The UK government is like: “submit ID first before you use iPhone”, like WTF? As apparently, they are considering on making that the default way to unlock a cellphone whilst spying on you (like they already are) keeping tabs on what apps you’re currently using, have downloaded or purchases made online.
Their Online Safety Act is stupid ever since it was enforced last year as that has done nothing except for making people bypass it entirely (like there’s cases of game characters used to circumvent age verification & facial scans) so I’ll assume the same will happen with this (fake ID’s) just to unlock iPhones.
Here people can get social services to buy them a cheap smartphone because it’s “necessary”. (Well, only necessary because public transportation is allowed to do BS like this and so on…) So everyone can obtain one, if they wish. But elders and disabled people might not know how to use one safely, and the internet still costs money…