Online Safety Bill Etc

[damien c]

This video should help to understand why the Government regardless of which party it is, should not be trying to make the internet safer, when they cannot keep our information safe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWnnmr9NN9M


Just wait till you cannot use a computer without proving your age, or making a phone call without proving your age because that is coming, it's already in iPhones, it's being added to Windows, Linux, Macos and others, it's being added to Android and there will be a removal of all "Non-Smart Phones" from the market so you cannot just buy the likes of an old Nokia 3310 etc to get around it.

This is currently going through the motions in the lunatic state of California with the as equally insane EU planning to implement it, and apparently Dictator Starmer also looking to have it implemented.


The annoying thing is I tried to set up a road tax reminder yesterday and you cannot do that now without having a government digital id, I wonder how long it will be before you cannot tax a vehicle without one or even buy fuel without one.

This whole world is going mad for mass surveillance, monitoring and control.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by damien c

This video should help to understand why the Government regardless of which party it is, should not be trying to make the internet safer, when they cannot keep our information safe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWnnmr9NN9M


Just wait till you cannot use a computer without proving your age, or making a phone call without proving your age because that is coming, it's already in iPhones, it's being added to Windows, Linux, Macos and others, it's being added to Android and there will be a removal of all "Non-Smart Phones" from the market so you cannot just buy the likes of an old Nokia 3310 etc to get around it.

This is currently going through the motions in the lunatic state of California with the as equally insane EU planning to implement it, and apparently Dictator Starmer also looking to have it implemented.


The annoying thing is I tried to set up a road tax reminder yesterday and you cannot do that now without having a government digital id, I wonder how long it will be before you cannot tax a vehicle without one or even buy fuel without one.

This whole world is going mad for mass surveillance, monitoring and control.

In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.

Which is fine as a choice, what is not acceptable is trying to force it.

[damien c]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.

You fail to understand.

In the UK they will remove the "Non-Smart" phones because the Government cannot force a "Age Restriction" on them nor can they track them as easily as a Smart Phone.

If the Government cannot force you to have a Digital ID, they will force you to hand over your current ID in order to use any device or service they possibly can.

You cannot trust this government or the previous governments to keep you or your children safe, when they cannot keep themselves safe or the information they currently have on you.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.

if a parent buys their child a none smart phone that child will become one of the none cool kids and get the hell bullied out of them ,that's the nature of kids, being the school dork will not make you safe

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

if a parent buys their child a none smart phone that child will become one of the none cool kids and get the hell bullied out of them ,that's the nature of kids, being the school dork will not make you safe

Ask Papa, he knows. Now come over here and let me whip you with this wound up towel .

[Dingbat]

When my late father in law was in a care home, we got him a basic mobile so he could keep in contact with his family. He wouldn’t have understood the tech on a smart phone. So there is still a market for them with the elderly.

Conversely, there also seems to be a demand for them as burner phones with drug dealers, as they are apparently not so easy to trace/track.

[Sirius]

This is how weak the online Safety Bill is and why it has no teeth when it comes to anything outside the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c624330lg1ko

The UK online safety regulator Ofcom has fined the US messaging platform 4Chan a total of £520,000 for failing to comply with various aspects of the Online Safety Act.

It includes £450,000 for failing to put in age checks to prevent children from seeing pornography on the platform.

However, a lawyer representing the company - which has previously said it won't pay such fines - has responded to the demand with an AI-generated cartoon image of a hamster.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...79701.jpg.webp

[damien c]

Originally Posted by Dingbat

When my late father in law was in a care home, we got him a basic mobile so he could keep in contact with his family. He wouldn’t have understood the tech on a smart phone. So there is still a market for them with the elderly.

Conversely, there also seems to be a demand for them as burner phones with drug dealers, as they are apparently not so easy to trace/track.

I got the "Dorro" phones for my late Grandad, because they had the "Emergency Button" on them, but even they have started going to "Smart Phones" and adding the likes of Whatsapp etc to them.

Not many kids will want to use them phones though, so cannot see kids using them to get around anything, but if kids start with them, then I can see this clown show of a government looking to ban them.

[OLD BOY]

Maybe we should just ban children. Perhaps then this lot we leave us in peace.

But then of course, they will decide that the ‘oldies’ need protection….

[Carth]

I'd much rather ban 'experts' . . they don't half cause some problems

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Carth

I'd much rather ban 'experts' . . they don't half cause some problems

I question the people that fall for the rubbish spoken, when being canvassed for their vote

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by damien c

You fail to understand.

In the UK they will remove the "Non-Smart" phones because the Government cannot force a "Age Restriction" on them nor can they track them as easily as a Smart Phone.

If the Government cannot force you to have a Digital ID, they will force you to hand over your current ID in order to use any device or service they possibly can.

You cannot trust this government or the previous governments to keep you or your children safe, when they cannot keep themselves safe or the information they currently have on you.

No, I don't misunderstand, because this is merely yout conjecture and opinion, unless you have evidence of the ridiculous notion that the Government is to ban basic phones.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Carth

I'd much rather ban 'experts' . . they don't half cause some problems

expertly put