by Amy Hatch
The new operating system for Apple's wildly popular iPhones provides parents with beefed-up controls over what apps their children can purchase online, but a glitch in the software doesn't prevent them from looking for -- and viewing -- racy content, according to technology Web site Ars Technica.
Ars Technica reports that the flaw was discovered by a Scottish educator who develops applications for the iPhone. Apple now allows applications to be rated by age-level, but still allows apps rated 17 and up to be sold. While kids below that age range are prevented from downloading the content -- which Ars Technica calls "soft-core porn" -- they can still look at it. Read more...
The new operating system for Apple's wildly popular iPhones provides parents with beefed-up controls over what apps their children can purchase online, but a glitch in the software doesn't prevent them from looking for -- and viewing -- racy content, according to technology Web site Ars Technica.
Ars Technica reports that the flaw was discovered by a Scottish educator who develops applications for the iPhone. Apple now allows applications to be rated by age-level, but still allows apps rated 17 and up to be sold. While kids below that age range are prevented from downloading the content -- which Ars Technica calls "soft-core porn" -- they can still look at it. Read more...
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