Apple will be fixing a ScreenTime issue in an upcoming iOS update, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Apple will be fixing a ScreenTime issue in an upcoming iOS update, reports the Wall Street Journal.
“Security researchers reported this particular software bug to Apple multiple times over the past three years with no luck,” Joanna Stern writes in the WSJ article. “After I contacted Apple about the problem, the company said it would release a fix in the next software update. The bug is a bad one, allowing users to easily circumvent web restrictions, although it doesn’t appear to have been well-known or widely exploited.”
She adds that with Screen Time enabled on iPads and iPhones running iOS/iPadOS 15, 16 and 17, she was able to visit porn sites, watch graphic, violent news footage on YouTube and Google “how to buy cocaine.”
Stern writes that after she contacted Apple, a spokeswoman said that the company is “aware of an issue with an underlying web technology protocol for developers, which allows for a user to bypass web content restrictions.” She said “a fix has been planned for the next software update.”
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