Real World News

AULEZ camera has been ripped from its mount as anger intensifies over the looming expansion. The mayor of London wants to stretch the borders of the low-pollution zone across all 33 boroughs on August 29 this year in an effort to improve air quality. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/london-ulez-vandals-rip-down-cameras-as-anger-mounts-over-12-50-charge-expansion/ar-AA17WFas?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=19cf7ba992fa4a6b8ab43f1a59c5118d&ei=33

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64584001 Signal has said it would stop providing its service in the UK rather than weaken its encryption or give the authorities backdoor access. Hopefully neither of those, as nearly all of my phone calls and messages go via Signal these days.

Nicola Sturgeon dramatically quit as SNP leader today amid a meltdown over her bid to loosen gender identity rules and fading prospects of splitting the UK. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11753479/Nicola-Sturgeon-QUITS-SNP-leader-amid-gender-identity-rules-row.html

Turns out 45 years ago a teenager lost control of his motorbike and was catapulted into a tributary of the River Wyre further upstream where Nicola Bulley has gone missing. He was missing for weeks, eventually his remains were found on the tidal stretch of the River Wyre some two months later. This news will surely disappoint the armchair detectives on social media. Not the first person to disappear on the River Wyre

https://www.visionnews.online/amp/army-spied-on-lockdown-critics-official-records-prove-paranoid-sceptics-were-right-all-along I can it even begin to imagine what was written in the CHARTER application to obtain a RIPA authority. They must have skipped the collateral intrusion box and now the IPCO is now running around flapping and reviewing the application. It’s hard to see a time when generic HM Forces would need to use RIPA, which why be the authority sits at Major General level.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130978/2023_SOC_Measures_Consultation_Document_-_Final.pdf "Just as their level of encryption makes them ideal for those engaged in serious criminality, so their price and complexity make it harder to foresee a need for anyone to use them for legitimate, legal reasons." This shows an alarming lack of understanding about the modern threats we face. Strong encryption is not an indicator of criminality. Without it, the private communications of the public would be vulnerable to interception by police IMSI catchers, or the TEMPORA dragnet, or ultimately anyone with an SD…

MPs have released a new report listing a number of recommendations to reduce the nation's reliance on oil - and it includes slashing speed limits and introducing driving restrictions at weekends. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/lower-motorway-speed-limits-to-64mph-and-ban-driving-in-cities-on-sundays-mps-call-for-drastic-measures-to-slash-fuel-use-and-oil-imports-in-new-report/ar-AA160tXi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b887c27238e44e0f97f9545488d12a6f

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/data-sharing-and-migrant-women-reporting-abuse/ If an illegal immigrant reports domestic abuse, should the police report them to immigration and why or why not? On the one hand the police have a duty to uphold the law whether they agree or disagree with it, and an illegal immigrant by definition is breaking the law. On the other hand, reporting someone who has come forward about domestic abuse could discourage others in a similar position from coming forward in future. Where is the balance?

Figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show that the debit balance on criminals' financial penalties has reached record levels and increased by £99million in just the last year. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/almost-1-billion-owed-in-unpaid-court-fines-as-shameless-criminals-don-t-pay/ar-AA15QORP?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b21d134c64e84775a0e78d745c0462bb

An official working for the UK Border Force has been arrested on suspicion of being an illegal migrant himself. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/dover-border-force-official-is-arrested-for-being-an-illegal-immigrant/ar-AA15L25I?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9a055f3cebe540a19c5279bb683d9d1d

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/elon-musks-twitter-suspends-live-ads-b-aircraft-tracking-accounts-including-elonjet-and-ads-b-exchange/comment-page-1/ Suspended an account that was posting regular tweets about the location and movement of Elon's private jet. I accept he owns Twitter and can suspend anyone he wants but this is rather going against what he said he wanted the platform to be. What happened to the digital town square and free discussion? ADS-B data is not secret, it's publicly available to anyone with a £10 antenna

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63544169 PimEyes enables people to look for faces in images which have been posted publicly on the internet. Big Brother Watch claims it facilitates stalking and has complained to the UK data and privacy watchdog. But PimEyes' chief executive Giorgi Gobronidze says it poses fewer risks related to stalking than social media or other search engines.

Monday night saw the new series of Channel 4's 24 Hours in Police Custody return to TV screens. During the episode, fans watched as a man followed two robbers in his car who had tried to break into his home. However, after losing control of his vehicle, he crashed into the burglars which resulted in serious injuries. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/24-hours-in-police-custody-uproar-as-man-arrested-protecting-his-home-should-get-a-medal/ar-AA14FlaF?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=f1e287e1568f4e8b8f2a3362343e0a3d in my own opinion it should have been the thugs that should have been sent to prison and the man should have got a suspend sentence.

IMO this is a very slippery slope. I studied the rise of Nazism in Germany and can see parallels already.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/british-govt-is-scanning-all-internet-devices-hosted-in-uk/ The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads the country's cyber security mission, is now scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the UK for vulnerabilities. 18.171.7.246 and 35.177.10.231 are the two IP's they are carrying out the scans from.