On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children”

Re:On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Person... by weikju on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:46AM (#28084695)

Ah, thanks for clarifying the question, and it's a really good one, and I haven't seen the answer to that. I'm guessing it would have been part of one recent update to the OS, and the feature then gets enabled on a certain date or remotely or something like that.

And your final question "What else are they capable of doing without my permission?" --- the answer is anything they want. Concretely, what are the capabilities installed NOW that they can take advantage of, who knows exactly?

As an example, I do remember a looong time ago Google remotely removed apps from Android phones, pretty sure Apple could or might even have done so as well.

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Re:On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Person... by roblabla on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:56AM (#28084768)

Apple has the ability to do so[0]. I believe they have used it against malware in the past, but finding articles is proving to be complex.

Another solution for apple is to simply revoke the codesigning certificate that is used to sign the app, which will render the application un-runnable.

[0]: https://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/06/apples-ability-to-deact...

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