On Stompstart by 19 July 2019 · Eveleigh · Australia

KoalaSafe.

An Australian parental-control router giving children their own filtered home Wi-Fi; a 2024 teardown says its maker announced closure in early 2021 and pushed open firmware to devices still online.

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Timeline

  1. Listing page saved

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  2. Closed

    KoalaSafe announced its closure in early 2021 and tried to keep devices out of landfill by pushing OpenWRT to units that were online.

    Closure · Announced
    semaja2.net
  3. Listed on Stompstart

    “KoalaSafe - Create a new wifi network in the home that's safe for kids.”

As listed on Stompstart

Hand holding a small white device with a koala logo.
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Listing date unconfirmed · page saved 19 July 2019 · Public Beta

“KoalaSafe - Create a new wifi network in the home that's safe for kids.”

KoalaSafe makes parenting easier and kids healthier. It's a tool for parents to set up internet time limits, block inappropriate apps and sites, and see analytics of where kids spend time online, across all devices in the home, controlled by a simple smartphone app.

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Parents
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Mobile
Location
Eveleigh · Australia
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In our words: The listing described KoalaSafe as a tool for parents to set internet time limits, block inappropriate apps and sites and see where children spent time online, across every device in the home, all controlled from a smartphone app. Its pitch was a new kid-safe Wi-Fi network inside the home.

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Sources

  1. semaja2.net
  2. cybersafett.com
  3. mrsdplus3.com
  4. forums.whirlpool.net.au
  5. koalasafe.com
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