Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoApple 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 pressurewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-linkApple 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 pressurewww.theverge.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square73linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareDr. Unabart@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·29 days agoI’m in Germany, installed this update on my iPad, but have not seen any mention of an ID yet. 🤷♂️
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·29 days agoProbably because Germany doesn’t have to follow laws passed in UK.
minus-squareDr. Unabart@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoPerhaps it was the “first in Europe” part that threw me for a loop.
I’m in Germany, installed this update on my iPad, but have not seen any mention of an ID yet. 🤷♂️
Probably because Germany doesn’t have to follow laws passed in UK.
Perhaps it was the “first in Europe” part that threw me for a loop.