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We had a big topic running for the general election , so I thought I'd create one for our next big vote as a nation. So the question is... Brexit or Bremain? Sent from my iPhone using Police Community
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Coronavirus: WHO concern at cases outside China 21 February 2020 Image copyright EPA Image caption Lebanon has confirmed its first case - a woman returning from the Iranian city of Qom The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments follow Iran's announcement of two more deaths, bringing the total there to four. The window of opportunity to contain the virus was "narrowing", he said. …
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Before posting news stories...Rules!
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This section of the forum is for you to post any non UK Police related stories. Please note that due to copyright restrictions you must only include the title, the first line of the article and a link to the original article. Articles from the BBC can be posted in full, but must also include a link to the original article. So before posting an article from a newspaper please check to see if it is available from the BBC instead. We are allowed to post a limited number of Police Oracle articles, in full, each month. Therefore, if you want to share a Police Oracle story, please only include the first line of the article and a link to the original article. …
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https://www.engadget.com/the-uk-government-is-reportedly-planning-ad-campaign-attacking-end-to-end-encryption-101610703.html The UK government plans to team up with charities and law enforcement agencies on a public relations blitz created by M&C Saatchi advertising agency, the report states. The aim of the campaign is to relay a message that end-to-end encryption could hamper efforts to curb child exploitation online.
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Federal investigators say they used encrypted Signal messages to charge Oath Keepers leader
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/13/feds-say-they-used-encrypted-messages-to-charge-oath-keepers-leader.html Federal investigators say they accessed encrypted Signal messages sent before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol, and used them as evidence to charge the leader of Oath Keepers, an extremist far-right militia group, and other defendants in a seditious plot My guess is they got access by directly examining the device of a participant in the chats, whether that was a suspect they arrested or another participant willingly handed them over. I doubt the underlying encryption itself was broken. While possible, there has never been any suggestion to s…
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/10/a-data-black-hole-europol-ordered-to-delete-vast-store-of-personal-data EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-59727161 Four people accused of illegally removing a statue of Edward Colston have been cleared of criminal damage. Sage Willoughby, Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford, and Jake Skuse, were charged after a monument to the 17th Century slave trader was pulled down and thrown into Bristol's harbourside last June. I'm struggling to see what their defence actually was. They don't seem to raise any legal arguments, or challenge the evidence against them, or anything like that. It seems to be entirely a moral argument that slavery was bad therefore they think their actions were justified.
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Daily express. Beggars belief!’ Over 1,000 blades and other weapons seized at crown courts over pandemic
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Beggars belief!’ Over 1,000 blades and other weapons seized at crown courts over pandemic https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1546792/crown-court-knives-guns-pandemic-covid-news-Alex-Cunningham-ont
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The campaign to strip Tony Blair of his knighthood was boosted last night by devastating allegations from his own defence secretary. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10369343/Tony-Blairs-Defence-Secretary-Geoff-Hoon-says-told-BURN-secret-Iraq-memo.html
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https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/14/online_safety_bill_report/ We recommend that end-to-end encryption should be identified as a specific risk factor in risk profiles and risk assessments. Providers should be required to identify and address risks arising from the encrypted nature of their services under the Safety by Design requirements. I look at it from a different angle. If the provider doesn't use end to end encryption then there is a risk that the authorities would be able to read my all of my private communications if they wanted to. They probably wouldn't, because I'm a law abiding person and I don't associate with criminals so unlikely to ever…
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/08/ministers-expected-to-sign-off-plan-b-covid-rules-for-england Ministers are expected to sign off new rules to impose home working and vaccine certification across England in the face of rising Covid cases, the Guardian understands. Seems Whitehall are worried about significant lack of compliance with any new restrictions now that the public have seen politicians laughing about breaking the rules last Christmas.
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https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4041292/clearview-ai-gbp17m-fine-violating-britain-privacy-laws Controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI faces a potential fine of about £17 million from the UK regulator for failing to comply with the nation's data protection laws.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59474365 Mr Moore - known as "C" - told BBC Radio 4's Today programme these traps threatened to erode sovereignty and have prompted defensive measures.
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https://news.sky.com/story/mass-legal-action-against-google-blocked-by-supreme-court-12465082 The Supreme Court rules that the class action claim could not succeed as it could not prove that all of the individuals "suffered any material damage or distress" as a result of the breach.
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Msn news. Man ‘shocked’ as house he owned for 30 years sold without his knowledge
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A man was shocked to discover the house he had owned for 30 years had been sold without his knowledge while he was working away. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/man-shocked-as-house-he-owned-for-30-years-sold-without-his-knowledge/ar-AAQbRwk?ocid=msedgntp
