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Hacking parental controls

Source: Here Terminal has been used to create a hidden admin account named “hiddenuser.” Note how the account doesn’t appear in System Preferences or Finder.

You may well encounter some resistance to setting up parental controls. As you’ve seen, macOS enables you to tailor the operations your kids can perform, according to how responsible they are. But some kids may decide to take to the internet in an effort to circumvent controls, and indeed there are a number of websites devoted to getting around the very restrictions you’ve just set up.

The security of the restrictions depends on you keeping your user account’s password safe, so be sure to change it if your child used to share your account, or if you

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