil revelations if they felt like it.

 

[xile6]

Have kids? I have two boys that suffer from CRS (can't remember shit).
Phone/3DS/shoes/gloves/iPad doesn't matter, all the same. Always budget 10 minutes before you have to leave to find shit.

Also wouldn't recommend certain jRPG games in the bedroom.

Put a tile tag on it
https://www.thetileapp.com

Other then that how will u find the switch if its turn off (or in sleep mode) and not conntected to wifi

 

[thorasgar]

Put a tile tag on it
https://www.thetileapp.com

Other then that how will u find the switch if its turn off (or in sleep mode) and not conntected to wifi

Most but not all of those tile tags are Bluetooth, so the capability should be built in if they wanted to implement it.

I haven't looked recently but most of those tag things have been more than I want to spend.