Rant Whatsapp to be banned!

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  1. Harlequin

    Harlequin Modder

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  2. Pookie

    Pookie Illegitimi non carborundum

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    Hmmm, I wonder what they think of proton mail?
     
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  3. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    clickbait

    The Express is about as newsworthy as the Daily Mail.
     
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  4. legoman

    legoman breaker of things

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    Thought it was on par with the Daily Sport
     
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  5. jrduquemin

    jrduquemin Minimodder

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    True, there was a report yesterday that claimed that half of all Muslims in this country support ISIS...
     
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  6. bionicgeekgrrl

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    This government seems to be taking Internet advice from China.
     
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  7. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    Even though it's clickbait mainly due to it being a rehash of old news, Mr Cameron did say before being re-elected.
    Besides if you've got nothing to...Oh wait, if proper legal safeguards are...Damn, look we don't care about all the problems just get it done. :duh:
     
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  8. Pookie

    Pookie Illegitimi non carborundum

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    Because Terrorists are going to arrange a bomb attack over text! No, they will just avoid using modern forms of communication and go back to the old school ways.
     
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  9. adam_bagpuss

    adam_bagpuss Have you tried turning it off/on ?

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    last time i checked what's app wasn't encrypted ?
     
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  10. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    To be fair, the snoopers charter was written by ***** and is being voted in by ***** with no chuffing idea what a computer even does.
     
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  11. lilgoth89

    lilgoth89 Captin Calliope

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    wrong

    Computers are for downloading illegal porn so that ISIS can brainwash teenagers and turn them into Suicide bombers
     
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  12. suenstar

    suenstar Collector of Things

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    I don't really see them having huge success on banning WhatsApp, surely the market would simply get flooded very similar clones within a few weeks to replace it just to spite the government's action?

    I recall that it had a fairly extensive change with an improved end-to-end encryption sometime last year.
     
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  13. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    I use mine for downloading whole marijuana's and uploading teenagers and bullets to the IS. I thought that's what they were for.
     
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  14. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    I've always said pens are dangerous, although I'm more inclined to ban that damn paper stuff as we don't want them writing messages in their own blood or some other bodily fluid. :p

    Yea but we need to ban all porn not just the illegal stuff, normal porn is just a gateway image and inevitability leads into the hardcore stuff, from there it's one small step to the illegal porn. :eeek:

    And? These facts you speak of mean nothing to an ignorant politician, you only have to look at the proposed psychoactive substance ban to see things like very similar clones mean nothing to inept and myopic politicians.
     
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  15. Xlog

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    It was half-arsedly encrypted since 2012 and properly since 2014 for android-android communications. Iphone-android/iphone is plaintext. Its amazing how such an insecure crap (no end-to-end encrytion, requires user to use their phone number and upload entire phone book to whatsup servers) got so popular.
    German authorities even isued a statement against using WhatsApp...
     
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  16. Icy EyeG

    Icy EyeG Controlled by Eyebrow Powers™

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    I think they'll ban Telegram, RedPhone, and a bunch of other services first, if they are thinking about banning WhatsApp.
     
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  17. legoman

    legoman breaker of things

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    Screw it, im off to Bletchley Park to get an Enigma device and send hate mail to people.
     
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  18. iancowell

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    The can't seriously be thinking of even doing this. Yet again the government dictating what we can and can't do. Welcome to police state england lol
     
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  19. David

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    Yes, use an encryption system that was cracked by analogue computer 74 years ago, almost to the day. I'm sure that'll fox GCHQ and the NSA! :thumb:

    /blatant piss-take


    :p :hehe:
     
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  20. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    To make matter worse their now planning to ban certain accents. ;) :D

    Geordie accent to be banned under new data encryption laws.
    http://newsthump.com/2015/07/04/geordie-accent-to-be-banned-under-new-data-encryption-laws/
     
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