Children have learned to bypass parental controls on iPhone

For years, younger Apple device users have been exposed to a bug that allowed them to bypass parental controls. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

The control function allows parents to limit the time their children can use the gadget – iPhone or iPad. However, the latter knew that the ban could be disabled by entering a certain combination of characters in the Safari browser.

According to WSJ journalists, Apple engineers recently fixed this loophole. However, children have long learned to bypass the restrictions and have been using the iOS bug for quite a long time. The newspaper’s authors noted that the problem was reported at least twice in 2021 by security researchers Andreas Jägersberger and Ro Achterberg, but Apple ignored the specialists’ reports.

WSJ columnist Joanna Stern said parents had virtually no backup method for limiting their children’s screen time. The parental control function in iOS and iPadOS has a very limited API, which makes it extremely difficult to create applications with control functions for Apple technology.

At the end of May, Omdia analysts said that Apple had begun work on its first computer with an OLED display. The device should be released in 2026.