Friday, May 03, 2019

OurPact Reacts to Apple's Removal Of The App From The App Store, Apple Is Misleading!

According to  New York Times, Apple has systematically banned or restricted 11 third-party apps designed to manage a child's phone or iPad use. Among apps either banned or restricted, according to the Times, are OurPact (the top parental-control iPhone app before it was banned), Freedom, Kaspersky Lab, Kidslox, Mobicip and Qustodio.
The parental-control apps violate Apple's App Store guidelines by using MDM to control a child's device, Apple said in a statement. According to Apple, MDM is approved only for enterprise uses to manage and control worker devices.

Apple also said MDM apps could be vulnerable to hackers.
"Beyond the control that the app itself can exert over the user's device, research has shown that MDM profiles could be used by hackers to gain access for malicious purposes," :) So all enterprise apps using MDM are vulnerable? I think Apple is wrong here, perhaps it wants to control or do not want to control screen time, for children.
Here is OurPact's take on the issue;

Apple Removed OurPact From the App Store. Here’s What You Need to Know.

On Saturday, April 27th, The New York Times exposed Apple’s systematic removal of screen time applications from the App Store.

Other major publications quickly picked up the story, leading Apple to share a public statement claiming these removals are justified on the grounds that parental control apps using MDM “put users’ privacy and security at risk.” An email from Phil Shiller, SVP Worldwide Marketing, also stated Apple’s position that these apps pose a risk to privacy.

Unfortunately, Apple’s statement is misleading and prevents a constructive conversation around the future of parental controls on iOS.
 Continue to read at OurPact

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