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Ability to block Chrome dinosaur game on Android
As said, its not possible (yet). But I'm more curious about the why? What is the reason for blocking this? I've heard this request once and that was because people took their devices offline and started playing the game in stead of working.
But a easy workaround for this, and faster than getting a request approved, is by preventing people from taking their device offline. Their are more policies available to do that, then there are for blocking the dino game.
As said, its not possible (yet). But I'm more curious about the why? What is the reason for blocking this? I've heard this request once and that was because people took their devices offline and started playing the game in stead of working.
But a easy workaround for this, and faster than getting a request approved, is by preventing people from taking their device offline. Their are more policies available to do that, then there are for blocking the dino game.
We have a custom MDM that is used in an on-prem secure environment so there is no access to the cloud. The wireless coverage is also very spotty. How would we achieve what you are suggesting here? How could I prevent the user from simply navigating to chrome://dino?
I tried the URLBlockList managed configuration to prevent manually going to chrome://dino but this appears to only work with the cloud EMM and not through the use of DevicePolicyManager.setApplicationRestrictions() from our device owner app.
Could doing a kiosk and only allow fullscreen apps and webpages operate?
You will then also see only a dinosaur game when no internet available.
So, your devices are always working offline and therefore always showing the dino if no page is opened?
If so, did you try working with an allow list? Not sure if thats available in your case. It only allows URLS in your allowlist so might block the dino. But chrome:// links are not really URLs so won't be suprised if it doesnt work.
Last resort, i've been told a while ago that setting up a VPN connection to a local server would show up as an active internet connection on the device (even when you don't have internet, the device just behaves as if it would have internet). Resulting in the dino not showing up. But it would still be available via the url.
