(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.

    • Fred@lemmy.world
      331·
      4 days ago

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

    • 7112@lemmy.world
      22·
      4 days ago

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

    • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      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.

      • Zephorah@discuss.online
        2·
        2 days ago

        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·
          2 days ago

          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.