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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by akimbostrawman on Thursday March 06, 2025 @07:04AM (#43279250)
UK police are nothing more than legal mobster. If they don't like your face they can just decide the good reason is not good enough.

https://professional-troublemaker.com/2018/04/10/u-k-knife-c...

Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by joshuaissac on Thursday March 06, 2025 @11:46AM (#43282259)
> If they don't like your face they can just decide the good reason is not good enough

The article you linked does not support the claim that the UK police not liking someone's face is sufficient for them to be allowed to stop and search someone.

In fact, this goes directly against the PACE guidelines as described at https://www.college.police.uk/app/stop-and-search/fair

> A person’s physical appearance [...] cannot be used as the reason for stopping and searching them [...] unless there is information or intelligence giving a specific description of a person suspected of carrying an item for which there is a power to search.

Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by akimbostrawman on Friday March 07, 2025 @07:19AM (#43289562)
>goes directly against the PACE guidelines

Guidelines have never stopped authoritarian hell holes. They can just make shit up.