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Anyone else having problems with the Screen time - Down Time Glitch? Apparently during downtime, kids can go into their settings- general- date & time- toggle the ‘set automatically button’, and then change the time on their iPad that is registered outside of the set downtime. Apple needs to fix this ASAP.
iPhone 13 Pro Max
AJ_002 wrote:
Give it a try on a device that has limited screen time. There is no way to stop it. Even apple does not have a solution.
Most efforts to keep kids corralled are just simplistic, futile, and doomed to failure. Pretty much all of it. Not just Screen Time. Everything.
Any kid sufficiently inclined will bypass all of this, and on an allowance-scale budget. Whether it’s shoulder surfing of passwords, or rogue network connections, complete bypasses, unknown devices added, MAC cloning, or the sorts of Android or iPhone or iPad bypasses that quickly get communicated around, these efforts will fail.
I routinely deal with system and network security. Even with higher-end system and networking gear, expect to fail. Expect some clever bypasses, too.
Hi there!
I would mention this on the feedback app of the device in question. It will run a sysdiagnose which should detect what was done to circumvent that feature.
Hope that helps,
Adin
It’s actually for all devices using screen time.
AJ_002 wrote:
It’s actually for all devices using screen time.
I’ve yet to encounter security measures that parents or educators can set up, and that kids can’t bypass.
And there are allowance-scale bypasses for everything. Any kid sufficiently inclined can and will bypass.
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Give it a try on a device that has limited screen time. There is no way to stop it. Even apple does not have a solution.
AJ_002 wrote:
Give it a try on a device that has limited screen time. There is no way to stop it. Even apple does not have a solution.
Most efforts to keep kids corralled are just simplistic, futile, and doomed to failure. Pretty much all of it. Not just Screen Time. Everything.
Any kid sufficiently inclined will bypass all of this, and on an allowance-scale budget. Whether it’s shoulder surfing of passwords, or rogue network connections, complete bypasses, unknown devices added, MAC cloning, or the sorts of Android or iPhone or iPad bypasses that quickly get communicated around, these efforts will fail.
I routinely deal with system and network security. Even with higher-end system and networking gear, expect to fail. Expect some clever bypasses, too.
This worked for me
YES! Apple needs to make parental settings easier to implement and navigate. It is so very frustrating that they “provide” these services that do not work! Our kids are being allowed to browse a corrupt internet while we think we’ve put restrictions on. Apple… IT DOES NOT WORK!!!! 🤬🤬🤬 fix it!
It seems simple enough. Block what I tell you to block!!! If you can’t do it, then why make parents feel they can put restrictions on it?!? Total scam.
Simple this stuff is not. Any kid inclined to bypass parental controls can and will bypass all such controls. On an allowance-scale budget. What does that mean? Uncomfortable and unwanted discussions are the option, particularly when the kid is unwilling to acquiesce.
Parental controls are useful for keeping non-technical users from corrupting settings. Some folks, for instance, can poke at settings seemingly randomly, and parental controls and management profiles can be useful for keeping necessary settings correct and functional.
Parental controls as a defensive measure against a determined and resourceful adversary, not so much.
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