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@casino The router does not know if a browser is in incognito mode or not. Therefore, on the router, the behavior is the same either way.

The different behavior you saw originated from your browser. You may try the following to verify:

1. Disable all plugins for your Chrome and see if that keeps Safe Search in incognito mode.
2. On the router, enable “Block proxy, VPN, TOR”. You should always have safe search. Otherwise, Google & YouTube will be blocked.

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@casino Does the following summarize your findings?

1. Safe search is sometimes broken on Chrome on your PC, when Chrome is in Incognito mode. There seems to be a timer that turns safe search on and off.
2. Safe search works on the same PC for the same Chrome browser, when it is not in Incognito mode.
3. Safe search works on the same PC for another browser that is not Chrome, no matter it’s in Incognito mode or not.

If the above is true, then I’d suspect that your Chrome browser is running a plugin that behaves like a VPN or proxy to evade safe search.

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@casino There are two problems with this:

1. There’s a big risk of false positives. For example, “hot” is just a normal word and should not be blocked (e.g., the stove is hot). Nor should “breaststroke” be blocked for someone who wants to learn swimming.
2. For HTTPS sites, you have to break the encryption in order to filter by words (i.e., a Man in the Middle attack against HTTPS). We will not break a secure protocol to make the Internet “safer”.

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@shayco2018 Thanks for the feedback. We’re looking into this.

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@casino You may try to see if the same happens on a different device. If the problem is in Google or the router, then you’ll see the same behavior on the second device at exactly the same time.

Another thing you may try is to run the command ‘nslookup www.google.com’ at the time when Safe search is on and off, and compare the results.

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@casino It’s not possible to list all subdomains of jezebel.com, because they can add or remove subdomains any time. What you can do is list jezebel.com first and see if the site you tried to visit is blocked. If not, add those (sub)domains to your list.

It’s a lot easier to block the domains on the router – you don’t need to worry about subdomains. Just add “jezebel.com” to the blocked list and you are covered for all subdomains also.

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That should not happen. How do you know Safe Search was temporarily off and back on again?

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@mbrink44 Do you mean parental control gets disabled on a periodic basis? Anything else changes at the same time? For example, WiFi password, device names?

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@casino You only need 127.0.0.1 emmreport.com, not the http://… part.

But you need to list all domains and subdomains. For example, listing 127.0.0.1 jezebel.com does not make www.jezebel.com point to 127.0.0.1.

You can use ping to test, e.g., “ping jezebel.com”.

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@casino These techniques cannot bypass the pcWRT controls.

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@mizarcs Thanks for the update. Version v1.26 is not compatible with previous backups. You need to create a new backup after upgrade.

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@shayco2018 That version is no longer supported. May we ask why you want to roll back?

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@casino The video you linked to only provides info on how to navigate the Steam platform. There’s no mention of how to use it to access an arbitrary web site, i.e., how to enter a URL in the Steam Browser.

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@casino How does it work? Did you try it?

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@mizarcs Let’s start from a clean state.

1. Reset the router: with router powered on, press and hold the Reset button for about 10 seconds then release.
2. After the router reboots, connect a PC to the router and load http://192.168.10.1
3. You’ll be asked to do initial setup.
4. Can you select time zone during initial setup?
5. After initial setup, log in and load the System Settings page. Can you select time zone?

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