Unlock codes
Say yes from your phone, without an account
You're out, and someone at home needs a site that's paused, or a little more time before bedtime. With unlock codes, you can approve it from your phone in seconds. The request never comes to us.
- They tap Ask a parent on the blocked or bedtime page and send you the short request code, like
CL-4821. - You open the Family Lock page on your phone and type it in. Pick 30 minutes, 1 hour, or until homework or bedtime ends.
- Your phone shows a one-time unlock code like
47-K7QM-2XPD. They type it in, and it works once.
The secret that makes the codes is in the link you scan when you first connect the phone. Everything after the # in that link stays on the phone; browsers don't send that part to any server. The computer only keeps slow, one-way checks of the codes, so it can't make a code of its own.
Unlock codes are included in Family Lock Kids, and they'll be part of launch.