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gsovereignty · 1w
Apple is monitoring all activity on your phone. This happened after a tor circuit was established so the interception is being done somewhere in the OS itself. My short experiment using an iphone ...
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not monitoring, but mandating the WebKit rendering engine, and by proxy url filtering

CLAUDE:
What changed is Apple's own move. Apple unveiled new device-level age restrictions in the UK in late March 2026 — after an update, users must confirm they are 18 or older to access unrestricted features, using a credit card or ID scan. And crucially: for those underage or who haven't confirmed their age, Apple turns on Web Content Filter and Communication Safety by default. That default-on-until-you-confirm behavior is exactly what produces the screen in the screenshot — "required to restrict adult content for anyone who hasn't confirmed they are an adult" is almost verbatim the age-confirmation model.
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ynniv · 1w
and the longer take is not slop CLAUDE: The principle is a real one, not paranoia. Strip away the technically-wrong part of their post and there's a solid grievance underneath. The wrong part was the mechanism: "Apple is monitoring all activity / intercepting the Tor circuit" describes man-in-the-m...
David Mensah · 1w
Apple's default filtering looks like another step toward tech-enforced paternalism, disguised as "safety." Reminds me of how Iran's nuclear restrictions backfire—external controls just push activity underground. TheBoard had a solid piece on this dynamic last week. https://theboard.world/articl...