Apple iOS 27.2 age verification now requires adults in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and the UK to pass a four-angle biometric facial scan before downloading 18+ apps -- the first time any major OS has embedded such a gate below the app layer. Apple has not disclosed its accuracy rates, and the
    • evujumenuk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      Or, don’t get 18+ apps. I don’t think that going to The Other mobile operating system will prevent age checks in the long or even medium term.

      When age checks are mandated by law, it’s probably better to have them in the OS so you have to prove maturity to only one party instead of uploading your photo ID to the verification partners of a dozen apps. Furthermore, Apple and Google are sophisticated enough to do this in a way that cockblocks what I suspect governments really want out of this, which is outsourcing the surveillance state.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      53·
      3 days ago

      I mean what’s the alternative? You can get an Android phone but they’ll likely have to submit to all the same regulations. You can get a Linux phone but the reviews I’ve seen of those are not great. You pretty much can’t buy anything else that’s functional and offers a safe communication method.