RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”

A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.

Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.

And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

Here's a classic case of a byzantine corporate structure that allows executives to evade the law (here a ban on performance related bonuses set by OfWat).

Whatever the merits of Wessex Water's defence of the payment, what this reveals is how law-based regulation can be side-stepped easily by corporate structural organisation... and if you think this is either an isolated case, or just a by-product of such organisation, think again! Its intentional!

#business #water
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/28/former-wessex-water-boss-received-bonus-despite-ban-on-performance-pay

The most thought provoking article I have read this week:

A Norwegian bus company wants to know if their buses could be abused by China in the case of war.

So they drive two buses deep into a limestone mine to isolate them from the internet and forensically investigate how they work.

In the mine, investigators discover a Chinese kill switch which could destroy all Chinese buses.

In Denmark, that is 57 percent of the bus fleet.

Source (Danish):

https://www.zetland.dk/historie/svNwC3c5-aOPVxA4K-224e5