Why this matters:How to recognise this workaround on your side, and what closes it on your side — without telling you how to do the workaround.
How common it is: not established. Google explicitly documents that Family Link settings for the child’s account do not apply to another user profile that does not contain that account.
Detection
Android shows additional device users/profiles. Activity under the alternate profile is absent from the child’s Family Link view.
Fix (technical)
Google’s opened German first-party page gives: Family Link App > Konto des Kindes > (siehe ui_strings_ref). The exact EN UI path was not independently verified from an opened first-party page in this …
Fix (relational)
A separate profile can reflect a desire for privacy or separation of school/personal use. Determine that need before treating all profile separation as adversarial.
Residual risk
OEM support for multiple users varies. Work profiles and other account containers are distinct mechanisms and require separate evaluation.
Sources
- google-familylink-secondary-user-de
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