The thing is, the UK are looking for anything terrorism related... Anything else is fine even if it technically violates another law and even if Border Force enforces that law. In the US they're on the look out for anything, drugs, sex, anything that can be used to hang you with.

Beyond that, anything they do needs to stand up in court and British judges don't give LEOs carte blanche in fact it's quite the opposite. There is a burden of evidence on the prosecution, the whole "I smelled liquor on his breath, I swear it" won't fly in a British court. An accusation requires evidence.

The problem in the US isn't with the written law, it's the immunity given to the enforcers. There's a saying Expats in the Philippines have, "the Philippines has an excellent legal system but a terrible justice system", this means the laws are sound as they were pretty much copied from developed countries back in the 50s and 60s but the courts and police are so corrupt that they never get applied with any kind of fairness. The US is descending into this.

Aslo having your phone searched by border force is rare, never even heard of it happening. In fact it's been years since I've even had to talk to someone whilst entering the UK, ever since they allowed Australian passports to use the E-Gates. there's been absolutely no need for me to interact with them at all and I'm usually kerbside within 30 mins of landing at Heathrow and that includes getting my luggage. You really should travel outside the US to see just how wrong the US has done air travel.

If this was in the EU, it never would have gotten this far... in fact it probably wouldn't have happened in the first place.

I wouldn't take bets on him winning in the US. Their legal system is set up to service the rich and powerful and this guy sounds like he's neither.

Economists have predicted 15 of the last 4 recession.

Regardless of what they're on about or who's paying them I'd take it with a huge grain of salt.

Technically this is a re-enlistment bonus, so they're not trying to attract new recruits but keep the ones they have... and if this is being touted as a re-enlistment bonus things must truly be dire.

And this is the real reason so many vested interests are trying to kill cash worldwide... because the banks don't get a cut of every transaction made with cash. It's not about eliminating privacy (that might be a slight benefit for some), the real reason is far more insideous... it's that the rich aren't able to profit from it.

People who listen to bad music also bad drivers. Seems there's a link between making different kinds of bad choices.

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This is the result of a society that has been addicted to easy credit to the point where they think credit is the same as money.

And what happens when every shop is doing it because it's literally not illegal?

This is exactly why this kind of behaviour is illegal in many countries and you can't sign away your statutory rights with a shrinkwrap contract.... Hell you can't even sign them away with a contract written in blood.

I don't disagree with that one iota... However normal people don't buy Windows licenses like they buy their pants, home users buy it as a package with their computer (OEM) so they won't notice the price increase where as companies pay per year for CALs and they'll notice but can't do anything about it.

With the price of RAM and Storage going up it's the perfect time for MS to raise prices and not get blamed for it.

What do you mean "nothing". This means he cant use someone else’s money to buy another tropical island where he can be protected and isolated from people like you or I when the revolution comes...

Billionaires like Larry are suffering, their valet has to walk 5 miles to get bottles of artisan water every day. You can help this, donate $30 per day to the Make a Fortune foundation and change the plight of a billionaire.

When it comes to platforms like Steam or GOG Galaxy they're a lot more than storefronts. You can almost turn it off entirely in steam and it's almost hidden by default in GOG as I've never even gone into it by accident whilst randomly clicking on shit. It's the other functionality like patching, updating, verifying and managing local files that is quite difficult to do on the web.

When buying from Steam or GOG I always use the web from a different device because I tend to treat my gaming computer as suspect (hey I know what goes on, on there) and use a secure device I don't really use for much else than buying stuff.

I've never even used the Epic store as I don't play fortnite ergo trust them about as far as I can throw their HQ which must be located on the 8th circle of hell with the other thieves and fraudsters, especially after trying to bring console-like "exclusives" to PC but this is still GOOD NEWS! he shouts like an excited James May, it means they aren't able to ignore Linux any more as a games platform. I've built a new gaming PC a few months back and it's been fine on Linux. I've dual booted with Windows 11 but I've only booted into that twice in 3 months, the first time to see if it worked and the second time to see if the same drive was missing (turned out the power had come out of the back of the drive) and the second time I realised I hadn't even installed the graphics drivers (still haven't). Linux is more than ready for gaming.

This is why I'm glad I live in a country that doesn't treat consumers like second class citizens. Amazon could just... you know... do less of whatever it is that brings class actions?

Have you seen who owns Apple?

Still doesn't invalidate his point.

Pixels are google's flagship devices, so naturally they'll have flagship prices. Fortunately, unlike the Apple cago-o-system you've a choice. If you just want a cheap, quality phone I'd suggest a Motorola as they seem to have the best cheap hardware at the moment. Other brands are available.

Replace former English colonies with former French colonies. Much of West Africa is French speaking.

I get almost no spam calls... Last one I got was to a number I use exclusively for data on overseas travel (free data roaming in 72 countries for just £10 PAYG/Prepaid so I only put money on there when I'm travelling). My main UK number gets nothing any more, it's been years since I even got a "so we's heard you was in an accident" call. So you can do something about it.

That something is punishing telcos that allow spammers/scammers to operate. It's relatively cheap to set up a VOIP/PABX setup however if you want to phone people on a phone number you still need to link to a network which means the telco's can be gate keepers and should be. They can easily spot someone making a dozen phone calls a minute and just as easily cross reference that with a legitimate business like a well known insurance company. Totally Legit Call Company PLC with one director listed in Companies House should set off a huge red alarm bell.

I'm guessing you're American... the problem you've got is that the telcos are making money off that and none of your spineless leaders have the stones to tell them to stop. It's not that they cant, it's not impossible to action against, it's just that they wont.