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CookieJarObserver , in Revealed: undercover UK police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship

This sounds more like intelligence agency than police…

lud ,

As the article states it was a police officer from the “Avon and Somerset police” and not any special intelligence agency.

CookieJarObserver ,

Articles say much when the day is long…

wahming ,

Regardless of agency or police, the important bit is he left the job 9 years ago. And they let him keep using the identity for 7 years after that.

CookieJarObserver ,

I mean when the real identity is known by people that do not like him too much it could also be like whiteness protection program…

rebul , in Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected

We just need to learn where the data is stored, then figure out how to wipe it.

zzzzzz ,

I don’t know if that’ll help. Most cars are internet-connected nowadays. They can just stream the data back home.

SaltySalamander ,
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Most cars are internet-connected nowadays

So there's a sim card somewhere. Find it, remove it.

rebul ,

Yeah, there will be YouTube videos showing how to remove/dismantle.

coco ,

Doh !!! Ima gunna hold their beeer while they re doing this shit

Sendbeer , in Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected

Spokesman Brian Weiss said that for safety reasons the group “has concerns” about letting customers completely opt out.

God, what ass holes.

omgarm , in US to cancel Alaska oil, gas leases issued under Trump

But what about the money! Why won’t anyone think of the money!

HobbitFoot ,

Honestly, a lot of those leases weren’t being used.

ZMonster ,
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A few were invested in at the start but everyone quickly realized it was going nowhere. The regulatory agency tried to set up a few things to help but it was always going nowhere. IIRC, two of the organizations that filed were trying to get refunded and were threatening litigation.

affiliate ,

i will be keeping the money in my thoughts and prayers

Spot , in Revealed: undercover UK police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship
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Wow! That poor kid! Poor woman too but I can’t imagine that kid learning all this and some imaginary person is on his birth certificate!? Trust issues forever. Fucking wow. Can anyone put a fictitious person down on a birth certificate? Can you do that for both parents? Does this get him out of child support? I have sooo many more questions.

Eheran ,

Learning “all this”? That the father has a different name and job? Is that even relevant to their relationship? It has been 19 years. You can blame him for not telling her in the first months, after his undercover thing was over. After that he just rolled with it. That is it. Zero trust issues.

FlowVoid ,

I agree. Your name is the least important part of your identity.

If my spouse told me that she actually had a different name on her birth certificate then I wouldn’t bat an eye. In fact, I would probably continue using the “fake” name, because why not.

FlowVoid ,

No, it does not get you out of child support. Just as taking your spouse’s last name does not get you out of debt.

quindraco , in Mark Meadows, all remaining defendants plead not guilty in Georgia election case

What the article doesn’t mention is that this was a foregone conclusion. I don’t think it’s even legal to plead guilty this early in the process, but if it is, it’s absolutely unheard of. You can view these not guilty pleas as procedural.

Fredselfish ,
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Totally legal to come out a plea guilty. They just to big of cowards to face consequences. Instead they rather double down.

quindraco ,
Jaysyn , in US to cancel Alaska oil, gas leases issued under Trump
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Good. Nearly everything that admin had done needs to be rolled back.

gregorum , in Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment

In the last state that tried this, it failed. From my understanding, he must first be found guilty of having committed a crime which disqualifies him. No matter how obviously guilty he is, this seems like a necessary first step, although IANAL.

Moobythegoldensock ,

The amendment was instituted in the wake of the Civil War, and was used several times against members of the Confederacy who never had a trial or conviction.

gregorum ,

This, however, is not a time of war. The legal standards, therefore, might be different. 

Moobythegoldensock ,

It wasn’t a time of war after the Civil War ended, either.

gregorum ,

My point is that a lot has changed since then regarding legal precedences and procedure.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

You meant that when you said ‘this is not a time of war’?

I never would have guessed.

Spamdump ,

What does you liking anal have anything to do with it 😜

brihuang95 , in Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected
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Will there be FOSS alternatives for car software at some point lol

blazera , in US to cancel Alaska oil, gas leases issued under Trump
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The final days were upon us. The fabric of the climate had begun to fray, its lands fracked by oil and gas.

Godnroc , in Revealed: undercover UK police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship

Now that is commitment to the bit.

FlowVoid ,

I’m not sure it was a bit.

He wasn’t investigating her. If you are an undercover agent and meet someone new - off duty and unrelated to work - are you allowed to tell them your real name?

If not, if a single person is forced to choose between no intimate relationships and relationships only under a pseudonym, then the latter is the predictable choice.

fred-kowalski ,

I think the ethical choices are not what you laid out. In this case choose between relationship and job. People do it all the time.

FlowVoid ,

Or choose both. You may consider that unethical, but that doesn’t mean it was insincere. People do unethical things all the time with sincere motivations.

ARainyDayInSunnyCA ,

Sincerity is a poor defense of bad behavior.

FlowVoid ,

I’m not necessarily defending it, I’m pointing out that his commitment to her was quite possibly sincere and not a “bit”.

girlfreddy ,

Lying and manipulation are not evidence of commitment to anyone but but his own selfish desires.

To argue the opposite is ingenuine at best.

FlowVoid ,

Being in a relationship with someone for 10+ years and raising a child with that person is strong evidence of commitment. Lying about one’s birth name is not enough to prove otherwise.

Eheran ,

Noooonooonooo, He once did something… Let’s say unwise, so naturally after 17 years it is all a pure lie! Some people really need to go out and touch grass. So disconnected form reality.

_haha_oh_wow_ , in Russia covers nuclear bombers with tyres
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Less visible? lol...

theodewere , in Russia covers nuclear bombers with tyres
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most likely explanation: somebody's uncle owns a tire factory and is a good salesman.. or even more likely, somebody stole a bunch of military tires from the Army, and then sold them to the Air Force as an effective "drone deterrent"..

foggy , in Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected

My god the future is lame as fuck.

MindSkipperBro12 ,

Atleast something cool was happening in, say, the 40’s to make it interesting.

rockSlayer , in US to cancel Alaska oil, gas leases issued under Trump

Good. I can’t wait to watch megacorporations seethe

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