Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea

Reclaim The Net – 1 Apr 26

Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea

Apple now requires adults in Singapore and South Korea to hand over government IDs or financial credentials just to download apps they've been buying freely for years.

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Apple now requires adults in Singapore and South Korea to hand over government IDs or financial credentials just to download apps they’ve been buying freely for years. […] Singaporean users [need] to confirm they’re 18 or older to download or purchase 18+ apps, using a credit card, a driving license, a National Registration Identity Card, or a Foreign Identification Number card. Passports, debit cards, and gift cards aren’t accepted.

This is extremely alarming, and I am coming to realize that there is very little pushback from regular people. Although the privacy community is undoubtedly growing, it is still very small, and often very concentrated in specific geographic areas. There is so much work to be done.

I do wonder why passports are not accepted, but driver’s licenses are? They’re both government issued IDs.