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TBH most of these seem like minor complaints. I've been using Apple since system 5 and I don't really see the issues you highlight as valid, they're annoyances to you but they're f…

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You mean idiots who went to private schools then?

>Here, if the cop sees someone overdosing, they immediately call the ambulance, not walk by and do nothing. This unevidenced claim is probably nonsense in any case, no police offic…

They don't have "authority over you" unless you've committed a crime.

>identify the 17 kinds of priority illegal content that need to be separately assessed If you're a site with lots of child users, or if your site holds pornography.

I take it you didn't read your own link, the language used is "services". If you happen to be running the UK panty wetters forum from your own server, then you have a problem, but …

>Then what happens if you don't have ID On arrest, you're required to provide your name and address, not proof. For the absolute majority of UK adults, it takes exactly 2 minutes t…

>the copper could come up with some vague excuse for why they stopped you / want your ID. In which case, their sergeant will tear them a new one, right after the custody sergeant h…

You can't make an arrest on the basis of refusal to verify identity, unless a specific law is in play, or the Police officer has proof you are lying. If the police have probable ca…

Those 'niche' forums you mention are explicitly excluded from the Act. Apple made the change to advanced security in advance of the bill being finalised, now the government has gon…

Out of curiosity exactly who is this ruling class?

Overdosing is not a crime, it's not even the job of the Police to help, and possession of drugs is being ignored by most forces because an arrest takes two officers off frontline s…

Orwell turned in his friends and acquaintances. He was against totalitarianism and that is all.

All positives are verified by humans first before action is taken, all the system does is flag positives to an operator. Once verified, then the action movie starts. Match quality …

Currently, the police are catching up with shopping centres and entertainment chains who've been using this tech for years. The Police themselves have been using facial recognition…

In the UK Bolt is an alt-Uber app, which for some journeys is cheaper than Uber. I had an interesting conversation with a Bolt driver recently, after he remarked surprise that I wa…

USB provided device portability over ADB and higher transfer speeds, lightning doubled the data transfer rate available to any other device available in 2011 and stopped ports brea…

Because it's a great deal easier than replacing the logic board after the user ripped the Ethernet port out of it or filled the usb ports up with crap. I repair used macs. The numb…

Having spent this week doing compliance for my small business customers, the cost is not zero but it's really not much at all - I've done full compliance for six companies and it c…