Post #3124690

2026-03-27 15:20 UTC

@CGM@mastodon.scot OK - how and where? It’s entirely possible I missed something. I’m going to Screen Time, and Content and Privacy Restrictions is currently enabled (per my previous screenshot). If I try to disable it, it asks me to verify my age, and - when I can’t - keeps the restrictions enabled. Have you had an Apple account longer than 18 years, perhaps?

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@CGM@mastodon.scot 2026-03-27 15:24

@gmh@mastodon.social I don't know why it's different, just reporting my experience. The phone is nagging me to verify my age, which I don't intend to do, my Apple account is not old enough to bypass that.

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@tay@tech.lgbt 2026-03-28 16:14

@gmh@mastodon.social @CGM@mastodon.scot As far as I'm aware this being allowed just means "an app can request this permission and you can choose to grant it". I still think it's a cockup bodging these things into the parental controls system so you get these issues, but I don't think it inherently means that your location is being sent anywhere. FWIW: it just worked for me, but that's because I had a credit card in my Apple Pay wallet. My father had issues trying to get it to verify until I added one to his (which was not intuitive in the slightest). And while I think Apples implementation is one of the less intrinsically evil age verification, iOS 26.4 has actively got me to try using a phone with much more OSS system software

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