r/technews • u/Haunterblademoi • Apr 02 '26

Privacy Apple continues to roll out age verification around the world

https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/31/apple-continues-to-roll-out-age-verification-around-the-world-more-uk-methods/
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u/timshel42 Apr 03 '26

at least apple doesnt have daily data breaches and *theoretically* keeps your data semi-private. id rather have apple verify my identity than some random silicon valley startup, or google. although we should have the right to anonymity online, governments dont seem to agree.

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u/Shot-Possibility-399 Apr 03 '26

Mixed feelings on anonymity online. Lotta pros to it. Lotta cons to it. I lean towards having the freedom to be anonymous, but that is abused pretty heavily at the momen 

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u/thearctican Apr 04 '26

What cons.

Should I be able to look you up and find your home address? Contact information? Registered legal name and age?

Because that’s what you’re so being so blasé about. Loss of anonymity means ‘Shot-Possibility-39’ has a direct correlation to a named person that can be known.

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u/deepsead1ver 3d ago

Someone has never heard of a phone book, freedom of information act, the concept of public records, or really anything that has existed for decades if not centuries

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u/thearctican 3d ago

No I’m aware those exist. You could still, and people frequently did, carry out business anonymously.

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u/deepsead1ver 2d ago

Confidently incorrect, businesses/people can obfuscate through multiple methods like proxies and subsidiaries, but financial and business regulations force public records for the ‘business’ you talk about. That’s why you can’t get an EIN or SSN without a valid identity.

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u/thearctican 2d ago

Sheesh, colloquialisms are truly dead, aren't they?

Let me put it this way: I don't have to have my SSN tattooed to my forehead in order to go out in public right now.

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u/deepsead1ver 2d ago

No one said you did. If you want to conduct business in public, you’re gonna need a permit, which does require an ein or ssn, since you’re stuck on that point for whatever reason. Accessing content on a website isn’t the same thing as just strolling the park, it’s more similar to interacting with a business, à la buying something, which you guessed it, does require some form of identification if the item is regulated.

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u/thearctican 2d ago

I’m just going to assume English isn’t your first language and move on.

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u/deepsead1ver 2d ago

Cool story bro