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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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Censorial, pro-age-verification pro-surveillance child safety charity *suddenly* against Government attempting to render them irrelevant via age verification to ban children from social media
“Wait, no, not like that…” — Andy Burrows, probably. Molly Russell: Head of online safety charity warns against social media ban – BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmdy9vg9jmo
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UK Gov *rejects* “privacy by design” architecture, GDPR-mandated data minimisation now supposedly “makes children unsafe”
Disappearing messages exist in order to empower people to take control of their digital exhaust trail and to minimise the opportunities for third parties to abuse older information. The government is now against this key precept of information security, because children:
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Observation: The UK & EU now must deregulate & promote globally competitive AI/LLM provision on grounds of Digital Sovereignty
“Mistral” is not adequate. Anthropic: “Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5” https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access