this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
192 points (96.2% liked)

United Kingdom

3939 readers
232 users here now

General community for news/discussion in the UK.

Less serious posts should go in [email protected] or [email protected]
More serious politics should go in [email protected].

Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The government is suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates. Under the latest plans, tech companies would need to notify the British government before rolling out a security fix but might be refused permission if it blocks a vulnerability that’s being exploited by security services.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ArtVandelay 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I realize I really have no right to say this as an American surrounded by fucking Republicans, but y'all have a batshit crazy government over there

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

At least the politicians over here pretend they're not illegally spying on everyone. I swear man, governments read 1984 and instead of being appalled, they said "oh, I want that!".