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House of Lords Votes to Ban UK Children from Using Internet VPNs

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sublinear wrote: post #134
technion wrote: post #110

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All the properties ive rented over the last decade required an application with "full financial transaction history" for three months. I know ive submitted a statement before where a lot of expenses were "paying off credit card" and they complained the credit card expenses werent shown. I would have to imagine a rental agent looking at months worth of pornhub spending is going to count it against you. Ive never been…

That's absurd and error prone for even the most cooperative of tenants. What does "full financial transaction history" even mean? Lazy and corrupt is what it means. If they're too cheap to pay for a basic background check, there's no telling what kind of shady people will be your neighbors or how unmaintained those apartments are. Just find somewhere else or provide the bare minimum that will convince them (checking…

Whilst I agree in principle, its a bit like saying "never apply for a job that requires whiteboard coding or leetcode questions". Our rental market is abysmal and people can spent months sitting through rejections, without doing more of their own.

Re: House of Lords Votes to Ban UK Children from Using Internet VPNs

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munksbeer wrote: post #130
subscribed wrote: post #129

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I do. But the government doesn't just implements things the people want. The government passes whatever government wants, and if the STATED purpose matches the engineered demand, it's called democracy. Tell me how much public support is for the ongoing UK participation in the genocide of Gaza (yes, participation, RAF flies spy planes and feeds Intel to IDF). How much public support is for human hormones treated beef/…

Are you actually a parent to school age children? I am guessing not. I only say this because this whole group of policies (OSA, social media ban, etc) are highly supported by most parents in our school. Not me, but I have stopped trying to explain to others why I don't think the policies are good. If you are a parent then I'm very surprised you have a different experience.

Actually I am, and I do not support OSA, I despise it's subversive, toxic nature on par with Snooper's Charter. It was intentionally written in such a nebulous ways OFCOM makes idiots from themselves, and it somehow "accidentally" creeps up further and further and further.

Nothing will result in the stated goal except for the complete ban of ALL platforms other than licenced/blessed by the UK government (meaning full 1984 and no privacy at all).

Notice looming VPN bans and advanced approach to banning private communications.

And conversely parents have second thoughts if they hear how their intimate photos will all be scanned, every conversation effectively bugged, and sometimes I'll sprinkle with a story of an innocent parent with blocked Google account and reported to the police because he had a private conversation with a GP (or so he thought).

Social media ban is a COMPLETELY different thing.

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