The UK government can't wield jack shit, no need to worry
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Not a good development ... from what I'm gathering its a "safety measure"² that is internationally catching on.
² primarily: most useful to silence/scare/suppress any kind of opposition under the pretext of "protection"
for reference:
Obama and Angela Merkel Blame Internet and Social Media for Disrupting Globalism
VIDEO: Merkel Says ‘Trolls’ and ‘Fake News’ Could Influence German Election
Merkel With Obama: Internet ‘Disruptive’ Force that Has to Be ‘Contained, Managed, and Steered’ by Government
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The tracks for that have been set over the last decades ... taking a turn for the worst with InsideBush and following
down the line with WarBama - it takes more than just the "authority" of a president to change that course.
Although i doubt it makes a drastic difference, i agree - Hillary would've certainly been the better pawn.
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Breitbart. When Even Fox News would say: "Guys, nobody in their right mind would fall for this!"
Although there is something hilariously funny in the fact that America's most rabid extreme ultra right-wing news outlet is also the most pro-Israel medium of the country. How allegiances can change…
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will steam collect our data and send it to intelligence agencies? :O
oh, nice.
you have played anime games with little girls for 400 hours and have been reported to the authorities. have a nice day.
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Reminds me of Watchdogs, fuck our Digital Overlords. This is just the beginning, you'l see
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So, this means that in a few years, every kid with a smartphone could miraculously hack stuff with one push of a button, which button can act as stealing money, bypassing security, stopping traffic, diverting the attention of the authorities, tapping into camera feeds, and in altogether do more than the one button on the iPhone ever managed to do… and also in real time?
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with one push of a button
I guarantee the whole place starts jumpin'.
That's assuming, of course, the targeting doesn't have the same quirks as the targeting in Watch Dogs was purported to have..
"Oops, I didn't mean to hack your car into driving into the river, officer- I was just trying to lower the bridge, honestly!"
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I was talking about Big Brother and Blume, not Dedsec and any other hackers. You know what this topic is about...right? Surveillance ,not hacking.
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Hacking could be a consequence so he's not out of context necesarily.
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"every kid with a smartphone could miraculously hack stuff with one push of a button"
He is talking about the young hipster hacker cell of Dedsec, this topic and I talk about big corporations trying to control electronics and trough them, us
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Nooo, he's talking about Watch Dog's "aim and click" to hack whatever you want system -.-'
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Which only the kids and middle aged do, he is talked about Dedsec, only Dedsec hacks (and other random hackers.)
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Better delete my broswer history....and burn my computer
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if you think that they do not already do this - then you are soorly mistaken :0P - this is just in case they get caught doing it :)
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Yeah thats one thing, but having it "accepted" and official is another,
since it sets the corner stone "to up the game" once more ...
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i agree 100%
It's already happening long time ..but just in case i will destroy my hard drive ,you never know when government will try to blackmail us to do something :D
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Had read the article ... but it didn't had a list of agencies that can look into it ... stumbled over it in this:
UK : The POLICE STATE via Snoopers has ARRIVED
check out the list in the Independent article for lulz & serious frightenz ..
Everyone who can now see your entire internet history, including the taxman, DWP and Food Standards Agency
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There has already been widespread abuses of surveillance powers by certain authorities - from laughable examples of local councils using anti-terror laws to crack down on people using the wrong bin for their recycling through to to more sinister cases of police intimidating and discrediting victims of miscarriages of justice and organised abuse. Given her support for snooping as home secretary most people assumed things would only get worse with Theresa May in charge and that certainly seems to be the case.
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Yeah, the measure itself is ugly and excessive - no doubt that some of those "controversial" cases which
make it to the news in the first place, are the reminder for people - "we can get you too" ...
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It's time for V for Vendetta, mazafaqas! xD
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I was always fairly happy drawing satirical pictures of Big Dave Cam - but I draw the line at upsetting Big Sister Theresa. She was interested enough in our online activities before she was in charge...
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They will not get away with this.
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The worlds changing, global politics are scary, now local politics are scary. :(
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humans calendar progression will end in the year of 1984
2011,2012.. 2016,2017,1984
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those are all mesures due to couter the effect of stupid Globalizzation and immigrations without any regulations...those are the effect of the dangerous global "vision" of EU and some politician imposed by financial market for their self-interest...now all ppl will pay their mistakes
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if these mesures wll apply on financial trick and scam bank and market doing all over these years...will be much appreciated...
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This should inspire an episode of Black Mirror somehow.
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I think their secret agents are just too shy to register to online dating, but they offered that they'll scroll through everyone's personal details. This way if you're a perfect match with a secret agent, or a spy - they'll call you :)
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If the Brits really want to know Granny's secret recipe to her famous muffins, they could have just asked :P.
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The UK already has heavy surveillance, but things like this is why American's are so pumped about keeping our guns and look at the state of UK gun control.
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Just need to build tunnels underground man ... like the VC.
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Dude, a massive population that is armed is no joke. As Caligu1a says the VC, or worse Japan during WW2 if we had actually invaded. Hell even modern war in the Middle East is made up of lightly prepared militia groups holding 70 year old guns that do extraordinary against half a million dollar war toys, minus ISIS they are armed and trained to the teeth.
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UK is about to become one of the world’s foremost surveillance states, allowing its police and intelligence agencies to spy on its own people to a degree that is unprecedented for a democracy. The UN’s privacy chief has called the situation "worse than scary." Edward Snowden says it’s simply "the most extreme surveillance in the history of western democracy."
The legislation in question is called the Investigatory Powers Bill. It’s been cleared by politicians and awaits only the formality of royal assent before it becomes law. The bill will legalize the UK’s global surveillance program, which scoops up communications data from around the world, but it will also introduce new domestic powers, including a government database that stores the web history of every citizen in the country. UK spies will be empowered to hack individuals, internet infrastructure, and even whole towns — if the government deems it necessary.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13718768/uk-surveillance-laws-explained-investigatory-powers-bill
so what do you think? will steam collect our data and send it to intelligence agencies? :O
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