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submitted 1 day ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/62353095

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[-] 7112@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Why not just ban smartphones for people under 18?

[-] MellowSnow@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Because then they don't get that sweet, sweet personal info from ya

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

That's what these evil people want

[-] LytiaNP@lemmy.today -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because that's even worse than just adding age verification.

[-] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Seems like if you’re already using Apple Pay you’re fine. It’s still an egregious overreach and pointless but at least it’s not demanding a full face scan.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

that just means they already have your data from the bank.

The real question is I have a UK originating iPhone that i use just for photographing. I do not live in UK, but the phone is not registered to use gsm in my country since it costs 3 times the price of said iPhone to do so.

If I update, will it show the ID prompt to me? Because I sure as hell do not have UK ID, so the phone will literally become a brick.

If you're very quick about it, iOS 26.3.1 is still signed so you could do the update and downgrade using iTunes if it does ask. You would have to factory reset the phone to downgrade again though and Apple could potentially stop signing it at any point leaving you stuck on 26.4

[-] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

Just get a Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it.

this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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