(Not sure if this is worldwide or only in some countries)

Updating to iOS 26.4DB2 will put your phone into a parental-restricted mode with adult websites blocked on all browsers, warning prompts every time you try to send or receive an explicit image on a messaging app, and all social media apps blocked on the App Store (in Australia)

The settings to disable this mode are locked off until you verify your age either with a credit card, photo ID, or though information Apple already has (like the age of your account).

I’ve been an apple user my entire adult life but this might finally be the thing that forces me off the platform. Do any other long term apple users have some tips about migrating? I’ve heard Ashai Linux is pretty good on mac hardware these days and I’ve been thinking about GrapheneOS for a while.

  • boogiebored@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 小时前

    The dream is over. The internet and technology are over. It was fun while it lasted, and it is time to re-adapt to a reality without dependence on 100% privacy invading surveillance.

  • StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 小时前

    I know this isn’t the point of the article, but I’m starting to get really pissy about software updates implementing high-level non-security related changes to my fucking fully paid for device!

    It doesn’t do anything but I’m starting to refuse to agree to any new user agreements.

    It’s pretty much nothing.

    I have 3 different AI agents that were forced onto my phone between Google, Samsung, and Microsoft.

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      6 小时前

      It’ll be baked into the ToS somewhere but I agree it’s bullshit. Years ago I bought a youtuber downloader app (I know I should’ve just used yt-dl) and they released an update that removed support for half the websites and locked them behind a new higher-priced tier. None of it was mentioned in the changelog, just a prompt that came up after you’d installed the new build. I was able to reinstall the previous version and keep using it but I was still so pissed off

  • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world
    9·
    19 小时前

    its been 4 months and I am not regret about my switch to GrapheneOS. The only thing that can make this 100% perfect is creating a Google account that does not tie to your phone number.

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      19 小时前

      So you need a phone number these days? That’s something I’ve read a lot of mixed reports about

      • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
        2·
        13 小时前

        in some cases where they have good enough info about you already (creating from an android phone that isn’t “fishy” enough, etc), you can create a google acc without associating a phone number, at least it’s not shown on the google account info menu.

      • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world
        3·
        18 小时前

        yes some Play store apps are country specific so instead of switching my default country, which stupid Google only allows 1 per year btw, I want to create different profiles with different Google accounts. You cannot do that without showing that these accounts belong to whichever phone number you have

  • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    181·
    1 天前

    I love how big corp is already ready. It’s almost as if they somehow knew all along that all the govs with bribable legislators would be making laws they all seemed to arbitrarily adopt at once. Can’t wait for the shill AI slop response to this comment making it seem like a good idea.

  • sudoer777@lemmy.mlEnglish
    35·
    1 天前

    So now California has a governor pretending to be pro-Palestine to do damage control while signing laws that give Zionist corporations more control over your data and hardware

  • sen@lemmy.zip
    32·
    2 天前

    Wait, send explicit images? I’m not a child, I get that on these platforms my privacy is pretty well gone, but is it explicitly known (confirmed from the source) that these companies scan your images too?

    That feels extra fucked up. Like "hold on a sec bucko let me check this photo you’re trying to send real quick to make sure it’s not titties "

  • thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    15·
    1 天前

    “Must be outside of California, Colorado, and Brazil to download this Linux ISO”

    “Must be outside of California, Colorado, and Brazil to proceed with installation”

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      13·
      1 天前

      You think this isn’t coming to other devices? Google will presumably add this to Android and apps will follow suit by looking to the OS to verify your age so other forks will probably have to add it. Linux on smartphones is dead in the water so what’s the alternative?

      • CommieKhinkali@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        1 天前

        Id say graphene os or if you dont have a pixel something similar to graphene. I just hate this shit, the west has been projecting about chinas spying tech it seems. Id rather china have all my info than some epstein lover

  • 64bithero@lemmy.world
    2451·
    2 天前

    I find it odd to protect children they will stalk the hell out of us but won’t arrest known pedophiles …

    I hate the world

      • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
        55·
        2 天前

        Exactly. Governments around the world, including the U.S., of course, have made it crystal clear through their actions that they don’t give a fuck about protecting children.

    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      164·
      2 天前

      Also they’ll deny trans kids puberty blockers which are proven to be safe and reversible, and the alternative creates harm.

