Parental control and dual apps

[jacopo3001]

My son is 14, and unfortunately - like many - exposed to problems of addictions to screens.
As a parent I need to help him develop healthier habits, sometime with carrot sometime with stick.
Parental control screen time feature are one of the tools I should have available to do so. Unfortunately xiaomi has builtin few "privacy features" which help any young teen bypassing parental control, namely dual apps and second space.
Is there a way to block/remove these features completely?

I cannot believe that I am the first parent in the world having this issue...

 

[Igor Eisberg]

Nope.

 

[jacopo3001]

I found both activities are part of "System Features Plug-in" (com.miui.securitycore), which by looking at the name doesn't seem very safe to just disable as a whole (please correct me if wrong).

Then, can I just hide these activities without necessarily disabling them? I know there are plenty of hidden activities (those you'd see through Activity Launcher, for example).
How can I hide some?

 

[vollekanne]

I had the same problem with my 12-year-old son. He cloned apps/games to use them even when Family Link was active and his time was up.
I asked ChatGPT about it and tried several things – the only thing that worked was deleting Dual Apps via ADB.

What u need:
ADB Tools → https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Windows PC/Mac & USB Cable

Enable USB Debugging​

• Settings > About phone > Tap "MIUI version" multiple times
• Go to Settings > Additional settings > Developer options
• Enable USB Debugging

Set Up ADB​

• Extract ADB Tools and open the folder
• Hold Shift + Right-click, select "Open PowerShell/Command Prompt"

Connect Phone & Authorize Debugging​

• Plug in your Xiaomi phone via USB
• Approve "USB Debugging" request on your phone

Run ADB Command to Disable Dual Apps​

In the ADB window, enter:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.securitycore

If successful, "Success" appears.

Restart Your Phone

Dual Apps is now completely disabled!