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Google develops selfie scanning software ahead of porn crackdown::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Oh wow wtf is going on the UK. Prohibition never works , teenagers will be more interested in it. Ways to avoid and to overcome the system will appear.

[–] antidote101 89 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They've voted for conservatives 10 years running, even after realising that those same conservatives tricked them into Brexit...

...it's a pretty ridiculous situation.

[–] TheGrandNagus 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The annoying thing is that we haven't really voted for conservatives.

Because of FPTP, it's normal that ~35% of votes translates to having 100% of the say in governance, which is crazy.

And the worst part is that when multiple parties have anti-Tory stances, all that does is split the anti-Tory vote and hand the Conservative party more power.

I'm looking forward to next year when after 14 years of their bullshit it seems like they're finally going to be forced out.

[–] Uglyhead 12 points 11 months ago

Feelin the same here in the Land of Milk and Honey.

I know that people are scared and unsure, and that always leads them directly to authoritarianism (it did after the 1918 pandemic as well, seemingly). They want to feel safe. And any big liars and charlatans that tell them whatever they want to hear to satiate their fears, they’ll believe and follow. At this point I’m flummoxed. But I know that humans are built to adapt, and all this will all soon pass as well; in the big scope of things.

[–] pensivepangolin 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like VPNs. Pretty simple.

Downside is it will push teens to free VPNs and those are almost always malicious.

Absolutely assinine regulatory decision brewed by people that do not understand how the world or people work at all.

[–] db2 22 points 11 months ago

They understand fine, but they're pandering to people who aren't capable of understanding.

[–] Xanis 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You know all those multicolored hats finding exploits and creating botnets and such?

Boy am I interested in hearing about some obscure specializations and hacks in about 10 years. I bet Jack Rhysider is already getting excited.

[–] redbr64 5 points 11 months ago

Fancy exploits... Or at first maybe just a 17 year old wearing a costume mustache haha

[–] pensivepangolin 3 points 11 months ago

Darknet Diaries is so good! I love his show.