Preparedness for when

moneyistooshorttomention

Frugalsod wrote: »

If you are really paranoid this is the most secure phone out there.

https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/devices/

£648 but everything is encrypted. This is the phone governments are afraid off because the encryption is not held at a central server and so suppliers cannot be strong armed into handing over the unencrypted data.

Personally I am not really that concerned plus I turn off all location tracking and if my phone was ever hacked it has nothing of interest on it.

It's that "silent" that the link didn't work - and I typed in https://www.silentcircle.com and got the same response (ie a big fat zero at getting through to the website).

<looks round/whispers> - "You don't think THEY are reading this thread do you?":eek::wall:

thriftwizard

Well, the link worked for me! Maybe it's just you THEY're afraid of, MTSTM...

Frugalsod

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It's that "silent" that the link didn't work - and I typed in https://www.silentcircle.com and got the same response (ie a big fat zero at getting through to the website).

<looks round/whispers> - "You don't think THEY are reading this thread do you?":eek::wall:

Both links worked for me.

moneyistooshorttomention

thriftwizard wrote: »

Well, the link worked for me! Maybe it's just you THEY're afraid of, MTSTM...

:rotfl:Just tried both links again. Same again = that webpage that goes "This page cant be displayed".

Hmmmm...:think:

EDIT; Ah-ha. Tried my other browser and it worked on that one. It obviously doesn't like my normal browser.

nuatha

GreyQueen wrote: »

:rotfl:I've had to do that thing where you try to fold a starfished and protesting cat into a toploading basket. Oh the joy..... when the parental cats go to the vet every August for their jabs, it has to be done like a covert military operation to catch the beggars.

One of our three permanents is in danger of being kicked out of cathood - I open the carrier and she walks in and sits down, the others are far more natural

Frugalsod wrote: »

Personally I am not really that concerned plus I turn off all location tracking and if my phone was ever hacked it has nothing of interest on it.

If your phone is switched on its location is tracked. (though less accurately than GPS may do)

Frugalsod

nuatha wrote: »

If your phone is switched on its location is tracked. (though less accurately than GPS may do)

If they were ever to sit and watch the location on my phone it would be tediously dull. While mass surveillance is a problem the fact is that when the next crisis hits there will be far too many of us upset at how things have been run to watch us all or even try and control us. I expect at some time there will be helicopter escapes of our leaders to avoid the lynching they expect and deserve.

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I'd much rather they forgot us altogether.....would that be OK?

[Deleted User]

Frugalsod wrote: »

Making it subscription would suit Sky even more because they already have a significant share of the TV revenues

It would also suit me, and all the other people who, don't currently have a licence, because, like me, they don't watch TV.

and subscriptions would only increase that abuse.

What abuse?

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jk0 wrote: »

What do you do when Buggalugs needs to visit the vet?

She travels on the passenger seat of the car, or on my passenger's lap, if I happen to have a passenger.

The one and only time, one of our a cat travelled in a box, was when the first one was being spayed.

At the time, we had no car, and had to travel by bus.

jk0

mardatha wrote: »

Anybody else here with RBS? seems to be a problem with digital banking, won't let me log in. This is the day my monthly money goes in too... gawd they better not have crashed with my pension ... I'm going up to take it out anyway at 9.

It's awful, isn't it, that we have this sort of conversation every month?

Is it still the law that you are able to request your pay in actual pound notes in a pay packet?