So it goes without saying. Kids today are a lot smarter than we were some 30 years ago. We can thank computer repair and technology for that. But sometimes it feels like they’re too smart for their own good. Kids infiltrate Apple’s screen control system.
Apple’s screen control system’s goal is to limit how much time kids and teens have on Apple devices. But kids are finding new ways to get around that, and/or hack the system all together. The youngest one to do this is only seven? years old! All he did was uninstall apps, then reinstall them again. Another kid, 13, changed dates and times on his device. That way, he manipulated how much downtime his parents set for him.
This new ‘screen time’ feature came out with iOS 12, because it came out just a few weeks ago. However, the 7-year-old confessed he went to the App store, downloads a formally installed game through the cloud. It works. Meanwhile, the 13-year-old changed the old time to unlimited time. All he did was go to settings and change date and time. This even impressed the parents themselves. This is already getting around like wildfire. Somebody posted about this on Reddit. I’m not sure if it was the parents, kids or who started the conversation. But it’s already getting over 500 comments and have no signs of slowing down.
I saw that this system is only a few weeks ago. So it sounds like Apple has some kinks to iron out. But what else do I often say? Hackers are getting smarter and smarter. So are kids getting smarter with technology. Let’s look at the 13-year-old. He was born between 2004-05. This means he can’t ever remember a time before smartphones and social media. The 7-year-old obviously can’t. So when they’re and raised into this world, then of course they’re going to know more about hacking then we ever did. I myself was amazed when a 13-year-old kid came into our computer service shop. Not only did he diagnose his own issue, but virtually fixed it, too, with a little bit of our help, of course. What do think of this next generation of tech whiz kids?