Apple rolls out age verification in the UK
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Apparently us special UK people are going to get an extra treat…
Apple will ship built-in 18+ age verification for UK users in iOS 26.4 in the coming weeks. There appears to be no way to ignore it… 😔
Apple is rolling out new age-verification and “age assurance” features as governments tighten online child-safety rules. In the UK, iOS 26.4 beta adds a Settings prompt that asks whether a user is 18+, with verification sometimes happening automatically and other times requiring a credit card or a photo ID scan. AppleInsider and user reports say the feature is showing up first in UK builds, in line with requirements tied to the UK’s Online Safety Act. Separately, Apple told developers it will start blocking downloads of 18+ rated apps in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore unless a user’s age is confirmed through “reasonable methods.” It’s also expanding tools meant to help developers meet regional compliance obligations. Apple is updating its Declared Age Range API so apps can request age-category signals without necessarily collecting a birthdate, and says the API will add signals about whether regulations apply and whether parental permission is required for significant updates for child accounts. Taken together, the changes are meant to make age-appropriate access easier to enforce across app stores and apps, while leaning on privacy-preserving “range” or “category” signals instead of sharing exact ages—an approach that could limit data collection even as compliance requirements rise.
So, I've had a thought and I'd like anyone who actually knows about this sort of thing to tell me if this idea has legs or not.
At some point I'm guessing that I'm going to have to identify myself to my laptop as an adult.
The way I see it is that this does not mean that I have to identify myself as a specific adult, just that I am an adult.
There is no way that I'm giving some random self assigned verification company anything important.
So, my thought is that is there anything that I could, for example, stick on my skin that can approximate my age? I'm sure that there are all sorts of biometric measurements it could use to give a fairly good approximation.
All of the issues like connectivity and security I'm sure could be addressed if the principle is good.
Thoughts?
how would we use the web itself if anything you posted on your own blog could subject you to legal repercussions from a town with 10 people you never heard of in another country, just because somebody there could browse to it? "free speech" would be limited to wealthy people with legal teams.
If you run an online service, why do you have to follow laws in other jurisdictions to prevent people from those jurisdictions from accessing your service?
Their government should only be able to regulate the people and businesses of their jurisdiction. Their government should have to try to force their local ISPs to prevent access to whatever "bad content" is now deemed illegal to access.
You know, like other dictatorships.
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