What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation
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  • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
    71·
    9 months ago

    We got an iPhone for my niece who is 8. It’s locked down so all she can do is text, call, and take pictures/video and she can’t contact anyone not in her contacts list. She has some games but can’t use them for more than an hour per day and they won’t open during school hours.

    A big issue is parents not bothering to learn how to use and set up parental controls.

    • Randomgal@lemmy.caEnglish
      51·
      9 months ago

      Controls like these don’t work if the kid is smart, determined or the parents are too tired or uninvolved. There’s more to the cellphone issue than the actual cellphone.

      • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        33·
        9 months ago

        It doesn’t matter if the kid is smart and determined, parental controls can’t be circumvented.

        Unless the parent is stupid enough to leave their phones unlocked or lax enough to unblock the phone every time the kid asks for it.

        • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          9 months ago

          I think you’re being a little naive…

          Circumventing parental controls that “couldn’t be circumvented” is what I did as a child that led to me being a computer programmer

          • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
            11·
            9 months ago

            No, they literally can’t be bypassed unless they figure out the passcode. Parental controls on iOS are part of the OS, not like the easily bypassed software you would install on a computer.

            • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              One of the ways I got around my parent’s settings after getting caught by simply resetting their password was by using alternate operating systems on livecds

              Saying they literally can’t be bypassed is why I’m saying it’s naive to trust them implicitly

            • Randomgal@lemmy.caEnglish
              23·
              9 months ago

              Sure they are buddy. Perfect security. Why would anyone think otherwise?

              • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                Apple screen time parental Controls were created because third party software was using MDM which Apple didn’t like. If Apple can lock down a phone with mdm for companies to give to their employees why exactly do you think software built into the OS is easy to get around like net nanny?

                Googling found an article about getting around it.

                Nothing on there an 8 year old would do and there’s directions on how to prevent any of it. You can lock down changing system settings or even stop them from editing their contacts.