Security Writer 

I won’t be verifying that I’m over 18 on iOS 26.4, and as of yet, I haven’t seen any downside to not doing so.

I do think this is going to backfire though. If it’s age restricted apps I can’t download, surely I’d just use the website instead.

I hear that the intent is to utilise some sort of age verification flag, but I can’t see it being implemented at all.

Put it this way… from 2016 to 2026, following GDPR mandates for handling visitors to websites only around 15% of public facing websites are GDPR ‘compliant’.

Good luck getting age verification uptake. You can’t block by default, the internet would implode.

Mar 25 at 9:51amWeb
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)1d ago
@SecurityWriter I didn't on Xbox and so far it's been a bet positive. They have a load of features I want to turn off that keep getting enabled and I need to find them in global and per-game settings. Don't do age verification and they're now globally disabled. Win. I hope the iOS feature is the same.
Show threadGP1d ago

@SecurityWriter When IOS upgraded it came up with the age verification thing. I just clicked ‘next’ or whatever and it said ‘Ah yeah, you’re grand’

Didn’t have to upload anything. Either the age of my account with Apple or credit cards sitting in wallet 🤷🏼‍♂️

(Age verification is a dumb thing, but I didn’t have to do anything for this)

Show threadSecurity Writer 1d ago

@gpshewan I agree that they've made it simple, but this information will be exposed to websites in the future, and we are unlikely to get a say in it.

We also don't know what information will be provided in that exchange. Is it a yes/no on the 18+ question, or is it yes/no/age + geographic location to 'allow compliance' with different? All of these aid in fingerprinting, removing privacy online, allowing targeted advertising, and data collection for targeting political dissent and minorities.

It's just another weapon to use against us.

Show threadGP1d ago

@SecurityWriter Yup. Anyone who thinks this is all “Think of the children!” is naive. But Apple generally don’t share more than necessary. I did try to have a look and it just looks like a flag (probably from a payment method) that would return a ‘yes’. So in my particular case, for now, I’m grand with it.

Anything else that asks me right now and doesn’t accept 1/1/1900 can go whistle.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/declaredagerange/requesting-people-share-their-age-range-with-your-app

Requesting people’s age range information in your app | Apple Developer Documentation

Ask people to share their age range with your app, and tailor features for adults, teens, and children while preserving privacy.

Apple Developer Documentation
Show threadSecurity Writer 1d ago
@gpshewan yeah, I wasn’t suggesting you didn’t make an educated decision. I’m just worried about how this will evolve.
Show threadGP1d ago
@SecurityWriter oh I hate everything about this push and I’m watching it carefully
Show threadGP1d ago
@SecurityWriter Interesting point. I asked Herself what she had to do and it had asked her to scan a credit card. As she’s the Apple Pay Queen that’s weird. So perhaps mine was ‘He has credit cards *and* has been around since the MobileMe days…he’s grand’