Fatal Flaw in Parental Controls

I need to find a way to plug a hole in content restriction on a family iPhone. We have a list of approved websites, but Safari allows you to view any PDF file on any website. So, you can add “/1.pdf” to the end of a URL, like

http://www.twitter.com/1.pdf

and from there browse around the site as much as you like.

Is there a way to fix this?

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 10:00 PM

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Sep 27, 2022 12:37 AM in response to Christofunk

Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > Content Restrictions > Web Content > Limit Adult Website [Tick]

There are two options: Always Allow and Never allow

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