FAQ’s

Frequently Asked Questions

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To protect the Home/Office Internet there are two choices:

  1. Kibosh Pro
  2. Kibosh Light

Kibosh Mobile's VPN-layer security is an add-on item that you can add / remove, as needed, from your Kibosh Portal... after you've setup Kibosh Pro or Kibosh Light.

Kibosh Pro requires the MT6000 WiFi router, and will give you full security, control and visibility over your network and every device using your Internet.

Pro + MT6000 is a powerful Internet Security and Parental Control appliance for the home / office.

Kibosh Light will work on most any WiFi router and will immediately give you Kibosh-safe internet on every device.

Plus you get a daily history report, and the ability to block additional websites / apps and more.

The quality of the Family and Malware Safe Internet is the same for both.

The main caveat between them is that the Kibosh Router cannot be bypassed, cannot be misconfigured, blocks tor, incognito mode, DNS bypass by default.

Kibosh Light however, can be bypassed by a sophisticated user.

Both solutions offer Kibosh Mobile.

All Kibosh products are powered by Kibosh's Internet Content and Malware Filtering, over 10 years in service around the world, and powered by distributed cloud-servers.

On a Kibosh Internet there is no porn: images, websites, search terms, and malware always being kept at bay.

Kibosh is a company focused on one thing - producing legitimate and sustainable Internet Security and Parental Control solutions.

The MT6000 is the first and only plug-n-play enterprise-grade internet content, and malware filtering service created specifically for the home/office and now including mobile.

Kibosh at its core is an Internet Security & Content Filtering Service.

  • Internet Security and Content Filtering require a lot of resources:
    •  The lists of bad websites grow larger every week - a lot of CPU and Bandwidth is required to process
  • Internet Security and Content Filtering are dynamic targets that require persistent effort to maintain:
    • Internet Content Filtering Definitions must be updated, validate and enforced weekly
    • Malware Definitions must be update, validated and enforced weekly
  • Kibosh Router appliance blocks technologies like Tor, DNS over HTTPS, DNS bypass, incognito mode, proxies and more. These require regular updates.
  • Customer Support

We do not sell, track or monitor personal information.

Our goal has always been that when you plug a Kibosh Router in, you do not to do anything - it just works.  But, there is a lot that goes into making it easy.

The word “kibosh” refers to something that serves as a check or stop, often used in the phrase “put the kibosh on.”

Merriam-Webster/dictionary/kibosh

It means to decisively end or reject something.

So, when you put the kibosh on something, you’re effectively stopping it in its tracks!

Internet hardcore pornography is so rampant today it's impossible to avoid, even when conducting the most benign search.

√ Kibosh has spent over a decade learning how best to solve this problem reliably and sustainably.

Compromised websites are the number one leading cause of malware infections via email phishing, pornography and general browsing.

√ Kibosh blocks Malware before you can download it. Enjoy commercial-grade dual-layer Malware blocking and detection at the gateway to your Internet.

Parents / Administrators lack the tools to easily monitor and control what is being accessed and when over their Internet.

√ All the power tools like app blocking, Profiles, Pause/ Start Internet!

√ See who's hogging up all the bandwidth!

√ See detailed history logs, and website usage patterns.

√ Block or schedule access to apps / websites.

√ Easily see all Devices using your Internet, and take control over them.

Mobile devices with Internet access are notoriously difficult to reliably ensure the internet is safe at all times.

√ New with Kibosh 3.0 is the KiboshVPN integrated - easily deploy and manage the KiboshVPN to mobile from your Client Portal. Once installed the VPN will enforce a Family Safe Internet over all internet connections, and secure the device from hacking and tracking making it truly private, and when parental controls are layered on (step-by-step instructions provided), like App Store approval, and optionally location tracking - we finally have a family safe mobile device.

Privacy on the Internet is an oxymoron.

√ With Kibosh your families browsing and history are truly private, at the home/office and mobile.

√ All the big tech companies are marketing their "privacy" technologies, like DNS over HTTPS, encrypted DNS, Private Browser modes, "free" VPNs, etc., and selling it to us as a way to speed up your Internet, or to make your browsing truly "private". This is all a marketing scam, unless you trust Apple, Microsoft, Google, FireFox, etc. With Kibosh what you do on the Internet is truly private. No tracking. No logging. No marketing.

Yes - all Kibosh products will work with any Internet Service Provider (ISP), anywhere in the world.

The Kibosh Router is usually very easy to install - see the Quick Setup Guide.

Kibosh Light does require a few steps to complete - but if you follow the directions you'll be OK, and you only have to do it once!

All setup guides can be found at the Kibosh Support-Center

If you need more help you can schedule a live support session here.

Always go to the Kibosh Support Center for detailed setup instructions with videos.

