hastingsmothman2d ago

A propos of nothing.

I am now (un)officially under-18! Updated #iPhone. Tried to register the new age verification reqs as part of #OnlineSafetyAct but #Apple ONLY permits driver's licence or credit card, (not passports). I have neither. 1hr with Apple Support - no possible solutions other than get driver's licence / credit card (or buy a National ID card).
So now, no Apple Pay, ITVX, iPlayer, gaming apps or much else until Apple change their verification criteria.
Oh well!
#tech #technews

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@hastingsmothman I wonder what they will do about Freeview? As you need an account to watch the iplayer, they ought to have age verification on that too.
Mar 25 at 1:45pmWeb
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@jtb Not sure how Freeview works tbh and whether you can watch it on an Apple device. But if you can, I guess that won't work either if you can't verify your age with Apple because you have neither a credit card or driver's licence. If I had a normal TV I could watch BBC, ITV etc to my heart's content. But we don't. Any odd bits of TV we watch is through mac or phone. But no longer possible.