The moment they turn their personal hotspot on you will get a notification from Circle that this is happening.

It may be that you are seeing strange things with your family member profiles related to their Insights or Time Limits and suspect that something might be going on, or it may be that youd like to take a more proactive approach to your homes Internet activity.

In these cases, its possible your child might be using a tool like a VPN or proxy.

If this doesnt help, its possible its a site that hasnt been appropriately categorized as a VPN or Proxy.

Note that this tool is used by Circle, but not owned or managed by us, and there is no guarantee the request will go into effect.

Since the Circle device identifies devices uniquely by their MAC address, it doesnt know to associate newly generated MAC addresses with the filters defined for your kids profile.

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Any software that seems suspicious and has the intent of creating or changing MAC addresses should be located and removed.

Finally, you can empty your Home profile of known devices and then Pause the Home profile.

Any new devices will then be restricted from access to the network.

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Fortunately, removing the device management profile requires the devices passcode; so having a strong passcode unknown to your child can help in that regard.

However, the VPN toggle can be turned off; in that instance, you should get a push notification to your managing devices that states Circle Go may have been intentionally disabled.

Note: There are rare circumstances where the Circle Go VPN may not connect in a timely manner when switching network or data connections.

If this occurs and remains disconnected for over an hour you may get a notification that the device needs attention.

This does not mean the Circle Go VPN or MDM was intentionally removed.

Check to make sure the VPNMDM profile are still installed correctly ( see here for more on iOS ) or that the device administrator is still checking for MyCircle ( see here for more on Android ).

This can include removing it far enough from the household where it loses pairing with the router; opening the Circle device and cutting wirescircuitry inside; or simply turning off the Circle device (which thankfully sends a push notification to managing devices when performed).

When they do so you might notice changes to profiles that you didnt make.

Usually these are more lenient restrictions like unmanaging a device or delete their profile.

Also, ensure that your child has no access to your phone or tablet (doesnt know its passcode) with the Circle app.

Next, put a Lock PIN on the Circle app itself from Menu Manage Lock PIN.

For iOS thats changed under Settings Notifications Show Previews.

If the issue continues check their devices to make sure the do not have the Circle 1st generation app installed.

Finally, you may need to reset the Circle device and then set up as new to remove any access from apps that have previously had access that you dont know about.

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