Female led relationships discussion

For the last several months, my wife and I have been adding different parental controls to my gadgets. You might wonder why. My spouse feels that I spend excessive amounts of time on my phone, tablet, or laptop. If she could, she would just switch them off entirely. Since I enjoy these devices but currently only have a small amount of money available for personal use—and that too will soon disappear—we discussed the situation. We agreed that if she wanted this control over me, I should help make it happen. She also expressed that she didn’t like my viewing mature content or other adult-rated humor when I wanted to, which is hard enough in a male-dominated workplace.

So, testing began with several free apps since we weren’t sure they would work well for us. Here is the list of what worked out mostly:

1. K9 Web Protection (Free) - Windows: Although Norton acquired it just to eliminate competition and it might not last until 2020. The web protection was set up with a free account under her name, using a password. It completely blocks porn as well as any other categories we choose, including a whitelist for sites that shouldn’t be blocked. Once installed, you are good to go.

2. Safe Surfer (Free) - Android: Designed for household devices but works fine as an app too. It blocks porn and several other websites, including our community site, though there is no whitelist option. A free account and a 4-digit password are required. Once installed, it runs until stopped manually with her password.

3. Fingerprint Scanner (Android Hardware): Not available on all devices, but this small pad on the back of your device replaces passwords or PINs. She scanned her fingerprint as Admin so she could unlock my phone without needing a pin code.

4. AppLock + Fingerprint (Android): This allowed selected apps like eBay and Amazon to be locked with her fingerprint, preventing me from making purchases through them. It can also lock parental control apps or automatically lock any new apps installed before she approves them.

5. Dinner Time (Android): Allowed her remote lock or shutdown of Android devices.

6. Asus Link (Android & Windows): Designed for Asus products but works with other brands too. This enabled her to remotely log out or shut down my Windows 7 laptop.

My trial period has mostly ended, except K9 Web Protection remains on my laptop. In reality, she rarely used the remote logout and shutdown features, making that part somewhat pointless. What she did enjoy was me asking permission privately and publicly for her to unlock apps with her fingerprint when I needed them, or requesting a short window of time to view mature content or browse our community site.

Unfortunately, most Android devices lack built-in parental software, which seems wrong in this digital age. Additionally, 99% of the available parental controls for Android come with subscription fees hidden in the small print.