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iPhones have kids mode that prevents the kid from using any app on the phone. That will probably only deter toddlers, but it's something.
by Kluny 7y ago
iPhones have kids mode that prevents the kid from using any app on the phone. That will probably only deter toddlers, but it's something.
- xoa 7y ago>That will probably only deter toddlers Is this actually true? Jailbreaks haven't been persistent in the face of updates in a long while, so for devices kept up to date it's possible to lock down an iPhone fairly hard. I haven't investigated how parent control compares to full MDM, but the supervision capabilities now in iOS [1] are pretty powerful. For better and for worse of course, that kind of control over user devices, particularly in the context of parents and children, is definitely a double edged sword. But compared to typical computers I don't think it should be lightly dismissed either as something kids can just get around. They aren't open systems. ---- 1: https://www.apple.com/business/resources/docs/Managing_Devices_and_Corporate_Data_on_iOS.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/resources/docs/Managing_Devic...
- Kluny 7y agoI figure older kids can use tactics like social hacking -- ie, whine at mom until she unlocks it.