How to block gambling and adult content with PIN in hado99
Enable gambling and porn filters in hado99 with PIN protection. Step-by-step activation, limits, and PIN recovery details.
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Enabling content filters in hado99
hado99 provides two optional filter categories, in addition to the ad and tracker protection that is enabled by default:
- Gambling: covers betting sites, online casinos, and lotteries (1,015 domains listed).
- Pornography: blocks explicit adult content (22,115 domains).
Both are off by default. To enable them, open the content filter screen in the app and toggle the desired category. You can enable one or both.
Why the PIN matters
The key feature is PIN asymmetry: enabling a category never requires a PIN, but disabling (or whitelisting a specific domain in that category, or pausing protection) always does. This prevents someone from secretly turning off the filter. The PIN is also required to pause the entire protection or turn off the VPN while any category is active, so that pausing everything is not an easy bypass.
Step-by-step
- Open hado99 and go to the content filter screen.
- Enable the desired category (Gambling and/or Pornography).
- The first time a PIN is needed, the app will ask you to create one and confirm it twice in a row. This is intentional: since there is no PIN recovery, the double-check prevents typos that would lock you out permanently.
- Store the PIN in a safe place. If you forget it, the only way to regain control is to uninstall and reinstall the app, which erases all filter settings and restores defaults (filters off). There is no “forgot password” flow.
Important limitations
- The filter is domain-based via DNS: it does not analyze image, video, or text content within a permitted site. Sites with mixed content on non-listed domains are not blocked.
- It is not a full parental control app: no location tracking, no screen time limits, no reports to a remote guardian. It is only a domain category filter.
- If the child has physical access to other DNS configuration methods (manual profile, another app), the filter can be bypassed — protection only applies to the DNS path that hado99 controls.
- The PIN is stored only on the device, and no browsing history is sent out; checks are done locally using a publicly downloaded and digitally signed list.
Summary
If you want a simple way to block gambling and adult sites on your phone, with a PIN protecting the settings, hado99 offers this straightforward feature. Keep in mind its limits: it is a domain-based DNS filter, not a complete parental control solution.
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- hado99 — como funciona hado99