Apple gives shout out to teenaged, self-taught US coder who alerted them to iPhone security risk


Umarov appears first on a list of people recognised by Apple for assisting with security content in the update. Beneath the high schooler’s name are technology professionals from Silicon Valley firms and global institutions like Amazon Alexa, Google and a Saudi Arabian university. — AFP

Giyas Umarov wasn’t happy when his mom put a screen time limit on his iPhone from her device a few years ago, but he figured out a work around.

Then 10, Umarov plugged her phone into a computer and used a program to learn her passcode and change the parental controls.

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