Norton Family

Norton Family helps you protect your kids so they can enjoy the Internet safely.

Norton Family: Protection & Monitoring for Your Child's Online Safety

Norton Family is a Chrome extension that aids parents to monitor their children's internet activities, promoting safe internet use. The essential pre-requisite for its operation is the installation of Norton Family product on the user's device. This extension uses specific permissions to monitor child web activities, display customized block web pages, navigate back to the previous page, and communicate between the extension and the desktop application.

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Extension stats

By: NortonLifeLock Inc

Users: 90,000+

Rating: 2.51

(273)

Version: 3.9.0.17 (Last updated: 2023-07-17)

Creation date: 2020-05-05

Permissions:

tabs
webNavigation
nativeMessaging
declarativeNetRequest
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 60.73K

Email: DL*****@nortonlifelock.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,312 ▲ 91

Other rankings

#9882 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 108 #1 in family keyword 10 #80 in child keyword 3 ▼ 3 #119 in permissions keyword 4 ▲ 7 #281 in activity keyword 13 ▼ 53

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Norton Family (v3.9.0.17)

1,501+ 3.29

(17)

Norton Family (v3.9.0.17)

62,393+ 2.10

(22)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Effective in blocking inappropriate content when set correctly
Helps parents monitor children's online activities
Can be customized to specific blocking needs

Cons

Blocks many useful websites including educational resources
Difficult to configure properly without issues
Invasive privacy concerns and distrust from users

Most mentioned

Blocks too many websites
Invasion of privacy concerns
Requires significant tweaking for proper functionality

User reviews

peace of shift

Sergei Klin, 2025-02-04

bad

Lemon Siblings, 2025-01-05

it's just bad

Riyadh secrets, 2025-01-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Norton Family requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Norton Family. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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