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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/14/silly_police_infosec_parental_advice_poster/
The UK's National Crime Agency has publicly distanced itself from a poster urging parents to call police if their child has installed Kali Linux, Tor or – brace yourself – Discord.
Issued by the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (WMROCU) via local area councils, the poster in question lists a slack handful of common infosec tools – as well as some that clearly have nothing to do with computer security.
Should your child install Kali Linux, virtual machines (the image on the poster looks like Virtualbox) or internet privacy tool Tor, West Midlands Police wants to know immediately. And if – Heaven forfend – your sprog installs Metasploit to learn how to secure code, uses free chat service for gamers Discord, or gets a Wi-Fi Pineapple for research, you may as well report straight to your nearest prison and abandon your tainted offspring forever.
Here is a link to the poster in question.
(Score: 5, Touché) by turgid on Saturday February 15 2020, @12:53PM (10 children)
Our Government for the People [theguardian.com] wants to give Ofcom the power to monitor and regulate what we put on the Internet [independent.co.uk] which is a bit scary given that we have no written constitution and no legal right to free speech, Oh, and they also want to end the independence of the Judiciary [theguardian.com]. We can't have pesky checks and balances to keep our politicians on the straight and narrow now, can we?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 15 2020, @01:02PM (6 children)
It is written, it's not a single document.
Wrong [loc.gov]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by turgid on Saturday February 15 2020, @01:07PM (3 children)
Thanks. So I'm legally not allowed to heckle a Nazi. Great...
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 15 2020, @02:11PM (2 children)
Probably classed as a "non-crime hate incident" now. You are allowed to heckle "a Nazi", you are not permitted to harass people or cause public order offences. It'd also be a good idea to make sure you're reserving the "Nazi" label for National Socialists because slander is a civil tort.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Saturday February 15 2020, @02:38PM (1 child)
Nazi, fascist.. you say "tomato" I say "tomato."
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 15 2020, @04:50PM
And yet, you consistently rail against freedom, including freedom of speech. Why is that? Are you /sure/ you're not a Nazi?
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 15 2020, @06:01PM (1 child)
Well, they did under the European Commission on Human Rights, but then they Brexited. Best be careful what you say, Royal Subject, or the Queen or Her Primal Minister may lock you in the Tower.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 15 2020, @08:52PM
The Council of Europe is not the EU.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday February 15 2020, @03:34PM (2 children)
We can't have pesky checks and balances to keep our politicians on the straight and narrow now, can we?
Well, if the voters can't be bothered to do basic background checks on the people they elect and reelect, why should the judge stick his neck out? Just go with the flow and collect a nice pension.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by turgid on Saturday February 15 2020, @04:14PM (1 child)
So judges shouldn't be there to see that justice is done? I see.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Saturday February 15 2020, @04:58PM
*sigh* no, you don't see, maybe you don't want to, that's not what I said... The judges are being frustrated by people who don't care enough to see a ruling enforced. They can't do their job without public support.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..