ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due to 'age restriction'

Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by nibbleshifter on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:40AM (#33982237)

They also block archive.org sometimes, among other things.

You have to go into a 3 store to get adult content unlocked by presenting ID.

It is extremely annoying.

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by scrlk on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:49AM (#33982302)

I'm surprised they don't have the option to verify age via credit card (usually a 1p transaction that gets reversed).

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by FreezingKeeper on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:56AM (#33982344)

They do [0]. You can also do it in their app if you are on a contract and therefore over 18 by definition.

[0] http://ask3.three.co.uk/srvs/cgi-bin/webisapi.dll/,/?new,kb=...

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by Wildgoose on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:38AM (#33982667)

In my experience that never worked. I eventually gave up trying to use them.

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by gpderetta on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:20AM (#33982517)

You can do through their app. But it is almost always broken. It took me months before I managed to get the app not to give me a 'temporary error'.

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by lxgr on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:43AM (#33982711)

How would having a credit card prove somebody‘s age?

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by pmx on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:45AM (#33982728)

You have to be 18 to get a credit card

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by lxgr on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:50AM (#33985170)

That's definitely not the case everywhere. I've had a credit card before I was 18.

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by Nextgrid on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:54AM (#33985252)

It doesn't have to be perfect - the blocking thing is only a regulatory compliance and PR thing about how they're "protecting" children. As long as the regulators are happy and the PR is working, nobody internally cares or wants to make it 100% bulletproof (also because making it so will increase the support burden helping users who can't use the bulletproof verification flow despite being over 18).

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by secondcoming on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:33AM (#33982625)

You don't. I can't remember how I did it but I either called them up or used on online chat thing. I definitely didn't leave my house.

Vodafone also require you to opt-in to 18+ content.

I use SIMs for both (30-day contract with 3).

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Re:ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due ... by nibbleshifter on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:21AM (#33985716)

I've only ever used PAYG, I don't like the idea of a contract for my mobile - I like being able to dump/swap numbers at near zero cost by just going to a corner shop and getting a new SIM.

I also don't believe in registering my mobile number to my identity. Anything to claw back a bit of privacy.

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