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Q: Restrict access to EMAIL!!!

OK, great, there are restrictions to some things now. WHAT ABOUT EMAIL?? How do I keep my kid from going into my email when they are on my phone!??!

iPhone 4

Posted on Mar 31, 2014 8:21 AM

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  • by AmishCake,

    AmishCake AmishCake Mar 31, 2014 10:22 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:22 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    Which is why you should not allow him to play with your phone. Just get him a toy iPhone and tell him it's his "special one." Yikes.

  • by RickThaRullah,

    RickThaRullah RickThaRullah Mar 31, 2014 10:36 AM in response to AmishCake
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:36 AM in response to AmishCake

    I would love it if I could get away with not allowing him to play with my phone. It simply is not possible. If you have a child you would understand. They want to play with your phone. You can give them their own tablet, which we did, a Nabi 2, which is pretty nice. They still want to play with your phone. There does not seem to be any way to get around this. Children want to play with mommy and daddy's iPhone. I agree it is bad practice, but I cannot simply say no, because then they want to play with it even more, followed by temper tantrums. Which takes us in a whole other different direction about disciplining children.

     

    The iPhone can also be used as an incentive for a child to behave. I.E. if you behave at "X" then you can play with the phone. This actually works. The phone can entertain a child almost endlessly, a huge plus when you are out and your child is "bored" or misbehaving. Parents know what I am talking about here.

     

    Let's not get into what we should and should not do for our children, instead, let's have a phone that can handle this situation.

     

    Let's take this off the consumer and put it on Apple to write a few lines of code.

     

    Lastly, even if I take it away from the child permanantly, the girlfriend issue described above is still present for when she "just needs to make a phone call since her phone is dead" and then proceeds to go into your email and start snooping around, etc. Not that there is anything to find there, it just makes me uncomfortable that anyone that can get into the phone for whatever reason (like borrowing it to make a phone call) can then just get into whatever apps they want.

     

    I'm surprised no one has said, "yes this issue has happened to me too". Am I really that special?

  • by dilbert41,

    dilbert41 dilbert41 Mar 31, 2014 10:38 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:38 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    I dont think "special" is the word I would have used.

  • by RickThaRullah,

    RickThaRullah RickThaRullah Mar 31, 2014 10:39 AM in response to dilbert41
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:39 AM in response to dilbert41

    Unique.

  • by rojas01420,

    rojas01420 rojas01420 Mar 31, 2014 10:41 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:41 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    I have an iPhone that I allow my family and even friends use. I also have an iPhone that I use to conduct "business" which is important since it is my work phone with a security code nobody but me knows. If $ is not an issue I suggest you do the same.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Mar 31, 2014 10:41 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:41 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    Unfortunately you are far from unique.

  • by RickThaRullah,

    RickThaRullah RickThaRullah Mar 31, 2014 10:47 AM in response to deggie
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:47 AM in response to deggie

    This makes me happy, maybe someone out there has a similar problem and can ask Apple to fix this.

  • by RickThaRullah,

    RickThaRullah RickThaRullah Mar 31, 2014 10:48 AM in response to rojas01420
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:48 AM in response to rojas01420

    That seems like the only solution, buy another one. Not a great solution, but it would work. Then I can just carry around two iPhones. Wonderful.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Mar 31, 2014 10:50 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:50 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    Wasn't intended to make you happy. Yes, perhaps Apple will implement something that will help you raise your children, so long as it is not the default behavior I don't have an issue with it.

     

    Then you can move on to the next behavior from the child that you need to be a parent and say no but you can't.

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Mar 31, 2014 10:50 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:50 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    You could research third party mail apps, some which likely have a passcode lock. Mail+ for Outlook does.

  • by varjak paw,

    varjak paw varjak paw Mar 31, 2014 10:51 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:51 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    RickThaRullah wrote:

     

    This makes me happy, maybe someone out there has a similar problem and can ask Apple to fix this.

     

    Using the feedback page is all you or any of us can do. No one here is in any position to contact Apple in any other  way.

     

    As I said previously, there are mail apps that allow you security, but if typing in your mail password is something you find to be too much work, then there's not going to be any short-term solution. You'll just have to hope that in the future Apple decides to put a restriction on Mail as they do on Safari.  Your only other option is to just say "no" and deal with the fallout.

     

    Regards.

  • by rojas01420,

    rojas01420 rojas01420 Mar 31, 2014 10:51 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:51 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    I will also recommend a side holster for your business phone and you can always keep your personal phone in your pocket or the other way around. I'm sure your work would appreciate it that you do not miss out on any importan work related emails due to allowing your child to use your iPhone. Good luck

  • by RickThaRullah,

    RickThaRullah RickThaRullah Mar 31, 2014 10:52 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:52 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

    Work email still would be unprotected.

  • by RickThaRullah,

    RickThaRullah RickThaRullah Mar 31, 2014 10:55 AM in response to rojas01420
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:55 AM in response to rojas01420

    Happens all the time. LOL. Planning on upgrading the phone to a newer one and then letting the child and girlfriend use the older phone whenever. Still the new phone would cause a problem, because the old phone can't make the phone calls the girlfriend wants to do.

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Mar 31, 2014 10:57 AM in response to RickThaRullah
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    Mar 31, 2014 10:57 AM in response to RickThaRullah

    Why is that? What is unique about your work email? If you can receive work mail on the native iOS mail app, you could receive it in a third party app. Particularly if your company is using MS Exchange (that is how I am currently using MailBox +. Keeps me inline with company security policy without having to use a passcode on the phone at all times). Unless the device is a company device and you are unable to configure apps and mail (in which case allow your child to play with it seems unwise to begin with).

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