A bug that can easily break through parental control that restricts children's contacts on iPhone

by dolgachov

Apple released on December 10, 2019.iOS 13.3To manage your child ’s smartphone useScreen timeThe parental control function that can restrict the communication partner is added to the function. However, it turns out that this new feature has a bug that can be easily broken through.

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With the new “Communication / Call Restriction” feature added in iOS 13.3, parents can limit the contacts that children can contact with their smartphones to those registered in the standard application “Contacts” is. If this feature is enabled, the child is set by the parentPIN(PIN number)You cannot add a new contact unless you enterFaceTimeYou can't communicate via text message.

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But an American news agencyCNBC"If the Contacts app is not set up to sync with iCloud, if you receive an incoming call from an unknown number or receive a text message, you will be given the option to add that number as a new contact. "I'll report," he pointed out that iOS has a bug that can easily be broken through. In addition, if you use an Apple Watch paired with an iPhone to instruct Siri to send an arbitrary number or send a text message, Siri will execute the instruction even if that number is not registered in the contact A bug has been found.

Parents can add new contacts to use the communication / call restrictions as per the original specificationsSet default account to iCloudis needed. Also, if you set the "pause time" that is part of the screen time function, you will not be able to disable communication / call restrictions using Siri.

Apple told CNBC, “This issue only occurs on devices set up with non-standard settings, and a workaround is available. Currently, we are working on a fix and a future software update It will be resolved. "