nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqg0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msas60lz Yes the Tories got the UK's reputation for the corruption well into overdrive but do we really think that with the current mob (sic) of Starmer and Streeting and Co. in power we are going to significantly move the corruption dial that much for the better?
nostr:npub1rtunndz43l6zt5rwtef4vs0lmj0prz0ywx25q2kxvcuv2p5ahz8q0mf8ru Governments aren't stupid - they already know this.
nostr:npub1yyx7sllvsrr0fauh2rdlqk5rakf3963g9xk4a7j5uhfcs00lr3kq42qa5g nostr:npub1rtunndz43l6zt5rwtef4vs0lmj0prz0ywx25q2kxvcuv2p5ahz8q0mf8ru yes, thinking about this in public did help open a Pandora's Box.
And unfortunately what the UK government is after now is pretty near the bottom of the slippery slope - I can't see our intelligence agencies not wanting, and being able, to exploit client side CSAM scanning software if it had to be installed.
And as to what it would imply in terms of police and court time and resources to actually investigate and prosecute CSAM doesn't bear thinking about.
nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 and what' the chance that any major international manufacturers (Apple, Samsung, etc.) will continue to make a unique UK model that different from the models they will make for elsewhere?
Just like the Uk-only equivalent for the CE mark we are not longer going to have.
But then of course we still have all that old kit around that isn't to the new standard (hence the xkcd).