Apple's ScreenTime Loophole Allows Children to Bypass Parental Control

TapTechNews June 6 news, Joanna Stern, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, wrote an article on June 5, pointing out that there is a loophole in Apple's ScreenTime , through which children can bypass the parental control system.

She wrote at the beginning of the article: 'My son's iPad is restricted from accessing most websites, but through this iPad, contents such as pornographic, violent, and illegal drugs can still be accessed.'

TapTechNews note: This problem mainly occurs in the Safari browser, affecting iOS 15/16/17, iPadOS 15/16/17, and macOS devices.

On Apple iPhone/iPad devices restricted by ScreenTime for children, they can bypass the parental control by pasting a string of characters in the address bar of Safari.

After media focused coverage, Apple released a statement admitting that the problem was caused by the underlying network technology protocol that allowed users to bypass web content restrictions, and Apple plans to fix it in the next update.