No, and we've invested over a decade into making it so.

Kibosh was designed to be a plug-n-play permanent solution to a tough problem.

Just hook it up, that's the hard part, and you're done.

Note however, that Kibosh 3.0 is enterprise-grade technology, and you will find plenty of advanced features if you wanted to dig deeper.

Short answer - No.

Long answer -

Kibosh's Internet Security is A. powered by many servers, and B. happens BEFORE you access any website / service.

Kibosh does all of its security work the split second BEFORE the HD movie on Amazon starts, BEFORE the FPS game starts - once the game has started, it's all about your WiFi and ISP speed.

In regards to WiFi speed - MT6000 is a beast of a WiFi router with Quad-Core CPU, and 2.5GB WAN/LAN ports!

It's plenty fast enough for anything you throw at it in a home or even larger office environment.

One of the more innovative features of Kibosh 3.0 is how we have addressed mobile.

Kibosh Mobile is VPN-layer security and will install on any Apple or Android mobile device. When Parental Controls are applied you have a very family safe mobile device.

Kibosh Mobile is easily added ( or removed as needed) to your account, and deployed from your Client Portal Web app.

Each license is perpetual and you can easily transfer between mobile devices as needed.

You will manage the mobile device from your Client Portal Web app:

  • VPN monitor - tells you if the VPN in on or off
  • Daily History
  • Bandwidth
  • Filter Sets (the ability to block websites / apps)

Kibosh Pro / MT6000 offers a more integrated Kibosh Mobile experience where you can create Profiles.

 

Kibosh Light offers single device management.

 

Kibosh Mobile can only be added from an existing Client Portal - so first get setup with Kibosh Pro or Kibosh Light, and then you can add Kibosh Mobile as needed.

 

Currently we ship to the following countries:

    • Australia

    • Austria

    • Belgium

    • Brazil

    • Canada

    • Chile

    • Colombia

    • Costa Rica

    • Croatia

    • Cyprus

    • Czech Republic

    • Denmark

    • Estonia

    • Finland

    • France

    • Germany

    • Greece

    • Hungary

    • Ireland

    • Italy

    • Latvia

    • Lithuania

    • Luxembourg

    • Malta

    • Mexico

    • Netherland

    • New Zealand

    • Poland

    • Portugal

    • Romani

    • Slovakia

    • Slovenia

    • Spain

    • Sweden

    • United Kingdom (UK)

    • Unites Status (US)

Returning a Kibosh Router:

From outside the US: the MT6000 works exactly like any other high-end WiFi router and can be used as such. It ships with all the power adapters, and it works with or without Kibosh Pro Internet Security Service. Worse case scenario, you're buying an excellent WiFi router at cost.

Otherwise simply complete this return form.

Yes the Kibosh Router does address these so called "privacy technologies".

  • DNS over HTTPS as recently implemented by FireFox, and Chrome (for our convenience) will not work
  • TOR bundled will not work
  • Incognito mode will not bypass filtering
  • Apple Private Mode disabled

Kibosh will release firmware updates periodically to address new threats, which are easily installed from your Kibosh Portal.

Kibosh is very different product, and more of an enterprise grade solution.

For a more detailed answer see our Circle Review.

No.

The internet produced by the Kibosh Router is by default family safe.

By default we mean it (the family safe part) cannot be turned off or misconfigured or broken.

So, if you're using a Kibosh and surfing the Internet, it is family safe.

Yes, you can easily schedule the internet to shut off each night or immediately Pause|Start the internet at any time from your Kibosh Portal.

This can be be done per device.

This can be done to multiple devices via Profiles from your Kibosh Portal.

Yes, by default Kibosh enforces SafeSearch on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, and Brave search, at all times, and blocks the rest.

Nothing can do that unless Discord, Twitter or Reddit offer a SafeSearch option, which they currently do not.  However, with a Kibosh you can easily block, and / or schedule access to these apps, and many more.

Kibosh can never be reset like that, it's technically impossible.

On a Kibosh Router internet, TOR mode will not work:

Yes.

Kibosh owns all the infrastructure your Internet activity rides on, and we sell / share nothing.

If you use Kibosh Mobile - your information stays private everywhere you go.

With Kibosh you're internet activity is truly private from your ISP, Google, Apple, etc.

** A big piece of this privacy is Kibosh blocking the back-door DoH and Private Relay (aka TOR) techniques employed by big brother the last few years. This is why you will see occasional 'privacy warnings' on your mobile (Google/Apple) - they do not like being blocked from tracking us 🙂

If you have a Kibosh Router - complete this RMA Request form.

In regards to all other Kibosh services - you cancel any Subscription(s) from your Portal > Account > Subscriptions.

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