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Except for trust fund babies, no 13 yr old can afford a smart phone. The purse strings are in their parents” hands and that should/will/must squash any rule-breaking. One of my grandchildren has an ipad (his second, he wore out the first) glued to his face virtually 24/7 & gets angry when you ask him to put it down long enough to carry on a brief conversation. The other 5 have been denied such “privilege” by their parents.

You mention “Windows and Apple have remote tools available that work well.”. I’ve been pretty immersed in the Apple world for the past several years and have never heard anything like this mentioned. Would you please elaborate on the Apple feature for remote access? I currently use TeamViewer free to help my sister, but it’s gotten increasingly annoying. Thank you.

Is there any software/hardware for accomplishing this transfer available for Apple ecosystem?

I have read the FBI paper & see no comment on Apple OSes. Does that mean that iOS, iPadOS, & MacOS are not affected by this malware? Thx