Won't somebody please think of the children!!! UK to mount fresh assault on end-to-end encryption in Facebook
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/04/19/uk_anti_encryption/
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears
Not waving, but crowning: The coverage of Prince Philip's death shows the diseased state of the British media
https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/not-waving-but-crowing-the-coverage
Bbc sets up complaints line for too much coverage of Prince Philip death
The daily mail told the uk government to delete a tweet it didn’t like and replace it with one written by the Mail.
The UK government did as it was told
The UK Is Trying to Stop Facebook's End-to-End Encryption
The government's latest attack is aimed at discouraging the company from following through with its planned rollout across platforms.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-encryption-facebook-home-office-nspcc
police abusing women again
“Two protesters claimed they were subject to terrifying ordeals at the hands of male officers pretending to be postal workers”
How America’s surveillance networks helped the FBI catch the Capitol mob
Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard
"In three years or so, the Wi-Fi specification is scheduled to get an upgrade that will turn wireless devices into sensors, capable of gathering data about the people and objects bathed by their signals."
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/31/wifi_devices_monitoring/
U.K. politics, racism
Good to see the report commissioned by boris Johnson and carried out by people that think racism doesn’t exist has concluded that the U.K. definitely isn’t racist. 🙄
The propaganda and lies in the U.K. now are so detached from reality it’s laughable. Media telling you up is down and anyone who disagrees is a traitor.
How Community Organising Could Change the Game for the British Left | Chardine Taylor Stone
UK terror law reviewer calls for prison sentences if suspects refuse to hand passwords over to investigators
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/29/forced_decryption_terror_cops_law_change_call/
Why the FBI can’t get your browsing history from Apple iCloud (and other scary stories)
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2021/03/25/whats-in-your-browser-backup/
Get a TLS certificate for your onion site
UK Politics / Police
The (heavily-edited) thin blue line: News stories about protests parrot the police's words
https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-heavily-edited-thin-blue-line
U.K. politics / police
DECLASSIFIED UK
Britain’s secret political police
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-03-16-britains-secret-political-police/
What actually Happened in Bristol – and How a Narrative is Built
http://libcom.org/news/what-actually-happened-bristol-how-narrative-built-22032021
Web Dev, General Annoyance