Open Settings > Privacy > Location Services. Shut
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apps to have access to your kid’s device location. Note:
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settings set up in Family Sharing and Find My will be
temporarily restored if your kid’s phone is put in Lost
Mode because, well...kids.
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location settings for each app installed on your kid’s
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individual app will give you the ability to choose when
an app can know the device location (Never, Ask Next
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disable Precise Location tracking. For example, if your
kid is old enough to use ride-sharing services, you may
want to enable Precise Location for Lyft and Uber,
which will provide an approximate location in order for
your kid to use the app properly.
BROWSER SETTINGS
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kids will also spend a bunch of time. You may have
already adjusted some content settings with the Screen
Time service, but you can dig deeper by going into
Safari’s privacy and security settings.
Open Settings > Safari, and under Privacy & Security,
you can adjust settings including alerting your kid
whether a site they are attempting to visit has been
suspected of phishing (using fake websites or tools to
get users to reveal personal information) because, well...
you know the rest.
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The final place
you should
secure is the
browser,
where kids
will also spend
a bunch
of time.