What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation
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  • Randomgal@lemmy.caEnglish
    51·
    6 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·
      6 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·
        6 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·
          6 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·
            6 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·
            6 months ago

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

            • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
              1·
              6 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.