How iOS 27 Screen Time Parental Controls Close One Gap, Miss Another
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Gadget HacksHow iOS 27 Screen Time Parental Controls Close One Gap, Miss Anothergadgethacks.comHow iOS 27 Screen Time Parental Controls Close One Gap, Miss Another Apple's iOS 27 Screen Time parental controls are getting their most significant enforcement upgrade in years this fall, closing a bypass that parents have complained about for years: a child blocked from TikTok or Discord at the app level could simply load the same platform in Safari with no friction whatsoever. The fix is real. So is the gap it leaves standing. The new feature, Ask to Browse, requires children to request parental approval before visiting any website they haven't accessed before, according to Apple's newsroom. It works in Safari across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. A separate loophole remains untouched: a child can silently reinstall a deleted app from purchase history without triggering any approval request, and The Verge reported this week that iOS 27's announced changes don't fix it. Both gaps matter because they're symmetrical. Ask to Browse closes the web route. The redownload gap leaves the app route
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