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Re:Ledger Nano X: the spy implant on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @07:19AM (#50085889)
There's tons of it, it's just not reported on very well. For corporate it just becomes an insurance matter
Re:Lobbying on Saturday October 10, 2026 @01:13AM (#50029777)
In what democracy is the government and the opposition not completely owned by lobbyist money these days?
If I had been told this like a year or two ago I would not have believed it and thought that whoever was saying it is crazy:

There is no difference in policy between Labour or Conservative government. Labour is actually these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Society Conservatives aren't different, it's a uniparty they're just puppets.

Electoral politics is just a circus to entertain the masses and fool us into thinking we have a say. The UK is ruled by communists. I do not mean this as a slur, but as a simple statement of fact. They have completed their "long march through the institutions" and thoroughly control every level of government, the judiciary, law enforcement, and education.

For the past decade their top priority has been bringing as many hostile foreigners into the UK as possible, while denying it and gaslighting the public about it, calling it a conspiracy theory, calling anyone who talks about it racist. At this point you can just see them everywhere so there's no denying it anymore, although I'm sure someone will call me "far right" for saying it. We're talking about hundreds of billions of pounds the government has spent bringing over a foreign army, and it continues to bring them as fast as possible every day as we speak. At some point I have to assume they will be armed and directed to attack the civilian population, perhaps when the communist uniparty is finally rejected at the ballot box.

I'll leave it there I don't want to ramble on. I find it to be a fascinating (and scary) topic, dig into it if you have time.

Yeah, it's not as if the entire corporate media is a benevolent group of organizations who want to tell us the truth.
So uh, how much do I need to bribe the politicians with to get some laws to protect my tribe too?
Have you considered just not building this kind of thing at all?
Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:23AM (#48104172)
Yes, thank you!!
Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left on Sunday May 10, 2026 @02:09PM (#48086349)
And because we have fallen for the convenience we have lost a lot of alternatives.

The old rack/cage way was less convenient, but it came with a respect for our anatomy to run our stuff that I really miss.

Re:France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging on Sunday May 10, 2026 @04:15AM (#48081995)
They have let millions and millions of dangerous migrants to enter the country and they have the GALL to blame encryption for crime!
If any Japanese people read this: Who cares what they say you will lose out on refusing this mass migration. It's all bullshit. Protect yourselves. Your people and your culture and your country.
Microsoft strategy is adverse to Windows quality.
The general public tried over and over and over to reject the collection of such data in the first place. At every opportunity they rejected it. But the people who wanted the data just took it anyway, and when the predictable and predicted bad thing happens, nobody will be punished for it.
This is a problem with all kinds of apps. There is no discipline in the handling of user data. Take the notes app. When you delete text it not gone you can still see it in the sqlite database they use for storage. I'm sure this is so they can support sync be recording your changes as CRDTs or something.

And if the app isn't leaky, the OS will probsbly screw you like in this case. The concept of being able to clean up your laptop is just not supported, you have to wipe the whole device which is ridiculous.

Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @11:00AM (#47849774)
This is the kind of action that really requires a referendum.
There isn't the political will to remove the organized criminals who have been running Canada for decades, since the 1960s if not longer. Most people don't see how dire the circumstances are and even if they feel the country is on the wrong path they continue to believe that voting for the other guy can fix it. Same for Australia and New Zealand.

There is some hope in the British Isles. To anyone reading this who can see that simply electing this party or that party changes nothing: Take a good look at what Restore Britain is doing there, and consider supporting if you're in a position to do so. Nothing is easy, but they are drawing together more people who understand what it really means to say "no" to this system than I've ever seen organize anywhere else.

I can't believe the same pretext as Iraq is going to work again. There's nothing good for Americans fighting this war.
That whole business is a dark pattern.
Epstein files. And of course it's what "greatest ally" wants.
A future administration should just take TikTok away from Elison.
Re:UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors on Sunday January 11, 2026 @01:39AM (#46573205)
The same pretext has been deployed in Australia as well. I'm not sure if the Carney government will also try.

I don't think anyone is defending it. It's all astroturf.

Yes, we need to openly discuss this. It's beyond ridiculous, and they are openly talking about their plans to censor us, which is exactly what Larry is doing. Fuck him.

And look at what they're talking about in Australia right now. This just isn't right, it makes me sick.

We, the majority, are being taken advantage of in the most disgusting and cynical way by this small group of terrible people and our traitor leaders who they bribe and blackmail, and I'm sick and tired of it, and it's long past time we stand up for our own interests.

He's buying as much media as possible to propagandize Americans on behalf of Israel. It's why he has TikTok and why he's installed Bari Weiss at CBS.
Re:Cloudflare has been broken for 15 hours on Saturday December 20, 2025 @07:26AM (#46335683)
And as of now, it's STILL broken!!

Really, we need to stop relying on Cloudflare so much. This is just too much centralization.

Re:Cloudflare has been broken for 15 hours on Saturday December 20, 2025 @04:33AM (#46334793)
last error I've seen as of now was at 08:50... a good 40 minutes ago.

I can't believe more people aren't talking about this

Re:Cloudflare Incident Detected on Saturday December 20, 2025 @02:50AM (#46334346)
it's still not fixed
Re:Cloudflare has been broken for 15 hours on Saturday December 20, 2025 @02:22AM (#46334231)
It's not every request, it's spurious connection failures.

If anyone from Cloudflare is reading this: You say a fixed has been applied and you're monitoring results. IT IS NOT FIXED. IT IS FAILING CONSTANTLY RIGHT NOW

What's even more messed up is the reason why this is happening. Israel needs to take over TikTok so that it can propagandize young Americans for its own selfish ends.

And they feel so secure in doing things like this they talk about it openly: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EteAsbtWFUE

The gloves are really off against the best interests of the public now aren't they?
Re:Germany: States Pass Porn Filters for Operating Systems on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:21AM (#46003440)
It's actually better to do this on the device.

If you can give children something that is basically whilelisted access then it reduces the need to try to filter the open web.

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