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.
The fuck is going on over there?
Authoritarian government.
Apple is taking the piss. There is no requirement in the OSA that it age checks be done at device level.
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.
The Brits want what America is having
Maybe UK citizen have not yet realized how badly they screwed themselves with Brexit, and they need a second shot of an even sadder reality? Or maybe they've just given up already?
Brits are really weird in the sense they think everything about technology should be controlled to some terrorist and shit. They have no worry about what that level of informational control could do.
1984 should be read in school.
There are only 2 things British people care about 1 is GPS tracking on cars. People hate hate hate the idea that they cannot speed, doesn't matter how many lives it saves they are a good driver and they are always late. Second is ID cards for some really weird reason, passports are find but having an optional ID card is a massive no. I even spoke to people about it and said okay how would it work in practise, what are you scared of? "Well the corrupt police could arrest me and make me show them ID and I couldn't refuse." "So let's say a corrupt police office just came in now arrested you and took you wallet. Are you telling me they couldn't work out who you are from what's in you wallet right now?" "Well they could but I don't NEED all that, I could just be carrying cash" "But you aren't and you never are"
People hate the idea of it. But government want to spy on your conversations, images, location, contacts, what you read, porn. Oh yea go ahead if it means people don't have to turn on the adult filter on the WiFi or on the phone data which come as standard then go ahead. Easy.
Why did they want to leave the EU anyway?
Beside the handful of real absolute morons/racists/haters (we have similar people in the EU too, they are far from being exclusive to Britain), I consider this an impressive scam that went somewhat completely wrong.
Those promoting Brexit never intended to really leave the EU, that was a mean to grab more power by manipulating the... lesser informed population, and they were indeed quite surprised the day those people, and then a few more with them, actually voted for that Brexit scam. Making them the proud leader of something that was probably never meant to happen. Hence their absolute lack of preparation for it and the shit show that followed for years.
It's also a demonstration of why a failing public educative system is fatal to a working democracy. Uneducated citizen can't vote with their brains, only with their guts. And we all know that what usually comes out of guts is not ideas, right?
Something we can also witness happening in the USA, quite obviously, but also in most countries in the EU even in my dear own France. Sadly.
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But... but.. its for "children"
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.
As a German, not having a mandatory government ID seems so weird to me.
I don't like to bring it up, but it was the Germans that convinced us to get rid of them.
And now you have once, do you think you've got away with it, Basil?
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.
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.
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.
Way ahead of ya. Graphene is mostly working well. Some small issues like MitId not working due to Play Integrity but hopefully the UnifiedAttestation and focus on removing big tech dependence will solve that.
UnifiedAttestation looks promising. Here’s to hoping it’s not going to cause google to sue.
I could not agree more. Ironic to live in a society where we are required to either give our data to American mega corp 1 or American mega corp 2.
Go data sovereignty!
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I installed this last night and was presented with a warning screen saying that I'd have to provide ID, then the following screen basically said "Nah, you're good bro, we don't need your ID".
I'm hoping that was as a result of my Apple ID having been set up many years ago, rather than them having seen my camera roll and concluded that this guy is clearly old as fuck.
Or they have your credit card info?
Well they do, but the actual reason given on the subsequent screen was down to when my Apple ID was set up.
Looks like they do it either way.
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.
Nah, they just want money, is all.
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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. 🤔
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