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Since 2001, Smoothwall has provided world-class internet security and content filtering solutions to protect and empower millions of users worldwide. By allowing filtering, monitoring and reporting on actual web content and activity, Smoothwall enables school administrators to protect their students online.
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Savannah Way 1, LS10 1AB, Leeds, United States
- 1 800 959 3760
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0/10 absolutely horrendous
0/10 absolutely horrendous like why are you blocking a educational website????????? And literally everything else
smoothwall is 1984
Way too strict
Smoothwall is WAY TOO STRICT; It blocks practically EVERYTHING you try to access, even educational websites! If I could, I would rate this zero stars.
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smoothwall is garbage
smoothwall cant block youtube searches so if you go through youtube any contraversy is unblocked well done smoothwall i am "SOOOOOOO PROUD OF YOU"
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Very Dodgy
Although I hate Smoothwall for blocking alot of stuff, including pointless stuff, thats not why I’m writing this review because I want it to be unbiased. My issue is that it is incredibly dodgy. It takes ages to load, infact sometimes it doesnt even load stuff at all. Its really glitchy as well.
This app is the baddest app that i ever…
This app is the baddest app that i ever seen when i search anything that is educational it smooth walled it
it was horrible because its keeps on…
it was horrible because its keeps on blocking me for the reason because of the games and videos I was very board at school I just want to play mazean and cookie clicker
smoothwall killed my friend
my friend killed himself because he couldnt play cookie clicker after smoothwall blocked it
it is shit i cant watch animie but i…
it is shit i cant watch animie but i can watch porn
the shit doesnt filter shit i want my money back give me fudgeing freedom from your devilish shitstain of a website i would pefer jump of a highway bypass doing a backfilp than use this shity website
i hate every part of this app
i hate every part of this app. i payed for this laptop and it says that i dont own it. cant even go on bbc iplayer. and now teachers can close your tabs.where is the privacy?
True Review
The app is good for blocking unwanted stuff, yes. But I hate it, because when I'm doing the game research for my schoolwork, Smoothwall still blocks the official websites with pictures or words about games even though I didn't even try to play that game! As a student, I say it's a horrible app!
FEMBOYS!!!!!!!
one day i was looking up the most humble of topics: 'femboys' but to my utter horror i saw the spirit of diddy floating through the window, then i saw the blue screen of smoothwall then my whole family died and my femboy bf left me!! (100% deserved) i was trying to cheat
trash
it blocks mario and scratch but somehow doesnt block a shopping website. HOW?!
Not worth even a shred of your time
Possibly the worst browser possible. It’s as if the app is designed to frustrate and anger its users as much as humanly possible.
Let’s start with the elephant in the room. The restrictions, which are the main selling point of this godawful excuse for a browser. Aside from how utterly asinine the idea of creating a browser that’s entirely built around restrictions is; the restrictions don’t even work properly. At best the restrictions are an utterly purposeless feature, and at worst they are an actual hindrance to the education of its users. To say the filtering is abysmal is an understatement, any remotely mature themes/language is blocked. This is obviously a problem for a lot of students, especially those in secondary school.
Now for the second (and largely undiscussed issue). Smoothwall’s actual ability to function as browser, or its lack thereof. Smoothwall performs far worse than any other browser, at some points taking minutes to do a simple search.
Overall, Smoothwall is a faulty browser that has no benefits. If you feel the need to place unnecessary restrictions on your students, find a more efficient means to do so.
0/10, wouldn’t recommend to even my worst enemy.
Literally blocks random stuff for no…
Literally blocks random stuff for no reason except because it's on instragram or redit. newsflash: people talk about EVERYTHING on instagram and reddit.
Smoothwall absolutely SUCKS
second review on this firewall, smoothwall doesn't even let us go on infinite craft, cbbc or basically anything.
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