(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.
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.
Apple already views your images for child porn.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58145943
They probably do it for people like Donald and all his Epstein friends to save and pre order.
Has this expanded from iCloud uploads? It’s crazy how using a device now requires users to allow company full access yo everything.
I guess I never believed it was limited to iCloud.
If you read the article, they don’t.
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.
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.
Hey degen, I’ve got your journal in my hands right now. It’s ok though, I promise only to look at the cover and not read it. You’re cool with that right?
Wanted to view*
This also means they are tracking all the websites you are going to.
They already are. Well depends on who they are I guess but someone is.
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 “
To get a sim card in Australia you need to show identification. There is no anonymity.
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.
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.
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