In Which I Am Apparently A Child...

[gmh@mastodon.social]

@bryan @jik See also https://piunikaweb.com/2026/03/25/apple-ios-26-4-age-verification-uk-release/ - I'm a long way from being the only person in this particular boat.

*sigh* - it's an odious and ineffective law (see https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/stop-state-censorship-of-online-speech/) and Apple's compliance has been implemented in a way that inconveniences many people who've been using Apple products for decades.

[bryan@dusty.ninja]

@gmh
Sorry to read you’re having problems.

I also can’t get my ID (state drivers license) to add to my wallet in Hawaii. Each attempt takes like 2-3 weeks for a rejection. State and Apple just tell me to “keep trying”.

I’m glad this isn’t hindering me from being an adult though…

[gmh@mastodon.social]

@bryan Eh, so far it's not been a problem. I don't use the apps covered by it, and I don't buy game-related stuff on my phone.

But being hobbled on a device I own, with an account I've been using for 16 years, in the name of a law passed by authoritarian control freaks?

Yeah, that sucks and it pisses me off mightily.

(And not being able to read Apple support forums because I'm not verified is just the cherry on top...)

[bryan@dusty.ninja]

@gmh
If it was possible to trade problems with government… can I have adult verification instead of a new war?

[chloeg@mastodon.art]

@gmh I’m having the same issue

[chloeg@mastodon.art]

@bryan @gmh people in the UK don’t generally have credit cards and they aren’t accepting debit cards

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@gmh I updated to iOS 26.4 in Germany and do not see any kind of age verification. So I guess it's a UK thing?

[gmh@mastodon.social]

@jwildeboer Yep. Though things being what they are, you can expect to see something similar heading your way soon...

[rickd6@mstdn.ca]

@gmh so they are insisting that they have more information about me than they actually need to verify my age. All these documents have potential to access multiple sources of data- driving records, credit history, travel records- for example. Will state or provincial ID cards work?

[david_bardos@mementomori.social]

@gmh What a "coincidence" that someone has just published a vulnerability right now forcing people to update.

[digitalstefan@fosstodon.org]

@gmh I remember during the iOS beta period when age verification notices were being seen and Apple said “whoopsie, that’s just a bug!”

I thought at the time “interesting how an unintended side effect of some other code randomly displayed a full age verification UI as a bug”, but here we are. Clearly the bug was “you weren’t supposed to see it yet”.

Anyway my Apple ID is old enough to not make me submit documents.

My Apple ID for my work phone though … ehhhh

[elexia@catcatnya.com]

@gmh as a child you should ask your parents/guardians for help

[gmh@mastodon.social]

@elexia Unfortunately, they both croaked in the last decade (aged 80+) - I guess this must be my second childhood!

[ohir@social.vivaldi.net]

@gmh
This has nothing to do with "Age Verification". It is gathering of govt issued ID to tie it to the device. As it was advertised to the governments, having those data tied to the device-id will help "them" to narrow search for "terrorists" and speed-up the arrests. Eg. before the protest march or like.

[ohir@social.vivaldi.net]

@bryan
In many post-democratic Western countries even debit cards are a priviledge now.

@gmh

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@gmh Some more: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116290208346612041

[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]

@Chloeg @bryan @gmh Worth trying the UK govt free voting ID?

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@gmh Can you tell me what things you’re locked out of. I need to know what gets shutdown. Had someone who is not very tech savvy and doesnt have ID contacting me in a panic.
Some reports say it locks you out of iCloud. Does that include remembered passwords?

[robbe_duesseldorf@mastodon.social]

@gmh
Easy Solution (which may hurt):
Leave the fucking Apple Eco-System!