How easy is it for kids to bypass Parental Controls on iOS devices?

rootusrootus 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Social engineering is the most effective strategy, because iOS screen time controls are so buggy that eventually parents throw up their hands in exasperation and enable broader access than they would otherwise choose.

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raw_anon_1111 6 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s one setting to only allow a whitelist and not allow apps to be downloaded. Yes parents might actually need to learn technology

	▲	rootusrootus 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I use it, I am quite familiar with the bugs. The app controls randomly duplicate themselves and change in scope. It would almost be comical if it had not been happening for so many years to so many people. Apple knows, does not care.

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adolph 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

When everything is turned off by default, iOS Screentime is very effective. It also has effective tools for to grant certain exceptions, facilitated by Messages. It also distinguishes between "daytime" and "downtime" for the purpose of certain apps and app attributes, like the contact list. For example, we have ourselves, grandparents and the neighbors as "all the time" contacts but their friends as daytime only. They don't retain their devices at night but it is possible for them to pull them from the charging cabinet.