Robin Wilton 🇱🇧
@komadori.bsky.social
Privacy advocate. Germ me for Bluesky DMs:
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And yet, the UK Govt and the European Commission are still basing policy on the claim that end-to-end encryption puts data beyond the reach of law enforcement. It's clearly, and repeatedly, not the case.
The FBI accessed and spied on a Signal group chat that was organizing immigrant “court watch” efforts in NYC.
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
And yet, the UK Govt and the European Commission are still basing policy on the claim that end-to-end encryption puts data beyond the reach of law enforcement. It's clearly, and repeatedly, not the case.
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This.
I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This.
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in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
@indexoncensorship.org are right to point out the potentially deadly impact, on certain groups, of being unable to communicate confidentially. But it's equally important to consider the *systemic* damage done by breaking encryption.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@indexoncensorship.org are right to point out the potentially deadly impact, on certain groups, of being unable to communicate confidentially. But it's equally important to consider the *systemic* damage done by breaking encryption.
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Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world iandunt.substack.com/p/budget-202...
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world iandunt.substack.com/p/budget-202...
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The amounts aren’t significant, but the messaging is terrible.
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The amounts aren’t significant, but the messaging is terrible.
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People struggle, however, to say what migration for work they would cut – only a minority would reduce migration for study, or indeed for work in most occupations tested in the research, such as doctors, care workers, lorry drivers or seasonal farm workers.
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People struggle, however, to say what migration for work they would cut – only a minority would reduce migration for study, or indeed for work in most occupations tested in the research, such as doctors, care workers, lorry drivers or seasonal farm workers.
"Customs duty will now be charged on all parcels." The policy of holding parcels hostage for duty and an arbitrary "admin charge" is already a state-sponsored scam. This is just going to cut the UK off even further from online business, and other countries will want to reciprocate, hurting exports.
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Customs duty will now be charged on all parcels." The policy of holding parcels hostage for duty and an arbitrary "admin charge" is already a state-sponsored scam. This is just going to cut the UK off even further from online business, and other countries will want to reciprocate, hurting exports.
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‘Brexit isn’t in the past. It is present in every overstretched council budget, every cancelled infrastructure project, every school without enough teachers, every struggling business wondering how to cope with higher costs and lower demand.’
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
‘Brexit isn’t in the past. It is present in every overstretched council budget, every cancelled infrastructure project, every school without enough teachers, every struggling business wondering how to cope with higher costs and lower demand.’
But "child safety" is so important to this and previous governments that the whole population must be forbidden confidential conversations and encrypted backups or cloud storage.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
But "child safety" is so important to this and previous governments that the whole population must be forbidden confidential conversations and encrypted backups or cloud storage.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
In today's news: HMS Severn is dispatched to shadow Russian ships in the Channel. In other news: HMS Severn was decommissioned in 2017, but then had to be brought back into service for "Brexit preparedness". Brexit: forcing the UK to fall back on obsolete ships to... defend its borders. 🤦♂️
#shitshow
#shitshow
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In today's news: HMS Severn is dispatched to shadow Russian ships in the Channel. In other news: HMS Severn was decommissioned in 2017, but then had to be brought back into service for "Brexit preparedness". Brexit: forcing the UK to fall back on obsolete ships to... defend its borders. 🤦♂️
#shitshow
#shitshow
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👇👇👇 Of course he did.
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
👇👇👇 Of course he did.
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... and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems." There are two acts here: how you decide dress (e.g., making others feel comfortable) and how you treat others (e.g., "desire to believe all the good you can of others").
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
... and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems." There are two acts here: how you decide dress (e.g., making others feel comfortable) and how you treat others (e.g., "desire to believe all the good you can of others").
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Goodness yes this—I’m in such an awkward spot right now, stuck in that exact language learning doldrums. God bless @richieconroy.bsky.social for doing his part to fill that gap. I’ve also been reading this book of late, which has also filled that gap well www.mayobooks.ie/Short-Storie...
Short Stories in Irish - Olly Richards - For Beginners - Teach Yourself
www.mayobooks.ie
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Goodness yes this—I’m in such an awkward spot right now, stuck in that exact language learning doldrums. God bless @richieconroy.bsky.social for doing his part to fill that gap. I’ve also been reading this book of late, which has also filled that gap well www.mayobooks.ie/Short-Storie...
