Always optional
Sharing an 18+ result with Fluxer is always optional. You can skip it at any time and keep using Fluxer without sharing an age result with us.
The option only unlocks content marked 18+ on fluxer.com in the UK and Brazil. If you skip it, that content stays locked and the rest of Fluxer keeps working.
Outside the UK and Brazil, your date of birth decides access to mature content. Self-hosted instances never send any age result to Fluxer.
The Android build for phones without Google Play services has none of Google's age range or Play Integrity code. The other build uses it only after you press "Unlock mature content" in your settings and choose to share a result with Fluxer.
Fluxer never asks you to upload ID, a face scan or a selfie to prove your age. If you choose to unlock mature content in the UK or Brazil, we receive a limited result from Apple or Google. We don't receive any documents or photos they may have used.
Where is my date of birth not enough?
Laws in the United Kingdom and Brazil don't accept a date of birth you type in yourself for mature content. There, you can choose to unlock it in the Fluxer app for iPhone, iPad or Android with the age range Apple or Google already has for your account.
Both your date of birth and that age range need to say you're 18 or older, and Fluxer never asks you for an ID, a face scan or a credit card for any of it.
The apps show "Unlock mature content" only when you're signed in to fluxer.com and your connection appears to come from the UK or Brazil. Sharing a result with Fluxer is optional, and it only unlocks mature content in those two countries.
Do I have to do this?
Sending an 18+ result to Fluxer is always optional. If you don't want to share one, skip it. Content marked 18+ stays locked in the UK and Brazil, and your other messages, calls and communities keep working without sending us anything.
A VPN or proxy can make your connection look as if it comes from the UK or Brazil. Sharing is still optional, and you can ask us to review a mistaken regional restriction.
What does Fluxer promise about this?
Fluxer will never ask you for or collect an ID, a face scan or a selfie to prove your age. From an accepted age range, we keep only that you're 18 or older and when we got it. We never get your birthday or your exact age from Apple or Google.
How do I unlock mature content with an age range?
In the Fluxer app for iPhone, iPad or Android, open your settings and go to "Privacy dashboard". Under "Sensitive content", press "Unlock mature content". Apple or Google Play then asks whether you want to share your age range with Fluxer.
The app sends an adult result only after you choose to share it. Once Fluxer accepts it and your account's date of birth also says you're 18 or older, content marked 18+ becomes available on your account in the UK and Brazil, including in the web and desktop apps.
If you decline, the app sends nothing and nothing changes. If the range says you're under 18, the app doesn't send anything to Fluxer either and nothing on your account changes, but the app keeps 18+ content turned off on that phone or tablet.
- On iPhone and iPad, you need iOS or iPadOS 26.2 or later.
- On Android, use the Fluxer app from Google Play on a device that passes its device check. Google must have verified your age, rather than using a birthday entered by you or a parent. Otherwise mature content stays locked on your account.
- If Google Play doesn't have an age range for your account, Fluxer gets nothing. Google may offer to add one in the Play Store, and that choice is between you and Google.
How does it work on iPhone and iPad?
The app uses Apple's Declared Age Range and never sends us a date of birth or your exact age. Before you press "Unlock mature content", you can check your age range in Settings, under your name, "Personal Information" and "Age Range for Apps".
When you choose to share an adult result, the app sends it once with a one-time App Attest key. That confirms it came from our app on a real Apple device.
Why is mature content still off on my iPhone?
Communities and channels marked 18+ stay off in the Fluxer app for iPhone and iPad until you turn on "Allow 18+ content on iPhone and iPad". You can only turn it on in the web app or in the desktop app, under "Sensitive content" in "Privacy".
The setting only applies to the app for iPhone and iPad, and our article on blurred images explains what it changes there and how blurring works on Fluxer.
In the UK and Brazil, mature content on fluxer.com also has to be unlocked for your account first, which you can do in the Fluxer app for iPhone or iPad.
What does Fluxer get from an age range?
When you unlock mature content in the UK or Brazil with an age range, your account stores only that you're 18 or older and when we got it. We never get your date of birth, your exact age, a photo of your face, an ID or the name or email address on your Apple Account or Google Account. If the range says you're under 18, the app sends us nothing.
What the iPhone and iPad app sends
The app sends the result signed with a one-time App Attest key it creates for each press, so our servers can confirm it came from our app on a real Apple device. We delete the key once we've checked the result, and we keep nothing else from App Attest.
What the Android app sends
The app sends the result with a Play Integrity token, and we send that token to Google to confirm the request came from our app installed from Google Play on a real Android device. The token has a one-way code made from the request and doesn't tell Google your result, and Google handles the token under Google's privacy policy.
Google supplies a category that says how it knows your age. Fluxer accepts an adult range only when it says Google verified it, rather than taking an age entered by you or a parent. Google explains how each of those categories is determined.
The category contains no document, photo or card details. We don't save it on your account, although a rejected request can record it in security logs. If Google hasn't verified your age, you can skip this and keep using Fluxer with mature content locked.
Can I see or remove my age range?
What Fluxer keeps, which is that you're 18 or older and when we got it, is in your data export. You can remove it at any time in the web app or the desktop app. Go to "Privacy" and press "Remove age range" under "Sensitive content". We delete it from Fluxer right away, and the mature content it unlocked is locked again. Deleting your Fluxer account also deletes it.
How do Apple and Google know my age?
How Apple or Google knows the age on your account is between you and them. Nothing they ask you for, such as a document or a photo, comes to Fluxer.
Apple explains how it handles this on its pages about sharing your age range with apps and region-specific rules for Apple Accounts, and Google explains it on its pages about age range sharing on Google Play and age-restricted content and features.
How do I change what Apple shares?
Open Settings, tap your name, then "Personal Information" and "Age Range for Apps". There you can choose whether apps must ask first, and Apple's page about sharing your age range with apps explains what else you can change. What you change there doesn't change a result Fluxer already has, and you can remove it in Fluxer at any time.
Is this available on self-hosted instances of Fluxer?
Sharing an age result with Fluxer is only available on fluxer.com. On a self-hosted instance, the apps don't show "Unlock mature content" or send an age result to Fluxer. That instance's own rules decide who can open mature content.
Is this available if I use a VPN or proxy to change my location?
We work out whether you're in the UK or Brazil from your connection, as for our regional restrictions, and section 3.2 of our privacy policy explains how. That decides whether the apps show "Unlock mature content" and whether the UK and Brazil rules apply.
What if my date of birth says I'm under 18?
Mature content stays off on your account, and media that Fluxer flags as explicit is blurred or blocked for you until you turn 18, as our page about age-restricted content explains. Neither you nor our support team can change the date of birth on your account.