Norton Family

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

What is Norton Family?

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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By: NortonLifeLock Inc

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Users: 90,000+

Rating: 2.57 (260)

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

Creation date: 2020-05-05

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
webNavigation
nativeMessaging
declarativeNetRequest
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 60.73K

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

URLs: Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2526 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#9729 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 15 #4 in family keyword 11 #53 in child keyword 5 #153 in activity keyword 20 ▲ 3

Other platforms

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Norton Family (v3.9.0.17)

2.20 (19) 89,741+

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Summary

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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:

User reviews

User reviews summary

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

Protects from malware
Helps monitor and control access to problematic sites and apps
Available in different languages

Cons

Blocks access to school work and educational websites
Spies on users
Invasive control by parents
Causes lag and performance issues

Most mentioned

Blocks access to school work and educational websites
Spies on users
Invasive control by parents
Causes lag and performance issues
Blocks access to games and other websites

Recent reviews

I cant even do my school work! it sucks

Andy Lindey, 2024-04-07

Worst extension i've ever seen

Anjaneya, 2024-01-08

It does not even let me do my school work. It blocks me from Gmail, Docs, Slides, and even YT because it says it is a GENERAL website. And this stupid school times does not even let me go to stuff that my teachers told us to look at. What a waste of time:(

Shubham Pai, 2024-03-31

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Safety

Risk impact

Norton Family is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Norton Family if you trust the publisher.