2026-08-23T10:52:23Z https://nostr.now Gideon Hallett https://nostr.now/npub1v6k3uc02fldw3lemxcuj7zsum2huep6wfpdu774uhavsseg6ueksp7kngj https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/409/457/original/38ce92e5d4eefbba.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/409/457/original/38ce92e5d4eefbba.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxt0fwqpryjjs9dac6dtxfg6lufradjzd04wngdqvusf3xnm7m9qzypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6z9v0kz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ge8yx480rxf27rz9xq7uklf93lhaeg5anjwl6kygqgkj2rkzqeqjhgt9j'>nevent1q…gt9j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is also a safeguarding issue. <br/><br/>As I found out yesterday, one of the things locked down in 26.4 is that Content and Privacy Restrictions is locked on. You need to pass age verification to change it. Until I can prove I&#39;m over 18, all of these features like location sharing are enabled and I can&#39;t disable them. For me, it&#39;s an annoying inconvenience. <br/><br/>For someone vulnerable in an abusive domestic situation - this could be considerably more serious. (5/7)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/300/726/390/403/600/original/8a7253f3636691e7.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/300/726/383/319/505/original/6de868e452792aba.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/300/726/381/761/670/original/47dcee97ed66910a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-27T10:47:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ge8yx480rxf27rz9xq7uklf93lhaeg5anjwl6kygqgkj2rkzqeqzypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6g5j4j5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3m52wl90lxdgvrfaq6za560x6m2e3u69c6atxml9jmtk2rdf07c0h8k9e'>nevent1q…8k9e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Apple are trying to pass the buck.<br/><br/>The internal corporate line at Apple, as repeated twice by different levels of support, is that they did this because the UK Government told them to.<br/><br/>This is arse-covering bullshit and I told them as much (politely).<br/><br/>What they will have been given is the seven Ofcom-approved methods of HEAA and told to comply with that.<br/><br/>Apple&#39;s implementation of three of those seven HEAA methods - and the lack of fallbacks - is solely the result of decisions at Apple. (4/7) 2026-03-27T10:43:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr3m52wl90lxdgvrfaq6za560x6m2e3u69c6atxml9jmtk2rdf07czypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6jmwlrd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs855h9t26g0gl3sve8770axzq5srt9mzs5fygxvr4859pk0l4yfesfmxcax'>nevent1q…xcax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So the verification procedure insists on government ID, but doesn&#39;t work with one of the two forms of government ID generally available in the UK. <br/><br/>Most UK citizens will currently have no access to a Government-backed &#39;digital identity service&#39; (and won&#39;t until the Gov.UK Wallet comes out).<br/><br/>There are third party digital identity services such as the Post Office EasyID scheme that are backed by government documents, but Apple doesn&#39;t work with them. (3/7) 2026-03-27T10:30:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs855h9t26g0gl3sve8770axzq5srt9mzs5fygxvr4859pk0l4yfeszypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6r6xrl0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdm7zkk828jks70gfc7uvcc8s77f4x2d5g42v3yxjzuvy0qrkz35gg0rxnk'>nevent1q…rxnk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The bad - and I have stressed this to Apple support (politely!):<br/><br/>There is currently no procedural fallback. <br/><br/>No one at Apple seems to have come up with any kind of plan pre-release for people who don&#39;t fit with Apple&#39;s implementation of Highly Effective Age Assurance (HEAA).<br/><br/>There were mixed messages on release day about whether passports would work. After many attempts, I&#39;ve got my phone to take a scan of my passport and submit that; but it invariably fails to upload (see attached). (2/7)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/300/664/304/569/463/original/c280db7ad8bee654.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-27T10:30:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdm7zkk828jks70gfc7uvcc8s77f4x2d5g42v3yxjzuvy0qrkz35gzypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6mq0kmu How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?<br/><br/>Armed with some research (H/T <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1huw9tr0cwmrnezvkg439zpqydp9sws2hphv0z6w6dlzus04ft59s6jc5x7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Neil Brown</span> (<span class="italic">npub1huw…c5x7</span>)</a></span>) and after spending some time reading up the subject, I went to the Apple Store and then spent an hour on the phone to Apple account support yesterday.<br/><br/>They&#39;re very aware that they dropped a bollock here and have thousands of very angry adult customers.<br/><br/>The support team manager I spoke to yesterday said that some sort of fix was due within days<br/><br/>That&#39;s the /good/ news.<br/><br/>(1/7) 2026-03-27T10:26:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsws0q4evasc6y7aeq559pcazm422hcsnsmprx3h4ca3tuv2jn3gfczypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6xr5wkk In Which I Am Apparently A Child...<br/><br/>So, I saw today&#39;s news about DarkSword, and although I don&#39;t have anything with iOS that old (v18.7 or older), I noticed a new version of iOS out (26.4) and decided to update.<br/><br/>Bad move. Bad, bad move.<br/><br/>iOS 26.4 implements age verification. <br/><br/>It&#39;s very simple - just scan your credit card or government id and bingo.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t have a credit card. <br/><br/>The government ID is apparently:<br/><br/>- a driving license (which I don&#39;t have)<br/>- a passport (which isn&#39;t scanning)<br/><br/>1/2 2026-03-24T20:15:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdu502g8wdpl6uajp9zw2eg8rjg8f58ttwfqyvpk30qfu3ds7cnfqzypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6c0zl7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20ml39f0ns9xzzyz4jjzhdfmkykftuku8v9hunslvausvey467aqft2kyu'>nevent1q…2kyu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, yes.<br/><br/>Vetinari is a direct pun on Medici. Same job, (usually) different number of legs. 2026-02-09T21:35:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqr2lhz0cr9ardlsfrjuyqkzx7s0uwnefrsnlvxcdlrahv944vwkqzypn268npaf8a468l8vmrjtc2rnd2lny8fey9hnm6hjl4jzr9rtnx6k37t06 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstp5r2z85st4pp4lpwmzjf0wyrr256dphqxfed8c0wr7v5kg5k8pg2wdmpc'>nevent1q…dmpc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am actually comparatively hopeful about the prospect post-Trump. He’s spent so much effort stuffing his administration with spineless charisma-free bumblers that when he finally goes downstairs the White House may go full-on ‘Death of Stalin’. <br/><br/>I admit, this is an optimistic reading, but I don’t see any of his lieutenants managing his style well enough to follow him.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/111/712/659/880/085/original/251b2b19c3b41a49.png"> <br/> 2025-08-29T11:05:24Z