Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta - Lemmy

(Not sure if this is worldwide or only in some countries) Updating to iOS 26.4DB2 will put your phone into a parental-restricted mode with adult websites blocked on all browsers, warning prompts every time you try to send or receive an explicit image on a messaging app, and all social media apps blocked on the App Store (in Australia) The settings to disable this mode are locked off until you verify your age either with a credit card, photo ID, or though information Apple already has (like the age of your account). I’ve been an apple user my entire adult life but this might finally be the thing that forces me off the platform. Do any other long term apple users have some tips about migrating? I’ve heard Ashai Linux is pretty good on mac hardware these days and I’ve been thinking about GrapheneOS for a while.

This is insane. They have to view your images to deem of they are explicit…

Basically a year away from a universal internet ID that will track all movements and can be restricted if your government doesn’t like you.

Apple already views your images for child porn.

www.bbc.com/news/technology-58145943

Apple defends new photo scanning child protection tech

The tech giant has insisted that its new technology will not be used to spy on its users.

Do they though? As a side note, I read the documentation for the proposed system of scanning and it was actually really well designed for privacy. The problem was if they were forced to expand the scope to include other material such as, for example, proof of protest against a regime.
Apple provides detailed reasoning behind abandoning iPhone CSAM detection

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AppleInsider