Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4

In agreement with @WhyRhy Remember that, regardless of “age” or “identity” verification, the standard for freedom on the internet is shifting. If your device sends the wrong signal to a website, you’ll be locked out. Yes, ID verification is worse than an age signal, but age verification is brand new and still unacceptable. This is about freedom as much as it is about overreaching data collection and authoritarianism. Not to double up on a previously shared link, but the Big Brother Watch response from Silkie Carlo says it very well: Apple’s New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom in the UK — Big Brother Watch