We've got these in the UK already.
Digital Media dogs have been used by UK police forces for the last couple of years at least.
Posts by Dave 144
11 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Feb 2013
Australian Federal Police hiring digital evidence retrieval specialists: Being a very good boy and paws required
UK terror law reviewer calls for expanded police powers to imprison people who refuse to hand over passwords
Tuesday 30th March 2021 09:00 GMT
"allows police to demand the password for any device". Not strictly true. The S49 notice compels a suspect to provide access to the device. It may be by password or other means. This also negates the, 'I thought that was my password' defence. If it was purely a request for a password, a suspect could provide an incorrect password and still have complied with the order, hence the wording.
Please also remember, that whilst TERRORISM! is the buzzword in this article, these powers are used against paedophiles, drug dealers etc; on a more regular basis.
So... just 'Good' then? KFC pulls Finger Lickin' slogan while pandemic rumbles on
UK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contact-tracing app that probably won't work well, asks for your location, may be illegal
Microsoft Chrom... Edge hits beta as new browser prepped for biz testing
Wednesday 21st August 2019 09:47 GMT
I've never managed to get Edge browser to, well, work at being a browser. My home laptop runs Windows 10 and even though my default browser is set to Chrome, MS insist on opening the pages they want to open in Edge. Which promptly fails to load anything other than a 404 page. I call that a win.
As for the new version of Edge being based on Chrome, well I'm sure that'll be equally as awful as the old version of Edge. Chrome is mediocre browser, once Microshaft have finished with it, we'll all be downloading Netscape. The future is in the past people.
Fantastic Mr Fox? Not when he sh*ts on your lawn, kids' trampoline and your soul
Town admits 'a poor decision was made' after baseball field set on fire to 'dry' it more quickly
Mobes 'n' mattresses flinger Xiaomi growing like the clappers – outside China, at least
Thursday 21st March 2019 12:54 GMT
Redmi Note 5 Pro
I've had the Redmi Note 5 Pro for about a year. The reason I bought it was becuase I dropped my S7 Edge and the cost of an eBay screen was about the same as the Redmi.
For the money they are brilliant. I have a few minor bug bears, the touch screen is not quite as sensitive as the Samsung, the auto brightness is a little dark for my liking (there is no adjustment factor) and worst of all permissions. The pre-installed Apps require stupid levels of permission and ignore the default Apps setup on the phone. My example here is that Gallery works fine, you try and open a video, it ignores that VLC is set as the default video App and insists on using MiVideo. The downside to MiVideo? It requires 'phone' permissions to play a video. It states 'needs IMEI for security', somehow I doubt a video player needs to access my phone at all.
Even with the minor issues, I would still buy another Redmi. Maybe it's the fact I am from Yorkshire, but I just can't justify £1000+ on a device anymore. I own 4 cars and I could have bought 3 of them for the cost of latest Samsung.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
