From: JNugent73@mail.com 
  
 On 21/08/2025 10:52 AM, Roland Perry wrote: 
 > In message <2tobak5q5t0jem5k7kpcod66e5rplk4ohq@4ax.com>, at 16:05:06 on 
 > Wed, 20 Aug 2025, Mark Goodge  remarked: 
 > 
 >>>> VPN apps for use on mobile devices could be forced to carry a PEGI 
 >>>> 18 rating 
 >>>> on UK app stores. That would require the app store operators 
 >>>> (Google, Apple, 
 >>>> Amazon etc) to use their existing age verification processes to 
 >>>> prevent them 
 >>>> being installed by minors. 
 >>> 
 >>> And just how difficult do you think teenagers will find it to get round 
 >>> such pathetic steps? 
 >> 
 >> The vast majority of teenagers wouldn't have a clue how to get round 
 >> that. 
 >> Nor, for that matter, would most adults. Could you give detailed, 
 >> step-by-step instructions on how to install an app on your phone or 
 >> tablet 
 >> that the app store will not make available to you? 
 > 
 > A friend of a friend does everything on an iPhone, and today is claiming 
 > they can't read pdf's and could they be sent documents in a slightly 
 > less obscure format, pretty please. 
 > 
 > Not that this would help much, because the document in question requires 
 > a wet signature, and they don't have a printer (I assume you can attach 
 > a printer to an iPhone if you try hard enough, but I've never seen one). 
  
 Almost any modern home printer will work via wi-fi. 
 > 
 > Perhaps back to Plan A when I was on the road: find a way to fax the 
 > document to the hotel reception, and pick it up from there. 
  
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