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Parents need to expressly opt in to Communication Safety when setting up a child's device with Family Sharing, and it can be disabled if a family chooses not to
by websites2023 5y ago
Parents need to expressly opt in to Communication Safety when setting up a child's device with Family Sharing, and it can be disabled if a family chooses not to use it.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoBut what if the family wants to use it on the device of a 13-year-old child?
- websites2023 5y agoParents cannot be notified when a child between the ages of 13 and 17 views a blurred photo, though children that are between those ages will still see the warning about sensitive content if Communication Safety is turned on.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoRight, but that's my point about Apple making choices around an arbitrary age cutoff.
- websites2023 5y agoI kind of agree with you there. Isn't it just another toggle? Surely if the entire feature is opt-in, the blurring could be a toggle, as well as the notification.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoThe article didn't say that these age differences were adjustable defaults, so I would presume not. If Apple put in these restrictions to protect the privacy of older children, making it adjustable would defeat the point. (And by the way, I respect Apple's desire to protect children's privacy from their parents, but forcing the change at 13, for everyone, seems awfully prescriptive. It's fundamentally a parenting decision, and Apple should not be making parenting decisions.) But if this can in fact be controlled by the parent regardless of the child's age, that does resolve the problem!