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  • Orion Does Not Show Up on List of Apps in Lockdown Mode & Websites Cannot Be Excluded

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On iOS 16, when Lockdown Mode is activated:

  1. Orion does not appear in the list of apps under "Configure Web Browsing", and
  2. There is no way to exclude websites from Lockdown Mode (as there is in Safari).

A quick search on https:/developer.apple.com doesn't reveal much exposed functionality related to Lockdown mode, so both of these may be impossible to implement in Lockdown Mode's current state.

That said, some apps do get listed in Lockdown Mode and can be manually excluded, so it may be possible (though it's unclear how) to get Orion on this list. ("Data Saver Mode" is similar in many ways to Lockdown Mode's effects on Safari, so excluding Orion, turning on Data Saver, but then allowing users to exclude certain sites from Data Saver would be largely equivalent to, but more functional than, the current situation.)

  • Vlad replied to this.

    necopinus We can investigate this, can you check if any browser supports this?

    What exactly is the ask?

        So, I just quickly tested the following browsers:

        • Brave
        • Chrome
        • DuckDuckGo
        • Edge
        • Firefox

        Most had a popup indicating that Lockdown mode could be disabled (see DuckDuckGo, below). However, none of them show up in the Lockdown Mode settings, despite what the popup says.

        I'm guessing that this means that Apple must (probably) be purposefully excluding anything marked as a browser from being excluded (either that, or it's a bug). Which unfortunately would mean this is not actionable currently. :-(

        • Vlad replied to this.

          necopinus Ok I guess we can offer at least parity (the popup) and check if there are any apis avaialble for more actions.

              I think the popup is enforced by the system (all of the apps have the same wording... Though for some reason Edge didn't display this), so I think "check if there are any APIs available" is the only actionable ask right now.

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