iOS 26.4 age verification

[KenSM]

I'm in the UK, using an iPhone 14 on version 26.4.1. I tried both my driver licence and a credit card, with a black card background. When I try the driver licence nothing shows; with the credit card my phone display shows my card number, but again nothing happens to either say it's successfully recorded or not. And it isn't. This is just ridiculous.
I've been buying Apple stuff since 2009. How about an option to enter my Apple ID? Why wouldn't that do?
I'm not aware of anything I do with my phone that requires age verification, so it probably won't adversely affect me, but what a pain this is.

 

[Daydog]

I'm in the UK, using an iPhone 14 on version 26.4.1. I tried both my driver licence and a credit card, with a black card background. When I try the driver licence nothing shows; with the credit card my phone display shows my card number, but again nothing happens to either say it's successfully recorded or not. And it isn't. This is just ridiculous.
I've been buying Apple stuff since 2009. How about an option to enter my Apple ID? Why wouldn't that do?
I'm not aware of anything I do with my phone that requires age verification, so it probably won't adversely affect me, but what a pain this is.

yes PITA try scanning upside down.I had same problem with pass port than scanned upside down eventually worked..
Good luck

 

[Paul1964]

I'm in the UK, using an iPhone 14 on version 26.4.1. I tried both my driver licence and a credit card, with a black card background. When I try the driver licence nothing shows; with the credit card my phone display shows my card number, but again nothing happens to either say it's successfully recorded or not. And it isn't. This is just ridiculous.
I've been buying Apple stuff since 2009. How about an option to enter my Apple ID? Why wouldn't that do?
I'm not aware of anything I do with my phone that requires age verification, so it probably won't adversely affect me, but what a pain this is.

Interesting. Mine worked with my UK Driving Licence no problem.

 

[KenSM]

Thanks, Daydog and Paul. I've tried again this morning, with both my credit card and driving licence, and eventually had to resort to entering my credit card details manually – which has at last been accepted. I know all these details are held on various databases already, but I very strongly dislike having to enter them again in this way. If this is what a future of AI-assisted regulation looks like, society's in trouble.

 

[LarTeROn]

Yes.

No. The UK government recently tried it on with Apple with an order to provide a back door. Apple told the UK government in no unccertain terms to F*** Right Off. Apple don't collect what they do not need and do not share anything with 3rd parties. You'll be fine.

Paul1964 : No. The UK government recently tried it on with Apple with an order to provide a back door. Apple told the UK government in no uncertain terms to F*** Right Off

No they didnt they cave when it come to advanced data protection uk wise if your talking about accessing uk icloud users data regard less of where they were living you can thank the usa for pressuring them i believe that where they back off.

When it come to encryption backdoors. They said no but they still manage to get access in the long run phone wise! though that one was usa and fbi based.

Yes the USA government sided with Apple on this, as they should, when this was a clear case of overreach from the British side. But Apple did say no - firmly.

Thanks for clarifying. There is some (partly) justified paranoia on social media, including some high profile YouTubers who said that Persona will handle the government side. Those were the ones that resulted in leaks on behalf of Discord.

However, this source agrees with you:

Apple’s UK age verification brings identity checks to iPhone | Proton

Apple now requires UK users to verify their age on iPhone. This signals a broader shift toward identity-based access at the device level.

proton.me

...that actually yes, Apple will only verify the age and not be passing on extra data to the UK gov.

That said, I changed region just in case.

I didn't actually get denied anything I needed in the time it was blocking me; just porn sites.

 

[PowerHarryG4]

I recently tried to go through the verification process again and it's now come up with the "The length of time you have had an Apple account was used to confirm you are 18+".

I'm unsure if this is a glitch but I created my account at some point in 2013, so it would only be roughly 13 years old. Is the age of the account needed to get this prompt actually less than 18 years?

 

[P_Watt]

The Apple tech Article now includesUK Passports 😮

Blurb

 

[BSDnostalgia]

Was it ever explained why Apple went this direction? As was discussed, it didn't seem to be directly required by UK law.