Either way, how did a law saying you have to turn over information that is stored inside your fucking head ever get passed in Britain, anyway? Last time I checked you guys have elections, so which elected officials thought this was something worth voting for and why are their heads still attached to their necks?
That would have been the Labour government. Just one of their myriad laws they passed that slap privacy in the face. They lost the last election, and while there hasn't been massive moves to repeal those laws (the new government is Conservative after all), they did at least abolish Labour's vastly unpopular ID card scheme, which would have meant every UK citizen would have to have carried around an electronic ID card with their information on it. So that's a start.
And why the hell haven't you thrown out the stupid queen yet, while we're at it? Are you really OK with having royalty? I mean, isn't that a little bit creepy that a bunch of inbred morons get to live high on the public dole just because they happen to be related to an earlier inbred moron? If you want to be taken seriously, it might be time to set aside all that aristocracy and "House of Lords" stuff. I'd say it's "so last-century" but really it was "so last century" last century.
This is a bit off-topic, but meh. The royal family brings far more money into the country through tourism and other matters than it takes from the government's coffers, so that arrangement won't be changing any time soon. The House of Lords is a different matter, and I'd agree it's a bit outdated now. A second house is useful as it stops some of the more ridiculous legislation getting though, but there's no reason that second house should be unelected. There were promises of reforming the House of Lords, but so far promises is all they've been.
England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are countries. The United Kingdom is a sovereign state. Great Britain is an island, which the UK claims as territory.
...my account is still secure. Not all 3DS systems are the same between banks, and some of them actually do it reasonably well (though no security is ever foolproof, of course). On my account, 3DS asks me for one of the five security questions on my account, which involve various different inputs (dates, names, places, etc.). To actually log into my online acccount I need both the answer to the security questions above, a secret code (not the same as my PIN), plus the standard account details. If I want to actually do anything useful online, I have to use my bank's little security device, which takes my card in and spits out a random code so long as I enter my PIN right (think Blizzard dongle, but with Chip and PIN).
And of course, if someone manages to steal my 3DS answer in order to use my card elsewhere, they still need to find out all my other card details. Even if they found out them, they've only got a 1 in 5 chance of getting the right question they know the answer to. The system allows 3 attempts. Good luck, guys.
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...is that has to be one of the oldest Macbooks I've ever seen used in a stock photo.
Either way, how did a law saying you have to turn over information that is stored inside your fucking head ever get passed in Britain, anyway? Last time I checked you guys have elections, so which elected officials thought this was something worth voting for and why are their heads still attached to their necks?
That would have been the Labour government. Just one of their myriad laws they passed that slap privacy in the face. They lost the last election, and while there hasn't been massive moves to repeal those laws (the new government is Conservative after all), they did at least abolish Labour's vastly unpopular ID card scheme, which would have meant every UK citizen would have to have carried around an electronic ID card with their information on it. So that's a start.
And why the hell haven't you thrown out the stupid queen yet, while we're at it? Are you really OK with having royalty? I mean, isn't that a little bit creepy that a bunch of inbred morons get to live high on the public dole just because they happen to be related to an earlier inbred moron? If you want to be taken seriously, it might be time to set aside all that aristocracy and "House of Lords" stuff. I'd say it's "so last-century" but really it was "so last century" last century.
This is a bit off-topic, but meh. The royal family brings far more money into the country through tourism and other matters than it takes from the government's coffers, so that arrangement won't be changing any time soon. The House of Lords is a different matter, and I'd agree it's a bit outdated now. A second house is useful as it stops some of the more ridiculous legislation getting though, but there's no reason that second house should be unelected. There were promises of reforming the House of Lords, but so far promises is all they've been.
Is Great Britain a country?
England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are countries. The United Kingdom is a sovereign state. Great Britain is an island, which the UK claims as territory.
Decriminalise weed? This is Canada we're talking about...
...my account is still secure. Not all 3DS systems are the same between banks, and some of them actually do it reasonably well (though no security is ever foolproof, of course). On my account, 3DS asks me for one of the five security questions on my account, which involve various different inputs (dates, names, places, etc.). To actually log into my online acccount I need both the answer to the security questions above, a secret code (not the same as my PIN), plus the standard account details. If I want to actually do anything useful online, I have to use my bank's little security device, which takes my card in and spits out a random code so long as I enter my PIN right (think Blizzard dongle, but with Chip and PIN). And of course, if someone manages to steal my 3DS answer in order to use my card elsewhere, they still need to find out all my other card details. Even if they found out them, they've only got a 1 in 5 chance of getting the right question they know the answer to. The system allows 3 attempts. Good luck, guys.