Well that means WW3 then as Bay just looooves blowing everything up!The sequel is going to be directed by Michael Bay, so if not more interesting it'll at least be flashier.
Well that means WW3 then as Bay just looooves blowing everything up!The sequel is going to be directed by Michael Bay, so if not more interesting it'll at least be flashier.
Guy is just old style. He has no internet, uses a flip phone and lives his life his own way. I never asked if he pays taxes or not as that is not my business. He lives a simple life, likes to fish and hunt deers. My point is that he couldn't care less if the Government will look at his messages, iCloud backup, etc... He just lives happy.I’m sure your barber is legit. But…
Flips and cash in and out are popular with Main Street mobsters.
Facilitates skimming the top line, and cheating on taxes.
And she deleted it within 4 hours when she learned that it might not have been correct and was an emotional response to hearing of a tragic event. Funny how some people choose to leave that out.I was paraphrasing here's what the BBC reported
In July last year, prompted by a false rumour that an illegal immigrant was responsible for the murder of three girls at a dance workshop in Southport, Connolly posted online calling for "mass deportation now", adding "set fire to all the... hotels [housing asylum seekers]... for all I care".
So yes it's incitement which is illegal, and she was punished, justly. It's the far right that are twisting what she said to make it seem it wasn't bad.
All these texts are super poetic and grandiose. So don't go on about how great it is in theory. What matters is reality. Bad governments, including many from US history, still manage to take away rights. And come on, the US was literally caught doing that surveillance thing a decade ago, and certainly not within limited circumstances.Say what you want about the US, but in most countries “rights” are given by the government (meaning they can be taken away by the government). In the US “rights” are recognized as inherent to humans, given by a creator, and thus the government may not restrict those rights except within limited circumstances (you can’t slander/libel someone).
The US is very distinct, many countries have copied “democratic ideas” like elections, but none have willingly recognized that humans have inherent rights from a power higher than the government and limited itself in accordance with that.
As I read it, the context of that particular response was an Apple thing.This isn’t an Apple thing. It’s a UK government thing. And it’s just the start of a surveillance state. You don t think android and other operating systems are going to remain untouched?
Everyone forgets that the NSA were using every zero day under the sun to spy and collect every bit of data they possibly could. lol....All these texts are super poetic and grandiose. So don't go on about how great it is in theory. What matters is reality. Bad governments, including many from US history, still manage to take away rights. And come on, the US was literally caught doing that surveillance thing a decade ago, and certainly not within limited circumstances.
That higher power is never enforcing those rights. It's people that need to look out for each other's rights. If you let a person's rights be trampled on, eventually, you'll be that person. And there isn't a country in the world that's immune to that.
Everyone forgets that the NSA were using every zero day under the sun to spy and collect every bit of data they possibly could. lol....
Sometimes all it takes is a single person willing to make a stand that kicks off a revolution, like the guy at Tiananmen square who stood in front of a column of tanks and refused to move.
We're slowly reaching boiling point and someone is going to make a stand that unites the masses. Who, when, and where are still a mystery, but that day is coming.
iCloud is an Apple thing, but governments imo rarely impose limits on themselves and this mentality will spread.As I read it, the context of that particular response was an Apple thing.
The UK never left the monarchy system, sure they “elect” a parliament, but the mindset, the feudalistic system idea of the few ruling over the masses is still very much present.
Say what you want about the US, but in most countries “rights” are given by the government (meaning they can be taken away by the government). In the US “rights” are recognized as inherent to humans, given by a creator, and thus the government may not restrict those rights except within limited circumstances (you can’t slander/libel someone).
The US is very distinct, many countries have copied “democratic ideas” like elections, but none have willingly recognized that humans have inherent rights from a power higher than the government and limited itself in accordance with that.
So what next? If we accept the narrative that most governments want full visibility into everything their citizens do, think, eat, breathe, and even excrete, wrapped in endless pretexts like “for the children,” “for your safety,” or “to fight misinformation”.And given what's going on in the US government right now (and moving forward), it's almost laughable that anyone thinks the US is going to be some beacon of privacy for its citizenry.
So what next? If we accept the narrative that most governments want full visibility into everything their citizens do, think, eat, breathe, and even excrete. wrapped in endless pretexts like “for the children,” “for your safety,” or “to fight misinformation”.
Actually that happened after the massacre, on a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square, but that iconic picture still still amazes me, and your point stands.Sometimes all it takes is a single person willing to make a stand that kicks off a revolution, like the guy at Tiananmen square who stood in front of a column of tanks and refused to move.
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I know it's fun and en vogue to blame "greedy Tim Cook" for everything, but in all honestly this is almost certainly not it.It's because they make more money from you backing up to their servers, as opposed to a drive you yourself own.
You made me think twice about hitting like on your comment. Good workI have no idea - but it's dark.
The sort of problems we are staring down, traditionally, have only been solved with war & revolutions.
We have people all over who've had a very comfortable existence for all of their lives and apparently haven't studied much history.
There could be some very shocking times ahead that won't be solved by posting about it, retweeting about it, "liking" the right content, etc.
Yeah, I am not hopeful this type of erosion of privacy at the hands of government can be curtailed once enough of the legislators (whatever form they take in your country) are either in support of, or indifferent to the measures. In the US (and UK, I imagine), it would take enough citizens making it clear to their representatives that they will be voted out and lose power if they proceed. Unfortunately, the vast majority of citizens are dealing with real, pressing day-to-day stresses that if asked to honestly rank their priorities, something like this probably wouldn't make their top five.iCloud is an Apple thing, but governments imo rarely impose limits on themselves and this mentality will spread.
That's never gonna happen on Apple's Watch...UK users will no longer have the iCloud storage option. Really a shame.
They have been a surveillance state since before the London bombing. I remember going on a school trip to London in 2005 and I was " amazed" by the amount of CCTV literally everywhere
I'm not going to turn this into a discussion on the current UK administration, but its crap like this that are making decent citizens of all social classes turn on Labour which I don't really want to see.
It's worth mentioning again that iCloud isn't a real backup solution as stuff wiped from your phone also disappears from the cloud even if there is a recall feature. Stuff is better off properly backed up to a local drive of some sort.
So what next? If we accept the narrative that most governments want full visibility into everything their citizens do, think, eat, breathe, and even excrete, wrapped in endless pretexts like “for the children,” “for your safety,” or “to fight misinformation”.
What kind of world will we have in 10 years? Picture a society where surveillance isn’t just external but internalised. Every device, every transaction, every movement logged. Every opinion weighed against an algorithmic “acceptable thought” standard. Privacy ceases to be a right and becomes a suspicious act in itself.
This isn’t paranoia; it’s trajectory. Incremental normalisation of monitoring under benevolent slogans is exactly how total visibility takes root. The question isn’t whether you’re “hiding something.” The question is whether you’re willing to live in a future where nothing of yours is hidden at all.
Actually that happened after the massacre, on a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square, but that iconic picture still still amazes me, and your point stands.