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These two stories show how tech savvy even very young kids can be. Gaining access to a phone is easy if you have the owner's hand nearby.
Six year old kid circumvents iPhone biometrics to order USD250 of Pokemon toys
"After Ashlynd's parents received 13 order confirmations for Pokemon items, they initially thought they'd been hacked," the Wall Street Journal reports. They even considered that Ashlynd had purchased the items by mistake, but they later realized it was no accident.
"No, Mommy, I was shopping," Ashlynd told her mom. "But don't worry—everything that I ordered is coming straight to the house."
4 YO Boy Saves His Mom's Life By Unlocking Her iPhone
Quick thinking in the face of emergency isn't something you expect 4-year-olds to have but Roman's story is different because what he did to save is mother's life is incredible. On March 7, Roman was at home with his twin brother and younger brother when their mom collapsed. When she didn't revive, Roman used her thumb's fingerprint to unlock her iPhone and used the 'Siri' app to dial the UK's emergency number 999.
After connecting with the emergency dispatcher, Roman told her that his mom was 'dead'. When the dispatcher asked him what that meant, Roman replied, "It means she's closing her eyes and she's not breathing."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @09:15AM (2 children)
They are not so precious as they have been made out to be. We were kids once, and no one called us preciousss. This preciousssness was invented recently to make humans not able to think for themselves and cry when someone says bad things to them. Sure, some people are more sensitive than others, but sensitivity taken to an extreme in a population is not healthy. Let the kids do what they want with their time and life. Let them fall and get wounded, let them play with guns*. That is how they learn. Tech-savvy kids are not really tech-savvy; they are just young human.
Multiple nations of pussies will only be able to become slaves, not masters of the universe they were meant to be.
*guns may be unloaded at the time of play
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @02:55PM (1 child)
somebody wasn't hugged enough as a child
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @08:30PM
my president