iOS 15.2 Beta Adds Messages Communication Safety Feature for Kids

[Carrotcruncher]

Bit like buying a car and two years later being forced to put in a camera and microphone to spy on your trips !
I wish I knew Apple were going to spy on my private stuffz when I bought my phone but I didn't, I wonder what else they are doing they are not telling me about ? ?

 

[Pro Apple Silicon]

So then why are you even bothering to look at an Apple-related forum, much less own or use Apple hardware?

You have to own something. Doesn't mean I'm stupid enough to believe them on any of these topics.

 

[Pro Apple Silicon]

So you are willingly using devices which you believe spies on you?

Of course. You have to use something. You don't have to be delusional about the company that provides it.

 

[KindJamz]

Yes, I get that.
My take is that Apple should not be trying to play parent. That is NOT their purview.
Now take this functionality and make it an app.

Instead Apple builds it into the OS adding more bloat.
So those that have this on for the child phone, the kids will mostly blow right through it IF they are even using Messages.

Not seeing the sense in this.

It’s amaZing how easily how some follow a business like a religion. Defend at all cost.

 

[Jayson A]

Bit like buying a car and two years later being forced to put in a camera and microphone to spy on your trips !
I wish I knew Apple were going to spy on my private stuffz when I bought my phone but I didn't, I wonder what else they are doing they are not telling me about ? ?

Are you 12?

 

[Jayson A]

Yes, I get that.
My take is that Apple should not be trying to play parent. That is NOT their purview.
Now take this functionality and make it an app.

Instead Apple builds it into the OS adding more bloat.
So those that have this on for the child phone, the kids will mostly blow right through it IF they are even using Messages.

Not seeing the sense in this.

Apple isn't playing the parent. The parent is playing the parent. What's wrong with warning a child about harmful content?

 

[dk001]

Apple isn't playing the parent. The parent is playing the parent. What's wrong with warning a child about harmful content?

Harmful based on Apple's opinion.
Make it an app and let parents install functionality like this if they want it.
Why make it part of the OS? If you need to fix it or change functionality you don't require an OS update.
Most users will not utilize this. For them it is bloat.

JMO YOMV

 

[Jayson A]

Harmful based on Apple's opinion.
Make it an app and let parents install functionality like this if they want it.
Why make it part of the OS? If you need to fix it or change functionality you don't require an OS update.
Most users will not utilize this. For them it is bloat.

JMO YOMV

Can't believe Apple has the audacity to add features that people want.

How many features do you NOT use on the iPhone that are there for people who WANT them? Having options is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Sounds to me like you just wanna complain because you think it's the cool thing to do.

Heck, my TV has features I'll never enable, but I can see why they're there.

I really hope you can switch to some other device/OS so you can go see how truly great it is on the other side of the fence. Meanwhile, we'll be over here and our lives will be exactly the same as they were before.

 

[FindingAvalon]

It’s amaZing how easily how some follow a business like a religion. Defend at all cost.

It’s even more amazing that simpletons can’t understand the difference between “following” a business and actually understanding a concept.

 

[FindingAvalon]

Bit like buying a car and two years later being forced to put in a camera and microphone to spy on your trips !
I wish I knew Apple were going to spy on my private stuffz when I bought my phone but I didn't, I wonder what else they are doing they are not telling me about ? ?

No, it’s nothing like that at all. Not even a little bit.

 

[FindingAvalon]

Being an app, Apple can tweak and enhance this without tying it to an OS update.
Bloat to the OS. Likely another avenue of bugs....
All for those few that may actually use it.

The capability to recognize images already exists in iOS. So…no bloat.

 

[dk001]

Can't believe Apple has the audacity to add features that people want.

How many features do you NOT use on the iPhone that are there for people who WANT them? Having options is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Sounds to me like you just wanna complain because you think it's the cool thing to do.

Heck, my TV has features I'll never enable, but I can see why they're there.

I really hope you can switch to some other device/OS so you can go see how truly great it is on the other side of the fence. Meanwhile, we'll be over here and our lives will be exactly the same as they were before.

Who wants this? After the last pushback ... I am only seeing that message from ... Apple.

Kindly do me a favor and don't try to "assume" my reasons.
As a parent, grandparent, and foster care resource, I have my own reasons for disliking functionality like this.

