Raw cites for journalists looking for more detail: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/557862/IP_Bill_-_Draft_CD_code_of_practice.pdf … https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/557863/IP_Bill_-_Draft_Bulk_acquisition_code_of_practice.pdf … https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/557861/IP_Bill_-_Draft_EI_code_of_practice.pdf …
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@Raspberry_Pi@pimoroni Can you confirm the government has/hasn't been involved with past or future developments of your products? -
Unless they sneak in at night to raid the biscuit tin I'm going to say no. :-)
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but you will let us know if it does get raided?

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if the biscuit tin gets raided then believe me you'll know about it!
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Interestingly enough China recently put out a similar law :D
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it's like *.gov have all unanimously said "fuck what you want"
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Too bad most of them can't even configure email security right. Check out http://Whitehouse.gov for example
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maybe a failsafe for accountability
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More stuff coming soon! Once my boss checks through it :)
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@Snowden Just when you thought the mandatory Cookies Consent Law was a stupid idea, the UK just threw its whole tech industry under a busThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I will be shocked and appalled if Samsung, Apple, et al do not collectively sue the shit out of UK Gov to stop this travesty.
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Anyone else get the feeling our freedoms are all gradually being removed?
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Yep. It'll be like Steel. We only buy pre 2017 electrics!
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So pre-Act equipment/software is exempt? The Act doesn't try to backdate into existing/legacy kit (except new updates)???
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Well unless you update it can't get its way in. I don't know if they'll force an update on all. That would suck.
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One predicts a load of backdoor code-deleted ’Black Edition‘ software arriving on the torrents, hacked and shared.
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Using backdoored UTorrent to download backdoor removed UTorrent :P
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Conundrum! Stick to safe current uTorrent version to download ”f*** you“ stripped, safe uTorrent.
Simples!
#crazy
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