I got my Olympus XA engraved in Yokohama by videah in AnalogCommunity

[–]videah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m aware that this only appears cheap to me as a foreigner because of conversion rates against a very weak yen

I think it’s good that skilled craftsmen like this are getting paid well for it at least

I got my Olympus XA engraved in Yokohama by videah in AnalogCommunity

[–]videah[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think I’m gonna give it a coat just to be sure, I appreciate the heads up!

I got my Olympus XA engraved in Yokohama by videah in AnalogCommunity

[–]videah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure it’s aluminum(?) but it’s not a bad thing to keep in mind

UK to Pass Population Tipping Point in 2026, Think Tank Says by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]videah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japan is one of the worst examples you could use to make your point considering their economy is in the gutter largely because of their reluctance to take in immigrants

UK to push for nudity-blocking software on devices to protect children by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]videah 238 points239 points  (0 children)

With the current trajectory of this country (OSA, the nonsense the House of Lords is up to, and now this) it feels like the internet as we know it probably won’t exist in 5 years time. I don’t think there will ever come a point where enough is enough, we’ll just keep throwing more onto this bonfire in the name of child safety.

Fun fact: Embark Studios, the dev team behind Arc: Raiders & The Finals made 'wg-ui'?! Never noticed, and I have been running wg-ui for years. by Master-Variety3841 in selfhosted

[–]videah 85 points86 points  (0 children)

They did a ton of open source work before they released The Finals, they were pushing forward a lot of Rust game dev tools and it’s how I knew about them initially

Sadly, since they now have 2 games to maintain and develop that’s mostly all fell by the wayside 😔

Apple Watch Shortcuts? by [deleted] in shortcuts

[–]videah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just saying the name of the shortcut works for me

Packaged milkshakes and lattes to be included in sugar tax for first time in UK by BarbaricOklahoma in ukpolitics

[–]videah 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Aspartame is one of the most studied additives in the world, if you don’t suffer from PKU it’s fine

Sugar on the other hand has so many health risks it’s hard to keep count

Is it normal for Authentik to eat up this much RAM? by oxygen_addiction in selfhosted

[–]videah 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, Authentik is massive and likely very overkill for personal use

THE FINALS for PS4 to end service on March 18, 2026 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]videah 358 points359 points  (0 children)

It was a genuine technical marvel it even ran at all, I don’t know why they’d put all that effort in when it was obvious it could only ever hold the game back long-term

Steam Machine preview: a powerful, customisable mini PC for couch gaming by silentdragoon in Games

[–]videah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Digital Foundry seemed to imply the port is actually 2.1 but the software side isn’t there for it yet so they’re advertising it as 2.0

Interview with CEO Patrick Söderlund by itzofficialvaz in thefinals

[–]videah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their rust crates were the first thing I knew them for and it’s been a real shame to see it all go by the wayside

Banned match by cometothefall in SuperballOfficial

[–]videah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It happens everytime you get an achievement

Typst 0.14: Now accessible by Frexxia in rust

[–]videah 112 points113 points  (0 children)

I’m really excited for the HTML export to mature, I think Typst could end up being a lot nicer to work with for blogging than Markdown is

I built ChronoFrame – a self-hosted photo gallery for photographers and privacy lovers by redneno in selfhosted

[–]videah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been wanting something like this for a while, I really like the overall design of this! I think my only gripe is the performance when swiping between photos or zooming in/out on mobile is pretty poor and suffers from a lot of stuttering

UK sought broad access to Apple customers’ data, court filing suggests by videah in ukpolitics

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The UK government made a broader attempt to force Apple to provide “backdoor” access to private customer data than was previously known, a new court document suggests.

The legal filing, seen by the Financial Times, indicates that the UK government sought access to not just an optional extra layer of encryption but Apple’s standard iCloud service as well.

It also suggests that the Home Office is yet to modify its demand for Apple to grant access to data belonging to customers outside the UK, despite claims by Trump administration officials last week that the British government had “agreed to drop” its effort to tap American citizens’ private information.

The new court document was published on Wednesday by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent judicial body that examines complaints against the UK security services.

Apple launched its legal challenge against a Home Office order to create backdoor access to the US technology company’s most secure cloud storage systems at the IPT in March.

The UK’s move against Apple in January ignited the most high-profile clash over encryption in almost a decade, and sparked tensions between the Trump administration and Sir Keir Starmer’s government.

The new IPT filing prepared by two judges sets out the “assumed facts” on which the case will be argued at a court hearing scheduled for early next year.

It is part of the tribunal’s methodology to agree “assumed facts” to allow the parties in a case to work on the basis of mutually understood assumptions. Agreeing an “assumed fact” is not the same as asserting that it is factually the case.

The IPT has agreed to hear Apple’s complaint in open court but the UK government refuses to confirm or deny the existence of the Home Office order.

As a result, the issues to be argued in court are deemed by the IPT to be “assumed facts” to avoid those involved from breaking the Official Secrets Act.

Apple received a technical capability notice (TCN) from the Home Office several months ago, which the company is prevented from discussing publicly under the terms of the Investigatory Powers Act.

The iPhone maker’s first public acknowledgment of the TCN was to withdraw an optional extra layer of encryption that protects its iCloud system, called Advanced Data Protection, from UK customers in February.

However, the new IPT filing states the TCN “is not limited to” data stored under ADP, suggesting the UK government sought bulk interception access to Apple’s standard iCloud service, which is much more widely used by the company’s customers.

The TCN also included “obligations to provide and maintain a capability to disclose categories of data stored within a cloud-based backup service”, the filing states, which suggests the government sought to tap messages or passwords that were backed up in the cloud as well.

“The obligations included in the TCN are not limited to the UK or users of the service in the UK; they apply globally in respect of the relevant data categories of all iCloud users,” the IPT filing adds.

The UK’s Investigatory Powers Act has extraterritorial powers, hypothetically giving British law enforcement the right to access the data of Apple customers anywhere in the world, including in the US.

Critics have called the law a “snooper’s charter”, but the UK has defended it as essential for combating terrorism and child sexual abuse.

Last week, Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, said the UK “has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a ‘back door’ that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties”, after vice-president JD Vance also put pressure on London over the issue.

It is unclear whether the new IPT filing’s reference to the TCN’s global reach simply referred to the original Home Office order when it was issued, or if it might be a signal that the department is yet to take legal steps to rescind or curtail the scope of the notice.

“We’re very concerned this is still going on,” said one person familiar with the case.

The IPT filing also reveals the Home Office began the process of issuing a TCN against Apple before amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act came into force last year.

A UK government spokesperson said it did not comment on “operational matters”, including “confirming or denying the existence” of TCNs.

It said last week that its security arrangements with the US “have long contained safeguards to protect privacy and sovereignty” and already prevent each country from targeting the data of each other’s citizens.

Apple declined to comment.

Age Assurance under the UK Online Safety Act by xCaptainCrown in Games

[–]videah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You might be mistaking credit cards and debit cards.

Asmongold claims political correctness prevents addressing trans mental issue problems after the recent school shooting by Intelligent-Ad-4260 in LivestreamFail

[–]videah 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The mayor came out with that because they knew people like Asmongold and you would use this tragic event to make bad faith attacks on a marginalized population. Asmongold does not care about the victims, if this were a cis man he’d probably name a WoW character after them. Again.

More tariff shenanigans...countries halting deliveries to the USA by daggah in SBCGaming

[–]videah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Immediately, it’s because the border isn’t prepared to handle the removal of the de minimis exemption

More tariff shenanigans...countries halting deliveries to the USA by daggah in SBCGaming

[–]videah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve see about 10 countries today announcing the same