Having just updated my iPhone to 26.4 it's now asking me to confirm I'm 18+, I don't have a credit card and it doesn't give me the option to scan my drivers licence so now what? I'm 57 and now my phone is going to treat me like a child.
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iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 26
EpidemeUK wrote:
Having just updated my iPhone to 26.4 it's now asking me to confirm I'm 18+, I don't have a credit card and it doesn't give me the option to scan my drivers licence so now what? This is ridiculous if Apple are going to force us to do this at least give us options I'm 57 and now my phone is going to treat me like a child.
So I managed to sort it eventually, I had enlarged the text size to make it easier to read the screen, reading the thread on reddit I saw to click on the add credit card manually option and then select try other id, problem was I couldn't see try other id, I reset the text size to default and the option was visible and clickable, then after about 10 attempts at scanning my drivers licence my phone accepts I'm an adult again, stupid clunky implementation of age verification designed with what appears to be no accessibility considerations in place.
It’s based off of a list of accepted items supplied by the UK Government, under the Online Safety Act.
But what about people who don’t drive, don’t have photo id and don’t have a credit card ?
Deanl34 wrote:
But what about people who don’t drive, don’t have photo id and don’t have a credit card ?
Email your M.P.
Government ones will be embarrassed, opposition ones will jump on it.
Can't confirm age in UK
