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vi is the best editor. FACT!
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Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf
Image from a couple of days ago. I think my eldest got a bit angry when getting his breakfast.
He got even more angry when I pointed out that ants got in the honey because he doesn't put the lid on properly.
(Picture says "Ants got in the fucking honey again")
We need to stop this thing where companies send you an email / SMS to tell you there's a message available, then you dig up all your creds, reset the MFA link and spend 5 minutes logging in to discover it's just an advert.
Please start saying what the message is in the body of the email / SMS.
I've just had a text message from the NHS to remind me that I have an appointment. Which I didn't know about. The only information in the text is the date and time and which hospital it is. There's nothing in the NHS app. What is this about? Which department and hence building is it? How do I find out? Will I be penalised if I don't go?
(I have 4 different possible referrals in different departments that it could be related to.)
It's finished! The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond's epic game, is now fully documented at https://thesentinel.bbcelite.com
* 41,902 lines of lovingly annotated source code
* 51 deep dives (116,240 words)
* Fully buildable code repository
* 100% handcrafted AI-free content
* 7 months’ work
If you have enjoyed this project, you might like my other software archaeology projects at https://www.bbcelite.com
* Elite on the 6502
* Aviator on the BBC Micro
* Revs on the BBC Micro
* Lander on the Acorn Archimedes
Time for a new project now… after a bit of a break. See you soon!
Another thread of testing LLM image generation. Thread is over on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/tautology.uk/post/3mibo4gja3c2b
Or if you prefer, on my blog at https://tautology.org.uk/blog/2026/03/30/llm-image-generation-space/
Just released another entry in my blog series looking at the unpatchable vulnerabilities of Kubernetes.
Whilst the CVEs are quite old, understanding them is useful, both to understand if you need to apply mitigations and also for some of the low-level Kubernetes implementation details they involve.
https://securitylabs.datadoghq.com/articles/unpatchable-kubernetes-vulnerabilities-cve-2020-8561/
Far-reaching powers over Internet access are being rushed through.
Last minute amendments have been shoved into the UK Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Ministers will be able to force anyone over 13 to use unsafe and unregulated age-ID services to access whatever content the government wants.
Find out more ⬇️
#ageverification #privacy #freedomofexpression #internet #ukpolitics #ukpol
UK MPs have passed an amendment giving the government powers to restrict access to VPNs.
Imposing digital ID checks will turn people away from using a tool that keeps them safe and secure online.
Instead it'll fuel the surveillance-based economy that causes harms.
Sign our petition to protect VPN use in the UK ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk
#vpn #privacy #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log-in to their networks are secure. Journalists, campaigners and whistle blowers use them to protect their work and themselves. But the Government wants to force people to verify their age when they buy a VPN. This will deter people from using VPNs to stay safe and secure online. Why are the government proposing restrictions to accessing VPNs?
Signal
Mark Moxon
Rory McCune
Open Rights Group
Dane 🌎🖖✌️☮️⚛️☸️🕉️