      And they’ll censor the internet for ‘children’ (a 17 year old is not a child) to prevent them finding community, support or education outside their IRL religious and harmful bubbles.

      It was never about actually protecting children

    • lukaro@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      2 天前

      Yeah apparently it’s fine for them to fuck kids but too immoral to risk kids seeing people fucking.

    • Sims@lemmy.ml
      53·
      2 天前

      Better to just hate the whole Epstein Class. They trash the world for everyone else…

      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        30·
        2 天前

        We’ve had a name for them for the last 200 years: the capitalist class, or to be more precise, the haute bourgeoisie. The 1% of the 1%.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      341·
      2 天前

      If everyone voting for these age requirements don’t also vote to require you to use an ID to unlock the safety on a gun or remove a knife from the knife rack, they aren’t voting on this to protect the children.

      Knives and guns need age verification before someone seeing Kate Upton showing her breasts.

      Im going side with none of it needs age verification, and all of it needs parental guidance

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      19 小时前

      I sure as hell didn’t vote for them. But regardless of the government these laws always seem to have bipartisan support. I’ve avoided this crap so far with VPNs and fake IDs but something baked into the OS like this I haven’t been able to fool. Yet

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      6 小时前

      I’m assuming the name, birthday and address on the ID have to line up with your existing apple account info or it won’t accept the card. In theory you could just change your details though

  • 7112@lemmy.world
    1271·
    2 天前

    This is insane. They have to view your images to deem of they are explicit…

    Basically a year away from a universal internet ID that will track all movements and can be restricted if your government doesn’t like you.

      • Fred@lemmy.world
        331·
        2 天前

        They probably do it for people like Donald and all his Epstein friends to save and pre order.

      • 7112@lemmy.world
        22·
        2 天前

        Has this expanded from iCloud uploads? It’s crazy how using a device now requires users to allow company full access yo everything.

        • Zephorah@discuss.online
          0·
          23 小时前

          Who was the guy several years ago who was charged with child pornography for receiving a pic of his infant son’s rash for the doctor on his phone? Was that not iCloud via Apple scanning for questionable images?

          Something I heard on the old OSINT podcast years ago.

          • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
            1·
            7 小时前

            Apple also said its anti-CSAM tool will not allow the company to see or scan a user’s photo album. It will only scan photos that are shared on iCloud.

            The system will look for matches, securely on the device, based on a database of hashes of known CSAM images provided by child safety organisations.

            Scanning yes, viewing no.

            I remember hearing about that though. On first glance that shouldn’t be possible with what apple says they do. I feel like there was another detail I can’t recall that made more sense of it, but maybe not.

      • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
        12·
        2 天前

        Do they though? As a side note, I read the documentation for the proposed system of scanning and it was actually really well designed for privacy. The problem was if they were forced to expand the scope to include other material such as, for example, proof of protest against a regime.

      • LordCrom@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 天前

        For a phone sim…of course you do. I mean they would know who pays the bill anyway right? Unless you have a phone company that takes bitcoin or cash only.

        • ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 小时前

          You don’t need ID to buy a sim in the US or UK, or most countries in fact. Most sims in Australia are pre-paid, not contract.

        • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
          4·
          1 天前

          Phone companies are required to collect and retain IDing info of customers to activate a phone number in Australia. There’s no way around it unfortunately

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        81·
        2 天前

        They already are. Well depends on who they are I guess but someone is.

        • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
          7·
          2 天前

          This would be pre vpn or anything else you could do to protect your privacy - if it’s at the OS level it’s before the browser and VPN level

          That’s not happening now, but it’s the only way the are gonna be able to to check content to make sure “ the children are safe “

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      15·
      2 天前

      That was already happening, as the option to block sending and receiving of such content was able to be turned on in your screen time settings, and you could mandate it for your children by managing your kids accounts on the family organizers device. If someone is under the age of 13 they are required to be on a family share, and if you don’t have “Ask to Buy” enabled, from what I know you won’t get a refund for anything with the excuse my kid bought this without permission.

      Overall it all seems logical, but in those scenarios the ages and requirements are mostly all controlled by the parent.

      • 7112@lemmy.world
        131·
        2 天前

        Scary. I had no idea it went beyond the iCloud scans. I avoided the cloud after that celebrity image leak.

        Guess we might see a rise in offline or dumb devices. I wonder how this will affect other nations that already have restrictive internet access. If the US West becomes more locked down where would free and accessible info go?