<![CDATA[Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation?]]>Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation?

Mother in law does not savvy tech and the malware games she installs are a real problem.

Would ideally like to prevent even apps installing other apps. Am sure those evil card/mahjong apps somehow sideload even more terrifying apps.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/09f4f6b4-afbe-4983-9105-32a50f3330ec/can-anyone-suggest-an-android-app-which-can-lock-the-play-store-and-prevent-app-installationRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 23:24:47 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2026 09:50:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:23:09 GMT]]>@dbat can you tell her to not just install random shit? does she not listen? (even so i dont think you should be imposing with restrictions like that unless it’s a shared device in which case sure i suppose)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tudbut.de/objects/17ae1a67-19d2-4c5d-bd1d-d429ccbe8fb5https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tudbut.de/objects/17ae1a67-19d2-4c5d-bd1d-d429ccbe8fb5Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:23:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:47:24 GMT]]>@cutesobri i tried fam link. It absolutely took hours and had no noticeable effect! 🤭 typical big tech!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391807832622252https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391807832622252Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:47:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:56:44 GMT]]>Thanks for the helpful replies all you cool tooters!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391372700378934https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391372700378934Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:56:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:56:17 GMT]]>@Vonskinnback thank you. Looking asap!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391370921722115https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391370921722115Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:56:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:45:36 GMT]]>@dbat not all Android phones will support it but it's worth a look...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Vonskinnback/statuses/116391328909777171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Vonskinnback/statuses/116391328909777171Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:45:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:44:43 GMT]]>@dbat

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Vonskinnback/statuses/116391325434175811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Vonskinnback/statuses/116391325434175811Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:44:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:42:51 GMT]]>@dbat in addition what the other poster said, apps like
https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.faircode.netguard
or
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.celzero.bravedns
allow block specific network connections.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ni.hil.ist/users/desirable_dialogue/statuses/116391318116012048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ni.hil.ist/users/desirable_dialogue/statuses/116391318116012048Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:42:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:33:32 GMT]]>@cutesobri um.. at least 4 year old phone. Afk rn drat!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391281480243989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391281480243989Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:32:59 GMT]]>@Vonskinnback can u do that? How!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391279328125359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116391279328125359Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:32:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:28:22 GMT]]>@dbat what about creating her a profile on the phone that doesn't allow her to install any apps?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Vonskinnback/statuses/116391261168727388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Vonskinnback/statuses/116391261168727388Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:28:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can anyone suggest an android app which can lock the Play store and prevent app installation? on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:17:52 GMT]]>@cutesobri thanks. Tried a lot of that. This is an older phone. Do u know a good app that can lock other apps?

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