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joe463369on Two-tier encryption in the UK

He's made veiled threats with just enough room to say 'What? It's just some holiday photos' I don't think he should be prosecuted, but I'm fully on board with the old bill knocking on his door to say 'you're treading on thin ice, stop acting the cunt'

joe463369on Two-tier encryption in the UK

Went to the gym, had a lovely meal at Piccolinos, them bastard's still won't pay me. Apropos of nothing, here's a picture of me with an assault rifle.

If you're buying that, I've got a bridge to sell you.

joe463369on London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service

I sympathise with your complaints, but I reiterate: the Gatwick Express is a train

joe463369on London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service

That's as maybe but you're going to have a hard time convincing me it belongs on the parent's 'ever-growing list of extremely expensive, complicated, inefficient and convoluted solutions to problems that end with the final specification: "but it can't be a train"'

Because despite it's shoddy performance, it's very much a train.

joe463369on BMW Is Showing Commercials on Their Car's Dash Screens as a Treat

That's just something you've imagined, then got annoyed about.

joe463369on London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service

But there is a train to Gatwick.

joe463369on London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service

Neither VINCI Airports nor Stanley Robotics are responsible for the water infrastructure in South East England.

joe463369on Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

There's no need to correct. They had a lovely holiday at what they thought was the oldest castle in Scotland. Leave them to it instead of jumping in with 'actually, I've identified at least three castles older, and while we can't be certain which is the oldest fort in Scotland, we can be confident that it wasn't the one you thought you had a nice time at'

joe463369on EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules

> except that honest-to-God child rapists get extremely lenient sentences in Western Europe and rarely (if ever) get deported afterwards.

Where would you imagine western European rapists could be deported to? Presumably Fred West, Jimmy Savile, Ted Heath, Gary Glitter, Richard Huckle, Ian Watkins, Stewart Hall and Fred Talbot need to be sent back to Pakistan or similar where they learnt their wicked ways. You daft get

joe463369on EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules

The unquestioned view in certain circles - including here - is that when the EU/UK does something that chips away at people's online privacy, there's un ulterior motive.

It's entirely possible that politicians just want to do something about CSAM and young people having their mind twisted by social media. The electorate do seem to be keen on some sort of action.

joe463369on VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'

Who are the 'pedos' in government?

joe463369on VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'

Is there any evidence of this? I hear it time and again with very little justification.

joe463369on VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'

There is nothing in this article that suggests the UK government are planning to ban VPNs.

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

Someone using their phone while driving in the UK will almost certainly be charged £200. They'll only receive the maximum £1000 charge in extreme circumstances.

Please don't lie.

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUUx0jUKxc

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

> OI mate, you got a loicense for that operating system?

please don't

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

Yes, they were both written by British people.

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

The UK has a constitution.

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

There is zero evidence of any UK police action.

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

It's not denial. Nothing's happened.

joe463369on GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

Some 'people on HN' might have some slight sympathy for people aren't wealthy tech workers. Maybe even the sort of people who live in Alabama.

joe463369on EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products

> TEMO will more than likely just pass the cost of this onto EU consumers.

Good. I want to know my AIEONUS phone charger isn't going to burn my house down and I'm more than happy pay a premium for that knowledge.

joe463369on UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes

Do you live in the United Kingdom?

joe463369on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

Democracy is having the laws Americans approve of, because God wrote their Constitution.

joe463369on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

It is undemocratic that European countries insist on making laws that Americans don't like.

joe463369on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

> This has led to outrageous examples such as this man who is facing a longer sentence for burning a Quran than the man who stabbed him (for burning said Quran): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xr12yx5l4o

This is a more than a bit misleading. The Quran-burner received a £240 fine, his assailant got 20 weeks suspended. Also, though he went for him with a knife, he wasn't successful - nobody was stabbed.

joe463369on ChatGPT wrote "Goodnight Moon" suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself

Where are the Grok acolytes to tell us "He could have written a poem encouraging himself to commit suicide in Vim."

joe463369on The UK is shaping a future of precrime and dissent management (2025)

You've backtracked from your 'blank sign' position. I'm pointing out that your "People were just arrested for holding up signs like 'abolish monarchy'" might be on similarly shaky ground.

If it's not clear, I'm also heavily implying that you should be questioning the veracity of whatever source you're getting this easily-debunked tripe from.

joe463369on X 'acting to comply with UK law' after outcry over sexualised images

> These stories never make clear if the change is bounded by the location of the users.

IANAL but my understanding is that people outside the UK won't have their free speech affected and will still be able to ask Grok to create pornographic images of children for them. As the founding fathers intended.

joe463369on The UK is shaping a future of precrime and dissent management (2025)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/abolish-the-mona...

> Police Scotland said the 22-year-old woman arrested outside St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Sunday had been arrested for “breach of the peace”.

> The woman was holding a sign reading “f** imperialism, abolish monarchy”, but the sign is not understood to be the reason for her arrest