Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta
2026-03-05 23:34 UTC
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@7112@lemmy.world 2026-03-05 23:50
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.
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@PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-05 23:54
After commercial OS have age verification they will remove it from the programs because the age was already verified, right?
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@64bithero@lemmy.world 2026-03-05 23:56
I find it odd to protect children they will stalk the hell out of us but won’t arrest known pedophiles … I hate the world
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@shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml 2026-03-05 23:56
When I first decided to switch to Linux, I started exclusively using apps that were available on Linux. This way I was able to gradually transition my workflows one app at a time without any rush. When I was ready to install Linux, I did it on a new computer so I still had access to everything on the old computer and there was no risk of going computer-less if the installation went sideways. Also, keep in mind that Asahi only works on M1 and M2 Macs. (If you have an old Intel Mac, you can just run normal Linux without Asahi) Oh and Veronica Explains has a great video about her experience with Asahi.
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@acantharea@lemmy.world 2026-03-05 23:59
Lame - never updating my stuff and will move off smartphones.
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@starblursd@lemmy.zip 2026-03-06 00:05
Sadly graphene will have to implement age verification too at some point as these laws spread like the ones in California that require ALL os providers including Linux to implement it albeit a pointless user dob input at account creation or be fined into the afterlife
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@oeuf@slrpnk.net 2026-03-06 00:13
prompts every time you try to send or receive an explicit image on a messaging app Does this mean they caved in to the UK’s client-side scanning stuff after all?
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@kinkles@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-06 00:14
I’m only on 26.3 and I got an iOS age verification popup today when opening an app for hospital/medical stuff. I was able to just close it and continue but it was surprising.
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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 00:14
I’ll figure out a way to bypass this or switch to Linux entirely. And then probably end up in a camp.
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@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-06 00:32
What…is this shit? What’s the real reason behind this? What senator or governor has a brother in law in the age verification business that got this corruptioned into being a thing all of a sudden?
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@NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 00:53
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@birdwing__dup_8635@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-06 00:53
Alright, time to go to a different phone. Gonna buy Fairphone tomorrow. (Or Motorola, if it’s true that it’s gonna have GrapheneOS on it).
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@davel__dup_7797@lemmy.ml 2026-03-06 01:09
Thank you, Tim Apple, for making 2026 the year of the Linux desktop (but not necessarily the Ubuntu, Fedora, or Mint desktop).
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@mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-06 01:29
I don’t give a shit what children see. They’ll live. Stop spying on adults.
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@ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 01:34
The example of the age of your account made me realize I’m old
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@Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 2026-03-06 02:13
If the West follows into the footsteps of the propaganda they are spreading against China, I’d rather go live in China because at least there people don’t live paycheck to paycheck despite working multiple jobs. Every accusation against China was a confession.
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@davel__dup_7797@lemmy.ml 2026-03-06 02:17
They’re going to burn this in all the way from the sub-microprocessor DRM/TPM to the browser, aren’t they?
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@OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 02:28
Well, my 2G Nokia candy bar phone will come in handy
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@awaysaway@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-06 04:15
Could someone share a non alarmist take here? I have seen posts elsewhere that apples “using information we already have to assign you an age-range” is better than other more invasive methods
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@nonentity@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-06 04:34
I wonder if this is why they’ve been so forceful in moving capable devices to iOS 26. Has anyone checked to see if this exists in iOS 18.7.7 or 18.8 betas?
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@hornedfiend@piefed.social 2026-03-06 04:42
Good, I am waiting on my brand new Fairphone 6.
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@romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-06 05:13
Fuuuuck with apple doing this, I wonder how long we have until this BS enters Android and Linux Kernel.
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@ozzy@olio.cafe 2026-03-06 05:51
They should just be done with it and implant an id chip at birth Data freely available to our capitalistic gods and politicians
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@Lysergid@lemmy.ml 2026-03-06 08:30
Is it regional? Am I safe to update in Europe?
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@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-06 12:23
People in CA and CO: this shit is why people hate your states. Get better politicians ffs.
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@gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 2026-03-06 14:04
KDE has some themes that mimic different apple desktop versions
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@doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 2026-03-06 14:41
It’s under settings > Apple account (the bubble with your name if you’re signed in) > age range for apps. The first time you click it you’re asked to go ahead or update your birthday in the account first. Inside you can pick to always, never or ask first before sharing your age range with some app and it says you can see what apps have asked for your age range.
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@sen@lemmy.zip 2026-03-06 15:18
Wait, send explicit images? I’m not a child, I get that on these platforms my privacy is pretty well gone, but is it explicitly known (confirmed from the source) that these companies scan your images too? That feels extra fucked up. Like "hold on a sec bucko let me check this photo you’re trying to send real quick to make sure it’s not titties "
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@1984@lemmy.today 2026-03-06 19:15
I bet people will just accept it and not even think twice about it.
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@sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2026-03-06 19:53
So now California has a governor pretending to be pro-Palestine to do damage control while signing laws that give Zionist corporations more control over your data and hardware
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@thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-06 20:09
“Must be outside of California, Colorado, and Brazil to download this Linux ISO” “Must be outside of California, Colorado, and Brazil to proceed with installation”
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@razen@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 22:39
Majority will accept it, they dont care and governments and corpos like this
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@pineapple@lemmy.ml 2026-03-07 00:07
I just hope this doesnt impact macos until the end of the year, then I will be able to move to linux on my laptop.
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@kittykillinit@lemy.lol 2026-03-07 00:32
I’ve been an apple user my entire adult life It’s time to grow up.
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@kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2026-03-07 03:08
Can you try to send an explicit image while offline?
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@ScoffingLizard__dup_8272@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-07 03:27
I love how big corp is already ready. It’s almost as if they somehow knew all along that all the govs with bribable legislators would be making laws they all seemed to arbitrarily adopt at once. Can’t wait for the shill AI slop response to this comment making it seem like a good idea.
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@williamhalsted69@lemmy.world 2026-03-07 03:43
i use fedora asahi remix with kde on M1, so far it’s great except the battery life is not as good as in macos but i don’t care … finally i escaped the shitty glass design among other shitty things apple does… and have been using Grephene for more than a year, It’s honestly the most stable, seamless OS i tried, the kind of OS that just works and doesn’t annoy you. imo even better than ios !
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@KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 2026-03-07 05:24
You elected the government and regulator who caused this. Make sure it doesn’t happen again.
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@osanna@lemmy.vg 2026-03-07 05:43
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore
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@mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 2026-03-07 10:01
its been 4 months and I am not regret about my switch to GrapheneOS. The only thing that can make this 100% perfect is creating a Google account that does not tie to your phone number.