brianjo

Sharing passwords (especially in a business environment) is a major security issue. It's amazing that they are making that EASIER.

Of course, there are plenty of websites that haven't taken the simple step of letting businesses create business accounts that can have multiple sub users each with their own login, so I see why people still do it.  Still a major problem in many ways!

A 10-year-old child spent over $3000 on Roblox via the family iPad, charges applied after the child changed the account password.

This is a problem with iOS. It's set up to be a single use device, yet people purchase them as family devices. This encourages, if not requires sharing AppleIDs and passwords instead of the proper method of each user having their own ID and password.

Granted, when using a shared device, I typically recommend creating a separate 'family' AppleID that has all of the restrictions in place that requires adult approval for purchases, etc.  However, since Apple doesn't have a system in place for family use of an iPad, this puts it more on the onus of the family to come up with this sort of solution. It also means that anyone with access to the iPad can change the password on that AppleID on that pad, including the 10 year old using it.

The AppleTV used to be the same problem. Recently, they've added family features into the device. It's about time that the iPad got the same treatment.

For family AppleIDs, Apple really should let families set things up they way they do with business and school accounts.  The parents then could have control of the children AppleIDs, being able to reset passwords, lock devices, etc.

When apps are merely shells wrapped around websites to show content and layout, they are not much different than just going to that website vs using the app.  

The problem is not the airtags. The problem is the unsafe airtag mounting systems like the one shown.  If you have an airtag that securely mounts inside the collar, all of the issues listed go away.  And if an airtag is useless to find a pet, it's also useless to find other non-living objects as well.

Not everyone needs verification.  Verification is for those that are celebrities, politicians, etc, where it's likely that others would create accounts to pretend to be them.  For these people, $20/month is very little money.