Summary
A father in Florida discovered that his 5-year-old son was bypassing YouTube Kids parental controls using Siri. The child figured out he could ask Siri for answers to multiplication questions, which the app uses to verify parental access. This allowed him to access restricted content unintentionally while seeking harder math tasks.
Key Facts
- Roberto Perez, a firefighter from Orlando, noticed his son was bypassing YouTube parental controls.
- The child, Isaiah, used Siri to solve multiplication questions required by the app to access restricted content.
- YouTube Kids uses math questions as a form of parental control.
- Perez and his wife emphasize educational use of iPads for their two young children.
- Isaiah's use of Siri was not intended to bypass controls; he wanted more challenging math content.
- Perez has since updated the parental controls and settings on the device.