 

[Jayson A]

Who wants this? After the last pushback ... I am only seeing that message from ... Apple.

Kindly do me a favor and don't try to "assume" my reasons.
As a parent, grandparent, and foster care resource, I have my own reasons for disliking functionality like this.

I honestly don't really care what you want. It's not about you. If you don't like it, leave Apple's ecosystem. Teach them a lesson.

 

[dk001]

The capability to recognize images already exists in iOS. So…no bloat.

Seriously?
Believe what you want.

 

[dk001]

I honestly don't really care what you want. It's not about you. If you don't like it, leave Apple's ecosystem. Teach them a lesson.

Your posts say otherwise.
As an Apple customer, it is about me. And the millions of other customers who purchase Apple.
Many of us have concerns over this functionality.

 

[FindingAvalon]

As a parent, grandparent, and foster care resource, I have my own reasons for disliking functionality like this.

The problem is, your reasons aren’t based in reality. They’re base in your misconceptions about what this is and how it works.

 

[FindingAvalon]

Seriously?
Believe what you

Genius, how to you think they recognize faces in your photo albums? Seriously, is everyone on here a 12 year old? It always amazes me how people can frequent tech sites but still remain as ignorant as the average Joe.

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[Lounge vibes 05]

Many of us have concerns over this functionality.

Then simply don’t enable it for the people you know who are under the age of 13.
It’s literally that simple, if you don’t like it, don’t use it.
The iPhone also includes like two dozen extra ringtones that I’m not using, does that mean that they should just get rid of them? Just because I don’t like them, just because I’m not using them?
No!
And given that this is a feature specific to the Apple Messages application, if you don’t like it, you can easily choose to just not use the Apple Messages application. There’s other options out there if it concerns you that badly, which it shouldn’t.
Once again, a disclaimer. I do not support the CSAM scanning feature that was introduced. That is something different that I do not support. This is something that I do support

 

[FindingAvalon]

Your posts say otherwise.
As an Apple customer, it is about me. And the millions of other customers who purchase Apple.
Many of us have concerns over this functionality.

The only people that have concerns are the ones that can’t understand it.

 

[dk001]

The problem is, your reasons aren’t based in reality. They’re base in your misconceptions about what this is and how it works.

huh?
Sorry, but I am not getting your point.

 

[dk001]

Then simply don’t enable it for the people you know who are under the age of 13.
It’s literally that simple, if you don’t like it, don’t use it.
The iPhone also includes like two dozen extra ringtones that I’m not using, does that mean that they should just get rid of them? Just because I don’t like them, just because I’m not using them?
No!
And given that this is a feature specific to the Apple Messages application, if you don’t like it, you can easily choose to just not use the Apple Messages application. There’s other options out there if it concerns you that badly, which it shouldn’t.
Once again, a disclaimer. I do not support the CSAM scanning feature that was introduced. That is something different that I do not support. This is something that I do support

You are missing the point.
1. I and many others are not in favor of this functionality. That has been apparent to Apple as they are playing with changing the functionality.
2. Personally I would rather have something like this as an app instead of baked into the OS.

 

[FindingAvalon]

huh?
Sorry, but I am not getting your point.

It means you have no idea what this tech is or how it works.

 

[dk001]

The only people that have concerns are the ones that can’t understand it.

That old rationalization? "If you don't like it you don't understand it!' Please

 

[FindingAvalon]

That old rationalization? "If you don't like it you don't understand it!' Please

It’s an absolute fact, based on your comments, that you don’t understand it.

 

[Jayson A]

Then simply don’t enable it for the people you know who are under the age of 13.
It’s literally that simple, if you don’t like it, don’t use it.
The iPhone also includes like two dozen extra ringtones that I’m not using, does that mean that they should just get rid of them? Just because I don’t like them, just because I’m not using them?
No!
And given that this is a feature specific to the Apple Messages application, if you don’t like it, you can easily choose to just not use the Apple Messages application. There’s other options out there if it concerns you that badly, which it shouldn’t.
Once again, a disclaimer. I do not support the CSAM scanning feature that was introduced. That is something different that I do not support. This is something that I do support

No, he doesn't like features added unless he will specifically use them. It's all about him and what he wants.