Google Family Link field test - Mateusz Krzeszowiec - NDC Security 2023

Google Family Link promise is to "Help your family create healthy digital habits". Throughout this talk you'll learn that motivated teenager can easily workaround the restrictions on the device through the combination of security weaknesses in in Google app and usage of unfortunate APIs in 3rd party applications like Microsoft Skype. We'll begin with Google Family Link overview and the reasons behind why it may be the best worst thing we could have. We'll touch on parenting, social impact of mobile devices addiction and science behind it. Next we'll step through number of bugs found by a curious teenage boy before discussing problematic APIs exposed in Android. Lastly we'll cover mitigations that ensure that Google Family Link policies are preserved in applications to ensure digital wellbeeing. Check out our new channel: NDC Clips: @ndcclips Check out more of our featured speakers and talks at https://ndcconferences.com/ https://ndc-security.com/