Norton Family
Norton Family: Protection & Monitoring for Your Child's Online Safety
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Extension summary
If you are a Norton Family user, you’ll need to install this extension to continue monitoring your child’s activity on Google Chrome. It gives you insights into their online activities so you can start a conversation about responsible online behaviors. Installing this chrome extension does not install Norton Family product on your windows device. Norton Family has to be installed separately and is a pre-requisite for this extension to work.
This add-on uses permissions that produce the following Chrome messages to perform necessary functions within the add-on.
“Read and change all your data on the website you visit” Shown for permissions needed to monitor child web activities and also to display customized block page for websites that are not allowed as per the house rules configured by the parent.
“Read your browsing history” Shown for permissions needed to go back to the previous web page from customized block page.
“Communicate with cooperating native applications” Shown for permissions needed to communicate between the extension and the desktop application.
This add-on also uses permissions that are not displayed in Chrome to perform necessary functions within the add-on:
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spammy, or outdated.- Effective at blocking inappropriate content when configured correctly
- Useful parental control tool for monitoring and blocking websites
- Blocks necessary educational websites and applications
- Inconsistent performance and frequent crashes
- Overly restrictive, leading to frustration among users
- Difficult to configure, requiring significant user involvement
- Blocks access to Gmail, Google Docs, and other essential sites
- Users often describe the tool as overly controlling and invasive
- Frequent complaints about the inability to access social media and gaming sites
User reviews
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Jim Bullard, 2024-12-01 
Silvana, 2024-11-27Extension safety
Risk impact
Norton Family requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Norton Family has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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