Post #763749

2026-03-24 20:15 UTC

In Which I Am Apparently A Child... So, I saw today&#39;s news about DarkSword, and although I don&#39;t have anything with iOS that old (v18.7 or older), I noticed a new version of iOS out (26.4) and decided to update. Bad move. Bad, bad move. iOS 26.4 implements age verification. It&#39;s very simple - just scan your credit card or government id and bingo. I don&#39;t have a credit card. The government ID is apparently: - a driving license (which I don&#39;t have) - a passport (which isn&#39;t scanning) 1/2

Replies (8)

@gmh@mastodon.social 2026-03-24 20:25

So, until I can get the passport working as ID, my iPhone is feature-limited. I can live without the ability to download 18+ apps. The ability to make in-app purchases? That's a bit more severe; there are plenty of things you can buy in-app that aren't porn or loot boxes. And until I can somehow get this fixed, I'm a child. To add insult to injury, I tried to look at the Apple community for similar reports and got this... Apparently, tech support is for grownups! Whoop de fucking doo. 2/2

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@axel_hartmann@digitalcourage.social 2026-03-25 08:36

@gmh - which country?

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@Chloeg@mastodon.art 2026-03-25 13:12

@gmh I’m having the same issue

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@Rickd6@mstdn.ca 2026-03-25 13:25

@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?

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@david_bardos@mementomori.social 2026-03-25 13:25

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

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@ohir@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-25 13:47

@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.

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@Robbe_Duesseldorf@mastodon.social 2026-03-25 15:07

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

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@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org 2026-03-26 01:11

@gmh /cc @waldi noch ein Grund dagegen

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