September 10, 2020 12.3k votes 1.9k voters 103.5k views
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Vote up the most devious children.
Ed O'Loughlin shared a tweet of his daughter figuring out his Netflix parental passcodes - which apparently was so she could watch Umbrella Academy. Soon, other parents were sharing their stories of their smart, but devious, kids. Vote up your favorites below!
My 6 year old grandson cracked his Mom’s phone by watching her enter the code in the reflection on her glasses. Then linked it to another device and read her text messages for weeks. He is 8 now. They change passwords weekly.
My youngest hacked our Netflix parental code. She put light grease on the remote and got me to input the code when she wasn’t looking. Then she noted the numbers I’d pressed and went through the combinations later. I’m both frightened and impressed.
My child took my new phone and immediately, and within seconds, put her face into my facial recognition and I didn’t notice for a year. She did it under the premise of taking pics with my new phone’s features. I used to work in tech!! I am officially ancient.
Our then-15 y.o. social engineered my husband by saying his phone wifi access didn't work and using my husband's phone to "check the issue". He added himself as a wifi admin so he could disable restrictions each night. All summer he played games until 4am until I found him out.
She Tried To Social Engineer The AppleID Security Questions
My daughter did the same at the same age. I also caught her trying to social engineer my AppleID security questions at age 6. Yes, you should be afraid. Very afraid.
