This is not a "age check", it's a identity verification.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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Upon updating their device software, users will be faced with a message which says: "UK law requires you to confirm you are an adult to change content restrictions."
There is no such requirement in UK law that it age checks have to be done on a device level.
does a gift card like visa work? its about targeting dissent, mainly people who make criticism against conservatives, or any form of progressive activism.
It has to be a credit card as under 18s can get debit card.
They can't do anything with landlines though, so i suppose that's what it'll eventually happen after age checks for everything.
The fuck is going on over there?
Apple is taking the piss. There is no requirement in the OSA that it age checks be done at device level.
The Brits want what America is having
Authoritarian government.
We have a government that thinks the population needs to be parented through authoritarian means. The don't understand that even though their intentions might be benign, they are still building the infrastructure of an authoritarian state.
You're giving them too much credit. Their intentions are not benign and they are the authoritarian state
I think some are idiots with benign intentions and some aren't. Your average labour back bencher is an idiot.
From a distance, it all seems very intentional to me.
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Only moments before the world ends will mankind look back and realize that "won't someone think of the children" was the thing that did us in.
Like all the previous fascist waves, they all centre around discrimination. It is about taking advantage of the societies inherent discriminatory behavior, in the past this was mainly racism - in this case however, its ageism.
It is the fact that anyone young is treated as a subclass citizen or in fact not even a person. ID laws are examples of fascist unjust laws which consequently invalidate the freedom and speech of young people. Our society rewards infantilization of others, and it shows how truly ignorant and adulcentrist we all are.
Finally, I don't believe all of mankind will look back, as all the cases with fascism is "ignorance is strength", so tracing the problem back to our societal ageism and discrimination will only be done by a select bunch.
And Apple don't accept passports as ID, so complaints are rolling in from non-drivers without current credit cards, who tend to be younger and in big cities. Apple just took a big shot at their foot.
No, they gave the government another reason for a mandatory government id scheme. Something deeply unpopular with a large part of the population, but that Starmer is devoted to.
The ID scheme doesn't require user identification on a device, which would be superfluous.
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Most Apple accounts need a credit card attached. If kids have a phone then it will need a credit card. As you need to be 18 in many countries to get a credit card then for kids to use a phone they will need the parents card. I fail to see how this helps age verification.
That's because these ghouls don't actually care how old you are, they just wanna know what you're doing at all times.
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That’s just not true, at least in the UK. Debit cards are the standard here, not credit, and they don’t have the same age restrictions.
I’ll have to ask around. My kids are too old to have had the option and the grandkids are too young. 🤔
If this happens in Denmark/EU. I will say f**k convenience and go graphene, even though it will make my like more complicated
I use Graphene, it's not that much harder than stock Android. I highly recommended it.
In Denmark it is close to impossible to live without iOS or bloated Android.
You need a MFA for verification. Doesn’t work on graphene. Alternatively, a physical code viewer is needed to function. Nobody has cash anymore. If not card, people transfer via mobilepay (venmo like). Mobilepay doesn’t work on graphene. We don’t get physical mail anymore and the apps to view digital mail doesn’t work on graphene. Banking apps, guess… most don’t work on graphene. Soon, we are forced to have an app for public transport if you are a commuter, like I am. I have very little hopes that it will work on graphene.
I was running calyx until mobilepay stopped working. But life got to inconvenient and filled with daily frustrations. Now I get frustrated over iOS. The Android on pixels steal too much data.
Edit: I wonder why this post has 2 downvotes?
Mobilepay, Nordea Mobilbank, Eboks and Rejsekort etc work fine on Grapheneos.
The only app (I'm aware of) that doesn't work is the Mitid app (I use the physical code device).
Mobilepay stopped working for me, so I started using iOS ☹️
The whole app, or just tap 2 pay?
Might be Calyx.
Probably calyx then. It started just hanging when logging in. App clearing didn’t do anything
Apparently Grapheneos's implementation of Play integrity is better, as it relies on the real (sandboxed) play services, rather than MicroG.
Is this a specific MFA? There are open source authentication apps on fdroid.
Can you Venmo via browser?
It is a particular proprietary concoction. Normal MFA apps won’t work it’s called MitID if you want to check it out. I meant venmo like. Not venmo. And no, they don’t offer a browser based “edition” ☹️
So you're using iPhone now but are anonymous to apple? You didn't register any accounts on your phone or in the AppStore with your email or credit card data?
Where is this coming from? I never said that.
I am under no illusion of that. Since google is an advertisement company I tend to trust the other company a bit more. Still the plague or cholera
Because if Apples knows your identity why would you switch phones to avoid giving apple your identity? I'm using Graphene so having to register some account on my phone would be a change for me. If you already have corporate account set on your phone what would this change for you?
I stand corrected. I don’t know where my head was at.
Apologies. What made me baulk was the “ID” part. Not giving them my equivalent to a social security number.
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But... but.. its for "children"
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