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• erwan@lemmy.ml ⁨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.

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  • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨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

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    • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨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.

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      • Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨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

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    • Delta_V@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      oh no…anyway…

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    • erwan@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We’re not talking about the dumb parental controls from the 90’s or 2000’s and run on Windows, we’re talking about smartphone OSes (iOS and Android) that are locked down to start with.

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      • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Security is really hard, and these operating systems are built with new features and release dates as the primary concerns

        If you’re trying to follow proper security practices as of today, ensure the device is up to date and rebooted daily

        Use the parental control features as one part of parenting, but don’t expect them to be infallible

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• TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It depends on how heavy handed the approach is. A kid could learn about using a vpn or proxy service to bypass dns or dpi based content filtering but if you properly configure the parental controls on iOS or android there is pretty much nothing they are going to be able to do. If they are that determined, I think you need to have a conversation about making good choices themselves and trusting them not to consume harmful content.

  I was able to bypass the content filters on the PCs when I was in high school because it was a shitty content filter that could be bypassed by killing the process in an unelevated task manager. My kids are going to have to be more resourceful than that

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