🛡️ Introducing 1.1.1.1 For Families
Digital safety is a fast-moving target, and it can be hard to keep up. While no single tool is 100% foolproof, there is a powerful, free service that provides an essential first line of defense for your children’s devices.
Cloudflare (one of the world’s largest internet security companies) offers a free service called 1.1.1.1 for Families. It helps keep students safe by filtering your internet connection at the source to block harmful content before it even reaches the screen.
Adult Content Filtering: Automatically blocks adult websites.
Automatic Malware Protection: Blocks “phishing” sites and harmful code that tries to steal your family’s private information.
Speed & Privacy: It’s one of the fastest services available and doesn’t track or sell your browsing data.
Think of DNS (Domain Name System) as the “Phonebook of the Internet.”
When you type a website name into your browser, your device has to look it up in a digital phonebook to find that site’s “phone number” (its IP address). By using Cloudflare for Families, you are giving your device a “Smart Phonebook”.
If a child tries to visit a site known for adult content or malware, the phonebook simply refuses to provide the number.
The browser displays an error or a blank page instead of the harmful content.
Because this happens at the “request” level, it works across different apps and browsers.
You can protect individual devices by following these steps. We recommend the “Adult + Malware” settings for all student devices.
Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Centre > Change adapter options
Right-click your connection > Properties > IPv4
Use “1.1.1.3” and “1.0.0.3”.
Go to System Settings > Network > Advanced > DNS
Add the 1.1.1.3/1.0.0.3 IPs.
Go to Settings > Network & internet > Private DNS
Set it to family.cloudflare-dns.com
For these devices the App is Required, download the 1.1.1.1 app from the Play Store and enable “Families” mode in the app settings.
While Cloudflare offers a “1.1.1.1” app, we recommend using the Security Profile (https://l.stmichaels.school/884G6H) for student devices. Here’s why:
Follow the setup steps above but use these addresses instead: 1.1.1.2 and 1.0.0.2, or the Private DNS security.cloudflare-dns.com on Android.
While this DNS filter is a powerful “first line of defence,” it’s like a high-quality padlock on a door—it makes the house much safer, but it’s still important to check in on what’s happening inside. We recommend using this alongside regular conversations with your children about their online world.
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