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[FSKY @fskyio]

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[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

This is what the UK spyware proposal means.

There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.

When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).

The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.

Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.

Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.

The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.

The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.

@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu

Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s

@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77

The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo

[FSKY @fskyio]

@DillanWeb3 @mullvadnet @peterktodd "Bad things happen, so we just have to accept it getting worse instead of doing absolutely anything to fix it"
Fuck off with your defeatist bullshit

[FSKY @fskyio]

I think you're reading way too far into me making fun of some random guy's edit but anyways, I don't think kids should be on social media, nor did I at any point say otherwise. All I said was that it's not the government's place to assume the role of parents, especially when it comes at the cost of _everyone_'s freedom and privacy.

[FSKY @fskyio]

@MattHMajn @wmoriarty91 @_RyanBrolly I don't say this shit offline and if you've been on here the past few weeks you'll probably notice I am far from the first person to make a "goyim are all stupid" joke. And again, this is pretty far removed from talking about whether digital ID is dumb or not.

[FSKY @fskyio]

@MrGeorgSplatoon @P90707435385 @femanarchism Fuck did I do to get blocked </3

[FSKY @fskyio]

@MrGeorgSplatoon @P90707435385 @femanarchism Stupid capitalist, imperialism is only imperialism when America does it

[FSKY @fskyio]

@MattHMajn @wmoriarty91 @_RyanBrolly I'm not even sure what you're trying to say at this point but regardless it has nothing to do with the initial topic

[Deano @I_Big_Deano_I]

@BiometricUpdate 9000 people is NOT "overwhelming support". In comparison over 2 MILLION people signed a petition to say no to digital ID and the govt ignored it, THAT was overwhelming support. Stop lying.

[Good old npzman @yourfeedofme]

Online age verification and Digital ID must never be normalised. They must never become the status quo.

[FSKY @fskyio]

I sure do wonder why the support for the surveillance state is only now starting to kick in, almost like it's astroturfed or something

[FSKY @fskyio]

They actually did the thing

[FSKY @fskyio]

Yeah, your rigged poll shows anything at all

[Biometric Update @BiometricUpdate]

UK consultation results show overwhelming support for social media age limits, with 89% of responding parents backing a legal minimum age requirement. The debate is increasingly shifting from whether age assurance works to how it should be governed and enforced.

#ageverification

https://t.co/CjVxB2h5X0

[FSKY @fskyio]

@northernshrek @VampyricLykoi >reads someone caring about privacy
>mind instantly goes to child abuse
Totally not projecting at all

[King Gizzard Otaku @Jack_Luminous]

The consultation didn't have any real "no" options btw.

[FSKY @fskyio]

@MattHMajn @wmoriarty91 @_RyanBrolly https://t.co/nNiRRtOeGR

[FSKY @fskyio]

Not to mention the fact that negligent parents that allowed shit like this in the first place will likely verify for their kids. If legislators cared about children, they would force more parental control onto these platforms and/or charge failing parents with neglect, but they don't.
Why? Because these bills have jack shit to do with projecting kids, it's nothing more than emotionally charged cover to establish a police/surveillance state.

[FSKY @fskyio]

If you're incapable of monitoring and handling your child's online activity, it should fall under neglect. It's a part of modern life and it's the parents' responsibility to keep that in check. I myself grew up in the internet age and I turned out fine because I wasn't raised by idiots.

[FSKY @fskyio]

@MattHMajn @wmoriarty91 @_RyanBrolly Maybe parents should actually raise their kids properly then

[FSKY @fskyio]

@Sililiest @Mucbilpollofan >still scared of ip grabbers in 2026