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Online Protection
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DNS-based security Some Plume Guard features such as Online Protection, Content Access, and Adblocking rely on DNS (Domain Name System) requests sent from devices. When a device such as your laptop or mobile phone tries to connect to a website or an application tries to access an online resource,...
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When a VPN is in use, the client device's traffic is encapsulated and will no longer be protected by Plume Guard or Content Access features. For this reason, Plume Guard's Online Protection feature blocks most known commercial VPN service providers by default. Non-commercial VPNs, such as ones fr...
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Adblocking will help you block web and video advertisements as well as requests to known ad servers. You can enable this for either a device, a person's profile, or everyone. When you enable Adblocking for a person, this setting will be applied to all the devices assigned to that person.
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From the Home screen and tap on the Guard events button. The Protected tab will display all blocked events. You can sort the list of events shown below by type of event or by choosing a person. Simply tap on any event to add the site to the Approved list if you trust that it is actually...
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Plume's Online Protection now supports, IP Threat Detection (IPTD), the latest advancement of Plume Guard features! Previously, Online Protection worked by detecting only malicious DNS-based threats. By now protecting devices from connecting to malicious sites using IP addresses (IPTD Outbound Pr...
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Enabling the Online Protection feature will protect your devices from malware sites, botnets, spyware, spam, phishing, keyloggers, monitoring, proxy avoidance, anonymizer, and other harmful attacks on your network. How do I turn on Online Protection? The feature is enabled on all devices by def...
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Plume's security features have been designed with a privacy-first mentality, ensuring we offer effective protection against today's threats while respecting our users and their data privacy. Since security related features inherently require more information to protect your devices than Plume's b...
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The HomePass app allows you to delete any past blocked events, similar to clearing your browser history. If you'd like to delete your past security events, open the Settings menu and select the Guard option. On the bottom of the screen, you will find the Delete security events button. Simply t...
