iOS 13.3 bug in Communication Limits, which lets parents control who kids interact with, lets kids skirt protections; Apple says it is working on a fix
- iOS 13.3 launched this week and introduced a new feature called Communication Limits that adds new parental controls.
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Discussion
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@sherman4949
Alex Sherman
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Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition or kids hitting “add contact” when contacted by a number they don't recognize. https://twitter.com/...
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@stevekovach
Steve Kovach
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If you set parental controls to block contact with numbers not in your kid's address book, your kid can work around it by adding the contact to their address book via an option iOS gives them when they receive a text from the number https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@mattrosoff
Matt Rosoff
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If you don't store your Contacts to iCloud, Apple's parental controls don't work, @robotodd discovered. https://www.cnbc.com/...