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@Quickfall @TheAliceSmith I suspect they will come up with a "plan" to age-verify people using commercial VPNs, at which point I hope every VPN company will just say no. It is so depressing watching a tech-illiterate government just making up as they go along - this is not what policy should look like.

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@monk276 @ChudOchoCinco @KanishkaNarayan yes, they can https://t.co/5DRi1AuN2O

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@dr_musgrave Genuinely, are you not baffled by the idea that a government would announce a policy they have no idea whether it can work, no evidence of the pros and cons, no beta testing or trial (except Australia), that will affect everyone, and expect the whole country to be onside suddenly

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@TelBallard @Alonso_GD I heard - not an iOS user personally.

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@CKCapitalxx Nice to see them back in IC design. Up until about 2005, every Nokia handset was powered by their own CPU - ARM core, Fab'ed by TI. Some pretty powerful designs. Had their own design team based in Finland.

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@noinconsistency Not to mention the barrage of scam emails saying "you need to "re-age-verify to access Facebook" and a link to click. Some people will lose their life savings once the scammers have your passport and credit card details.

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@QgemQ @Alonso_GD I agree, but for something like Android, it is taken by the Manufacturer, modified to work on that particular model of phone ( they all have slightly different hardware features), tested and then issued as an update. My Samsung handset updates come from Samsung itself.

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@AllyFogg @heyze_o @Britpopmemories @DCMS 100% this ^^. YouTube has brought my guitar playing on faster than any paper-based or even in-person learning. Pause or slow down, so you can watch what people play. New styles to learn. The list goes on. The information and learning potential are invaluable.

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@jaceb01 @keirwrong The OS is the controlling software for the hardware on the device. Everything your phone does goes through the OS, so yes, an OS that does not implement scanning will work. What sites might do is try to detect alternative/older OS (via the browser /app ) and block them.

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@Goldie6473 @godblesstoto Look at https://t.co/pm46KhbmnY - already stated they are not playing ball with this new government idea for handsets. You need a Google pixel phone at the moment to install it

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@GuyLambertUK I suggest they beta test this idea on MPs' families and friends. About 1 month should do it - results published, so we see exactly how long it takes for their own kids to work around it.

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@Richardbishop @SimonHarrisMBD They can't be that naive. It's a ludicrous plan that is doomed to failure, and will deprive under-16s of a fantastic resource - the stuff you can learn on YouTube about just about anything is amazing. It already has age verification. I don't understand the thinking.

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@J_DAY_97 @prestonjbyrne It almost feels like they have had enough of government and want out. So many other issues to fix ( water companies, cost of living, MPs reform, post office and PPE scandals, etc., etc.) and they choose this hill to die on .... very depressing.

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@PollyOartist @snowleopardess @raphaeldogg I can believe it, but where did the 34% statistic come from?

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@TiredSgt Watch for estimated bills when they "fail" to read the meter. I didn't notice for a couple of years, and ended up overpaying by more than £1000. Got a refund and now pay 6 monthly based on an actual reading.

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@bernsteind @tricrobotics @JeremyClarkson We need to see this on Clarkson's Farm 6 😀

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@ive_m5 Just crossed that line .... bought a small amount earlier, should have bought more.

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@codevsdev My first development job was building telco units ( ISDN ) - you had Unix, a compiler, an embedded kernel, and a paper datasheet for each of the ICs the HW guys had put on the board: no BSP, no forums, everything written from scratch.

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@GDOnly6 @DummyThiccRobot The tech is on the latest Apple devices ( which you can enable ), but not on the > 700 handsets released in the last 10 years. I suspect their claim to make it "impossible" will end badly.