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UK wants to monetize “leadership” in surveillance, censorship, age-verification to gatekeep internet, get revenue
This has always been the deal proposed by the grifters to the government of the day: *UK positions digital standards as strategic infrastructure through 2030* https://www.biometricupdate.com/202606/uk-positions-digital-standards-as-strategic-infrastructure-through-2030 …and on the SAME DAY: *UK gov’t weighs options to boost domestic digital trust services market* https://www.biometricupdate.com/202606/uk-govt-weighs-options-to-boost-domestic-digital-trust-services-market Shame about the civil liberties.
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If you are a Parent here’s One Thing you should be utterly furious about regarding the UK’s Social Media Ban
You cannot demand that children return to an analogue childhood after spending forty years dismantling the transport, community, communication and public-service infrastructure that made analogue childhoods possible
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The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible | WIRED
White House further calls for an end to SQL injection. https://www.wired.com/story/the-white-house-wants-anthropic-to-block-all-jailbreaks-that-may-not-be-possible/
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OECD urges mandatory use of shared infrastructure to scale DPI adoption | Biometric Update
What could possibly go wrong? One key recommendation in the 2026 report is the mandatory use of shared infrastructure, and that governments must move away from siloed agency projects by legally requiring or strongly incentivizing ministries and other public entities to use common building blocks that deliver services better to the public https://www.biometricupdate.com/202606/oecd-urges-mandatory-use-of-shared-infrastructure-to-scale-dpi-adoption
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Remember, kids: platform-specific AppStores are tools of monopoly which prevent free choice!
Instead of sending you to the official Google Play Store, these malicious sites push you to download the app directly, a process known as sideloading. After you install it, the fake app poses as Google Play Protect and quietly downloads and installs the malware that carries out the attack. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/mobile/2026/06/rokarolla-android-malware-can-take-over-your-phone-and-steal-banking-logins
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FAQ: Hello! You have posted or shared material proposing that “privacy-preserving age verification” (often: “ZKP”) exists, will work & help keep people safe
The truth is not as clear cut as you have seen, is probably wrong (especially in real-world practise) and for explanation I’d recommend you read the following paper by noted security expert & cryptographer, Professor Steve Bellovin: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/age-verify.pdf Thank you for reading this FAQ.
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Farage would employ “chekists” so that central government may police ideology in schools, colleges
“Reform wants enforcers to stop schools promoting diversity” “To ensure democratic accountability, political appointments will be appointed from Westminster into public bodies with a mandate to enforce bans on DEI at a ground level,” he said. https://schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-farage-ill-appoint-political-enforcers-to-stop-colleges-promoting-diversity/
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