This doesn't sound like a barrier to bots

How? Corporate interests have fully captured the government and are systematically destroying all avenues by which they could ever be removed from power.

> “There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China,” Trump posted on September 14. “Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE!”

> “The people that say AI is going to destroy the World, and that Data Centers are bad for your neighborhood,” Trump also posted, “are Revolutionaries, but Revolutionaries for a Bad and Evil Cause.”

Pot calling the kettle black, as always.

"every accusation is a confession"

Will the pre-installed GrapheneOS phones still show up as "rooted" to things like Microsoft Authenticator?

Depends how they implement their check, but if they do it correctly it would show the bootloader as locked and detect no su binary (no root).

If they use Google SafetyNet to basically block everything non-Google-certified™ then no.

Young Johnny Appleseed

> Assuming you’re somehow running Netscape 4.51 with a clock set before E-Certify roots expired on 2003-10-16, you can use these private keys to issue certificates. This describes zero people on the planet… except for this VM I set up.

The planet has a lot of people.

Are very many of them time travellers?

No, but some are retrocomputing enthusiasts who might occasionally run vintage browsers on non-Y2K compliant systems. The cert in question has a "not before" date in 1998, and Netscape 4.51 hails from around same time.

Probably zero doing anything worth MitMing, though.

You'd be surprised.

I'm not familiar with her at all, but if it means this round is over I'll take it.

> What if armed thugs are sent in and the choice is send the message or die?

Arm yourselves. Not just one person, arm your entire staff. IMO the most appealing option in this situation is to shoot the thugs in the face. (Ha ha, you're in the UK, I know.)

This is an official government website. Your tax dollars are paying for this.

The use of slang like 'moronic' on an official government website somehow encapsulates the full state of things very succinctly.

Viva La Resistance!