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New App Store Guidelines Officially Ban Virus Scanning Apps, Prevent Kids From Using Face ID
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Doesn't COPPA only apply to Online/Web-based services? FaceID is supposed to be stored ONLY on the device right? I would think that COPPA applies, my guess is that FaceID has a harder time authenticating kids for some reason, and apple thought 13 was a good cutoff.
Same here too, I wonder if our world's getting too PC or at least, overprotective at the moment but that's going to be a topic for another thread for sure haha
This is what I don't understand. Web based service vs.. data being stored on device. It sounds more like security reason.
Basically, their parents. (Yeah, I know...)
The App Store checks the date of birth associated with the Apple ID, along with any parental restrictions on the device.
If the child has his/her own Apple ID account (rather than using the family's account), either someone lied about the child's age when setting up the account, or not. COPPA is the reason the under-13 account category exists in the first place - try putting in the correct date of birth for an under-13-year-old on a "standard" account, and see what happens. The only way to enter the correct age for an under-13-year-old is to create a child account under Family Sharing, which gives parents ask-to-buy.
Also, creating a situation in which they might have to prove that information is stored locally by releasing source code and questioning developers would be a nightmare.
I'm a long time apple user (Mac 128 was my first computer) and for a long time I lived with no virus checker. But I am also involved a bit with cryptocurrency and this has made me paranoid about security and so five or six years ago I started running Bitdefender virus checks.
I do periodically catch microsoft virus in files. And I have been around long enough to see Mac Viruses come out and Apple being slow to create patches. Personally I don't expect to ever catch a Mac Virus, but I also want to be prepared just in case. Even if my scan is a placebo.
P.S. I also scan in linux and that has even a better security record than Apple does.
I do periodically catch microsoft virus in files. And I have been around long enough to see Mac Viruses come out and Apple being slow to create patches. Personally I don't expect to ever catch a Mac Virus, but I also want to be prepared just in case. Even if my scan is a placebo.
P.S. I also scan in linux and that has even a better security record than Apple does.
In 2 or 3 years the then "old" iPhone X will be given to the kids. The same as i do (put into a ruggedized case). You will never get enough money back if you try to resell, why not give it to the kids? Today, it will not be a wide spread issue, but why not if it doesn't matter that it will be broken after a couple of days...
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I dont know the wording of the law, but does it say where the database is? "In a database" can include local databases on a device.
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Presumably, this is because the radiation emitted by Face ID could damage their young DNA!
Shouldn't pregnant women also avoid using Face ID?
I'm an oldster but my wife tells me I often think and act like a 12 y/o. Will this new policy affect people like me?
1: There are some people in this world that make enough dollar dollar that $1000 is nothing.
2: What happens after a year or two when the parent decides to upgrade and passes the $1000 phone down the line?
While I agree with you, both of my children have a 6s+ Ages 13 and 15 years old
Regarding the antivirus, Apple is essentially manipulating the public opinion to let people believe iOS platform is virus free, which is not true, given that there are so much potential to infect one from various sources (including from government) and secretly jailbreak your device before doing any harm.
Of course, I hate this if it ever will happen.
Internet ID or National Identity Card or any sort of photo ID. Basically, just like what China is doing, enforce everyone browsing the internet to provide their photo ID before even registering an account. By doing so, a child can never lie to his/her age.
Of course, I hate this if it ever will happen.
I've been involved with COPPA compliance on web sites in the past, but honestly I don't know if it literally only applies to remote servers. It might be that Apple's legal eagles decided to be over-cautious in the likely case that some grandstanding Congressperson made a fuss about it.
So this wonderful new security measure that's so much better than Touch ID (which about 35-40% of my apps have finally started to use, just in time for it to be deprecated), can't be used for your kids under 13. Brilliant, so what they are stuck using a pass code? Was this a restriction for Touch ID as well (I don't recall it being)?
I agree completely. "But... think of the children" has been used as a rallying cry for many dumb things.
