You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account | Philip Heltweg
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New immigration rules for the UK are being enforced starting February 2026. This means citizens of 85 additional countries (including the USA and European countries) will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit, even for tourism. Luckily, you can apply (and pay) digitally. Unfortunately, the government very much would prefer you to do so using the official app.

This is post is really wtf?

(Tinfoil hat on) Would be interesting to do an investigation on what the app is doing other than allowing you to register if they are insisting so much on having people install it.

  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    Good to know. So I would borrow my mom’s “senior’s phone” if I ever go there. Yes, it has a camera. But it has no apps.

    Then I can ask them for further hands-on help with how to do this on my phone :-)))

    • ih8ppl@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      Dumbphones are currently cool again – especially around younger people – and digital detox is also a thing, so it is actually plausible again to not have a smartphone.

      • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        But if I ever go for digital detox, then without any phone and any computer at all

        (disregarding the microcontrollers in my photocamera).