So, I downloaded Lego Jurassic World on mobile as an APK. On launching the game it displayed Chinese text. On translating the text, I found out that it was Chinese Age-verification. How do I bypass this. Or do I not bypass this at all and download another version

  • Melody Fwygon@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1144·
    11 months ago

    Uninstall and Delete with extreme prejudice. Find an APK that has this removed or cracked; or make sure your system locale or language do not imply you might be Chinese speaking.

  • HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    771·
    11 months ago

    This is NOT age verification. It is asking for your real name and ID number, quite typical of many Chinese services for Chinese citizens.

    Uninstall it.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
    381·
    11 months ago

    Find another version. I’m pretty sure there shouldn’t be any age verification at all considering Lego games are usually 3 or 7+

  • kpw@kbin.social
    171·
    11 months ago

    I can’t read Chinese, only Japanese, but I think it’s asking for a name and the number of a personal ID which should have 18 digits.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    151·
    11 months ago

    If I understood right they just want any name and any password for the parents mode

    But you got the apk for the Chinese market, which is usually ad supported, plus the language barrier

  • L3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    I’ve used APKPure in the past for APK downloads. I think that site and APKMirror are okay. Try them, but be careful. I haven’t used them often, but I think they are sometimes recommended for APK downloads. Don’t think their downloads are cracked or modified in any way so if that age verification is part of the game then this might not work.

    • seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Sidenote: I tried getting something off APKPure the other day and it only came in the form of XAPK files. Do you know how to get the APK out of them? (A cursory check suggests that XAPK might be a proprietary thing made by APKPure that only works with their own APKPure app, which feels pretty dirty to me…)

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    I know around 2021 I had this problem once, when I opened PvZ2 Chinese version. I was able to lookup and find a website that contained fake names, addresses, and IDs. It worked after I tried a few. A couple years later and it didn’t work, so I have no idea what to do.

    Also, I don’t know if you need to know it or not, but for those that don’t know, the top input field bar thing is for name and the one below it is for Chinese ID.

    • StarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Btw this is most likely a scam. This is the equivalent of asking for your name, DOB, and SSN on a random app you found (the ID contains both location and DOB). Even if you have an actual ID DO NOT FILL THIS OUT. Delete, purge, and move on.

      • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Last I checked, in China, you are legally required to put in your name and ID for games like mobile games. If I recall correctly, the law says something about making sure children don’t spend all day gaming. And just inputting a fake Chinese name and Chinese ID isn’t inherently bad. The bigger problem would be what the app does behind the scenes. That’s what I’d be more concerned about.

        I’ve had to do this with PvZ2 Chinese edition back in 2021, which was originally started by PopCap Shanghai, so it wasn’t just some random small company making some relatively obscure game. I personally think it’s a dumb law, but there’s nothing a foreigner like myself can do to really change it.

        • StarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          And I did the same as a kid in the late 2000s in order to play World of Warcraft. Found someone’s info on a random online dump, filled it in and didn’t think more about the id theft. What I then learned is that there is NO “fake” IDs that can pass this test. It’s just plain old ID theft of actual people.

          The ID itself is encoded as 3-digit city/3-digit district/8-digit dob/and 4 random digits. There is no “generated” name that works with a specific ID since the name isn’t encoded anywhere. Most reputable vendors perform the check backed by an actual government DB.

          The problem is that it IS the exact same info used to apply for bank accounts, loans, mobile phone numbers, etc. And nobody bats an eye when a pirated gaming app asks for it. This could be legitimate, but I’m more willing to say this is someone’s ID collection scheme. If that’s the case, it could be doing more than just collecting IDs (cause why not?) or it’s at least facilitating more ID theft.