How to enable safesearch on Edge browser (android intune depl. kiosk mode)

[PHAICT2]

Apologies if this falls into a better threat category.

 

In short:

 

Kiosk devices enrolled in Intune (android shared mode) with preset office apps / TTrockstarts, edulink, office apps etc.

All working spot on, apart from one thing.

 

Edge browser does not seem to support forced safe search; there's no setting for it that I can see in Intune.

Chrome does have this selectable in intune.

 

These tablets are for SEN students, so the fact that edge auto-signs in the user into m365 using the AAD credentials is very favourable (chrome doesnt).

 

Is there a nifty way to force Edge to have safesearch ON. At the minute test searches have shown clearly, that safe search is OFF.

 

Thanks

[tom_newton]

Think about it on a search engine basis rather than a browser basis. You can choose a search engine, and then lock the search engine down.

You can lock a search engine down with a web filter - which I am sure you already have, or in some cases other ways, eg if the accounts are logged in to google or microsoft, or by using DNS https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/186669

[PHAICT2]

I think the way I was looking at this was 'as google is the designated search engine for both edge and chrome on the tablets ' (via intune policy) i was trying to apply SS to results in both browsers.

I understand what you mean though. Coincidentally, we are actually using smoothwall filter. So the other options is to force the tablets to through smoothwalls filter using the certificate and 'hopefully' search engine will be filtered correctly.This seems like the obviously way to do it of course, but there was a slight haste on getting them out so we initially planned to send them through the visitor wifi (which does apply smoothwall filtering still) but unfortuantely MINUS the safe search. So you cant go directly to a dodgy site, but images aren't filtered etc.

 

It's been a learning curve with android and intune for sure.

I think we will do that Tom, send them through the filter using the certificate and see what changes. It's the only way i can guarantee safety.

Edited November 7, 2024 by PHAICT2

[tom_newton]

We do have an android agent which you can use as well if the cert method gives you any bother.