I've probably spent considerably less that 5 minutes
in total on UKE since it was launched. As far as I can see it's a way (maybe as well as other things) of letting trolls and especially fluffies and prossies ply their crap there instead of making trouble here, and a clever move by Admin to ensure they do it under Admin's nose rather than some other site that is extra work to keep an eye on. No offence if you enjoy it; though personally I can't honestly fathom why a punter would want to spend his time there measuring the length of his tongue by seeing how far it can go up a pro$$ie's arse. I'm pleased Admin would rather spend his time giving punters a great site here than spend it on tweaking our punters-and-prossie kissykissy backyard. At least on here, prossies either have to talk sense or fuck right off.
VPN is a sensible surfing precaution in today's business market. But people who take their security seriously should be less inclined to to splurge their bandwidth on chatting to prostitutes. The investigatory snoop laws allow every Tom Dick and Harry (or is it Theresa Diane and Harriet?) to poke their nose in everything you do if they 'accidentally' find your firm is planning to undercut their 2nd cousin removed's business which is located in some tax haven they can take steps to scupper it and increase a monopoly. They really ought to be taking advice from people like Microft and Apple and Google and, yes, Wikileaks if they want to play with such things and learn how to do it properly. There could be good, transparent ways of cracking down on crime and beating terrorism instead of their ham-fisted attempts.
We mostly hear how all such unethical snooping is 'done by China'...
Cyber security firm CrowdStrike issued a report in October saying China was still engaging in hacks, including seven attempted breaches at companies in the technology or pharmaceuticals sector.
... but when it became public that the U.S.A. had tapped the phones of Merkel in Germany and Rousseff in Brazil it became clear that everyone does it (and Britain has even more surveillance than America).
VPN is an impediment, not a bolted door. It gives them more work (hence they 'need' billions more taxpayers' money to fight 'terrorism' [snip: and make money]. ) Secure browsers are another obstacle; but not insurmountable if they spend enough money. May's (early manifesto at least) to bug things like Whatsapp (which has end-to-end encryption which prevents them seeing content, though not that you are using it) means that surveillance, if it is to be put into effect, has to be
built in to your phone, your desktop, your router. And once those backdoors are in place, how long do you think it will take for criminals to write the code to access your phone, your desktop, your router as well?? Not very long.
Basically, there are two choices. Recognise Big Brother society for what it is and move on, get over it. Put up some roadblocks as a slight deterrent if they are necessary for your business concerns, and think of everything on your internet-connected computers as potentially public.
The other option: become an MP. As you can see, it is not lawful to hack MPs.
Though how on earth they think a British law will stop Mr Trump or Mr Kim Jong-un or their minions or foreigners with access to hacks from doing so is a mystery ...
