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All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) . Try a different strategy than attempting to lock down a device

All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) . Try a different strategy than attempting to lock down a device . When your are dealing with an individual who has a large payout if they succeed in getting around security and a long amount of time to circumvent it’s an extremely lost cause. Instead you should limit the amount of time for device access or even just take the device away.

drcongo 5y ago
The ScreenTime feature for family members on iOS is an absolute car-crash. Not only is it almost impossible to find (it's not in Settings -> ScreenTime), but I'm endlessly impressed with the ways around it my daughter is able to find. I've recently noticed that she can use WhatsApp without limits just by launching it from the share sheet in Photos.
- zitterbewegung 5y ago
  I wasn’t clear I mean physically take the device from them.
  - supernovae 5y ago
    I've done this. This is when you find out that they can get online with their switch, their ipad, the long lost android tablet you didn't know you had or the one they bought from 7-11 because they sell 49 dollar kindle fires there. They also have friends phones and buy sims and all sorts of crap.. it's hilarous the lengths kids go to get online...
  - drcongo 5y ago
    I was posting in support of your comment, sorry that wasn't clear.
jwineinger 5y ago
Training them for a career in tech/security ;) Parent is playing the career long game.
curt15 5y ago
>All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) That doesn't seem like a bad skill to foster.
- zitterbewegung 5y ago
  Never said it was bad just pointing out the original posters false conclusion.
foobarian 5y ago
> All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device Ha! Lock down everything and casually leave a printout on the kitchen table titled "How to bypass home network security" with a bunch of Python exercises that lead up to disabling the filters. Presto, now they know Python :-)
- zitterbewegung 5y ago
  I would not leave books on the table so they can figure out how to google.

drcongo 5y ago

The ScreenTime feature for family members on iOS is an absolute car-crash. Not only is it almost impossible to find (it's not in Settings -> ScreenTime), but I'm endlessly impressed with the ways around it my daughter is able to find. I've recently noticed that she can use WhatsApp without limits just by launching it from the share sheet in Photos.

zitterbewegung 5y ago
I wasn’t clear I mean physically take the device from them.
- supernovae 5y ago
  I've done this. This is when you find out that they can get online with their switch, their ipad, the long lost android tablet you didn't know you had or the one they bought from 7-11 because they sell 49 dollar kindle fires there. They also have friends phones and buy sims and all sorts of crap.. it's hilarous the lengths kids go to get online...
- drcongo 5y ago
  I was posting in support of your comment, sorry that wasn't clear.

jwineinger 5y ago

Training them for a career in tech/security ;) Parent is playing the career long game.

curt15 5y ago

>All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) That doesn't seem like a bad skill to foster.

zitterbewegung 5y ago
Never said it was bad just pointing out the original posters false conclusion.

foobarian 5y ago

> All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device Ha! Lock down everything and casually leave a printout on the kitchen table titled "How to bypass home network security" with a bunch of Python exercises that lead up to disabling the filters. Presto, now they know Python :-)

zitterbewegung 5y ago
I would not leave books on the table so they can figure out how to google.