Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure

Innerworld@lemmy.world · 13 days ago

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure

☂️-@lemmy.ml · 13 days ago

that helps surveillance

Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 12 days ago

I suppose you could operate an iPhone without a credit card but I don’t know how common that would be as it does complicate using the App Store etc.For most people it would be business as usual.

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure

Apple’s iOS 26.4 update adds age verification in the UK