PC Magazine - USA (2020-11)

(Antfer) #1

GETTING STARTED ON IOS
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can optionally turn on parental controls. I’ll come back to the parental control
system later.


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iPad with my account, converting the installation from a time-limited trial to a
fully registered installation.


The three remaining tasks involved signing into iCloud to let the app check my
two-factor authentication status, and signing into Facebook and Twitter to give
the Social Media Privacy scanner access. As on other platforms, it rated my
Facebook security as problem-free and advised me to make my Twitter non-
public (something I don’t intend to do). As on Android, you can choose to
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Whether the big Scan button is orange or green, it doesn’t do what you might
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