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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 (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Tywele@piefed.social 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

As a German, not having a mandatory government ID seems so weird to me.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I don't like to bring it up, but it was the Germans that convinced us to get rid of them.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 1 points 5 hours ago

And now you have once, do you think you've got away with it, Basil?