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UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] -1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

They kinda were. Don't get me wrong, still entirely by choice, but more and more countries and states are forcing OS level age verification.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    How things change.

    Once upon a time, Apple stood up to the FBI's demands. Now they're caving to an implication in an authoritarian foreign country.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Apple pretended to stand up to them a couple times in high-profile cases for optics. They were helping them all along.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    There is, AFAIK, zero proof to back up your claim.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Even if true, I think I prefer when Apple was normalizing standing up to surveillance, instead of being the first to endorse it.

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