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RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Tories 'dropped MP candidates after M15 warned they could be Chinese spies'English21·2 years agoSo MI5 can get parties to drop candidates just by saying they “could” be a spy, without proof, or conviction?
Literally anyone “could” be a spy.
Doesn’t that mean the spooks can basically veto any candidate they don’t like?
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Tories 'dropped MP candidates after M15 warned they could be Chinese spies'English4·2 years agoI’d say it was written by an AI, but I doubt even an AI would make such a mistake.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto Science@beehaw.org•A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds6·2 years agoOnly 73% I expected it to be higher.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Happiness of girls and young women at lowest level since 2009, shows UK pollEnglish5·2 years agoPerhaps it’s more to do with changes to the internet over the past 5 or so years? Such as the pervasive rise of algorithmic feeds designed to drive “engagement”?
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Tories 'dropped MP candidates after M15 warned they could be Chinese spies'English3·2 years agoKGB still exists in Belarus.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fearsEnglish33·2 years agoNicotine on it’s own isn’t particularly addictive. It only becomes highly addictive when combined with the MAO inhibitors found in tobacco, primarily harman and norharman.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operatingEnglish24·2 years agoDamn, imagine dying during open heart surgery because some old fart couldn’t stop himself from grabbing a booby.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•UK chip giant: We'd be better off in the US - we can't even put in a plug here - CityAMEnglish15·2 years agoLooking at their annual report on company house, last year they had a total revenue of £228,923, hardly a “giant”.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report findsEnglish2·2 years agoYeah, that’s what I assumed it was supposed to mean, but it really doesn’t read that way to me.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto cybersecurity@infosec.pub•Ransomware Attack Wipes Out Four Months of Sri Lankan Government DataEnglish12·2 years agoDoes nobody make backups any more?
Beehaw is looking to shut down and or completely defederate.
They already de-federated 447 instances, I doubt that will make much difference.
As someone who mostly likes those things, that does seem to be a big problem here.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Saltdean Lido: 'Mayhem' as 150 dogs take over Brighton site - BBC NewsEnglish2·2 years agoWho let the dogs out?
Wait until you see what the GNU/Linux sublemmy (lem?) is called.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Co-op to ban Chinese CCTV after security risk warningsEnglish24·2 years agoYeah, but you can’t use that to push sinophobia.
RobotToaster@infosec.pubto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•‘Tame’ wide British roads and replace them with boulevards of homes, says thinktankEnglish17·2 years agoAren’t our roads generally much narrower than most other countries.
Kind of annoying, they could have used that space for a bigger battery, bigger heatsink, memory card reader, more ports, etc.