Oh, this is very strange, because I was under the impression the "Five Eyes" countries were "world leaders" when it came to respect for the privacy of personal data. 🤔😳🙄
Privacy commissioner insists New Zealand's laws need modernising - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/579020/privacy-commissioner-insists-new-zealand-s-laws-need-modernising - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Privacy commissioner insists New Zealand's laws need modernising
The commission's annual report says financial incentives for people to take privacy seriously are lacking.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Oh, this is very strange, because I was under the impression the "Five Eyes" countries were "world leaders" when it came to respect for the privacy of personal data. 🤔😳🙄
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I don’t mind xenophobia being more out in the open. It’s the only way we will confront it and smash it into bits. I know many white people are discomfited when confronted with the reality but tbh, HTFU.
The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz
The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz
The emerging ‘debate’ about immigration is a cruel example. It’s distracting us from addressing the issues that would improve lives
The Liberal-National Coalition, a political “party” that has almost no chance of assuming office before the 2030s, is being allowed to set the Australian political agenda.
From a short-term tactical perspective, you can see why this may be attractive to the government. Let them squabble. If the attention is on the opposition, there is less focus on what those with their hands on the levers of power are actually doing. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don’t mind xenophobia being more out in the open. It’s the only way we will confront it and smash it into bits. I know many white people are discomfited when confronted with the reality but tbh, HTFU.
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Farage himself at the time of the referendum said we could be like Norway or Switzerland. Let’s take him at his word!
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Farage himself at the time of the referendum said we could be like Norway or Switzerland. Let’s take him at his word!
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Norway, Iceland, Switzerland & Liechtenstein are in the Single Market but not the EU. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino & Turkey have customs unions with the EU for certain sectors. I'd prefer our first step toward rejoining to be more like Norway or Switzerland than Turkey. That means Freedom of Movement
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Norway, Iceland, Switzerland & Liechtenstein are in the Single Market but not the EU. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino & Turkey have customs unions with the EU for certain sectors. I'd prefer our first step toward rejoining to be more like Norway or Switzerland than Turkey. That means Freedom of Movement
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
But no, of course his Jan. 6th speech didn't incite violence...
Look, he has the unthinking violent reaction of a spoilt toddler (as long as someone else does the actual fighting) attack the Capitol, blow up the fishing boats, kill opposition politicians. Violence is his answer to every frustration.
Look, he has the unthinking violent reaction of a spoilt toddler (as long as someone else does the actual fighting) attack the Capitol, blow up the fishing boats, kill opposition politicians. Violence is his answer to every frustration.
"U.S. Sen. Slotkin has been assigned around-the-clock police protection, her office said, following calls by Pres. Donald Trump on Thursday morning that the Michigan lawmaker should be arrested & possibly put to death over a video that she made w/other Democrats." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Slotkin gets security detail in wake of Trump death penalty remarks, threats
Sen. Elissa Slotkin told NBC News that she has received "hundreds and hundreds, if not, you know, closer to 1,000 threats" against her life this week.
www.detroitnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
But no, of course his Jan. 6th speech didn't incite violence...
Look, he has the unthinking violent reaction of a spoilt toddler (as long as someone else does the actual fighting) attack the Capitol, blow up the fishing boats, kill opposition politicians. Violence is his answer to every frustration.
Look, he has the unthinking violent reaction of a spoilt toddler (as long as someone else does the actual fighting) attack the Capitol, blow up the fishing boats, kill opposition politicians. Violence is his answer to every frustration.
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“Oh no, they showed us only the most representative bits from the archive!” sounds suspiciously like a brand new standard in 2025 and TBH I’ve never heard of “critics” applying this standard to condemn anyone else other than the BBC in this specific instance, and then only a year after the fact.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“Oh no, they showed us only the most representative bits from the archive!” sounds suspiciously like a brand new standard in 2025 and TBH I’ve never heard of “critics” applying this standard to condemn anyone else other than the BBC in this specific instance, and then only a year after the fact.
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A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
How Many Complaints About Trans Women Using Toilets? - TransLucent
Data from local authorities representing over 16.5 million people reveals that complaints about trans women using toilets are virtually non-existent
translucent.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...