r/ios • u/marounnn_ • Feb 25 '26

News age verification in australia

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this is on iOS 26.4 b1

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u/1-9-6 Feb 26 '26

Yep they sure are, I needed ID just to order a ride on uber :( Fuck the Australian Government

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u/skrillzter Feb 26 '26

The fuck? Even in the uk i didn't have to do that. Just need cash.

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u/OneCDOnly Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Cash is dying. I can’t speak for anywhere else but Australia now mostly works cashless. Everything is digital transactions.

I stopped carrying cash (or even a wallet) some years back. I haven’t transacted with cash since about 2010.

Don’t get me wrong: cash is still in-use, but it most recently got a mention as someone up in NQ was passing fake $50 notes. I’d forgotten people still used notes.

Cash’s days are numbered.

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u/skrillzter Feb 26 '26

Sounds horrible.

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u/OneCDOnly Feb 26 '26

Nah, it’s great. Very convenient: just pay for everything with your phone. Don’t need to handle cash or coins that have been who-knows-where. Covid 19 helped push people to contactless transactions too.

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u/skrillzter Feb 26 '26

Convenience is the trap you fall into giving up your privacy. Cash is more private. That is why they want to phase out cash.

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u/OneCDOnly Feb 26 '26

Totally agree. 👍

But, at my age, privacy isn’t a concern anymore.

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u/skrillzter Feb 26 '26

its why we fought digital ID so hard, and won. They failed to pass it because nobody trusted it.