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Age Verification causing people to stop installing security updates on iPhone

2026/04/03 09:19:31 BST

What could possibly go wrong?

I have not updated my iPhone or MacBook to the latest OS updates because of Apple’s introduction of age verification in the UK.

I have a number of Qs that I will be asking Apple & @Ofcom https://t.co/iEInxmRpMn https://t.co/eLPlnOLlHL
— Privacy Matters ? (@PrivacyMatters) April 3, 2026

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Fediverse reactions

←Australian eSafety: “It is a ‘dark pattern’ to permit people to 1/ amend mistakes 2/ be in control of information about themselves 3/ be obliged to validate abuse reports”

New Mexico’s Meta Ruling and Encryption | Schneier on Security→

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