"I can understand the cautiousness from a business point of view but they’ve also got to be aware of diversity and people being different. They should not make assumptions on visible differences.

Isn’t that exactly what the law forces though? To somehow decide based on looks alone who should be in which toilet?

The thing is, everyone needs to be ready for this happening again. Sure we should continue trading with the US and be partners (If they fix all their issues, including funding a genocide), but we shouldn’t be put in a place again where we are reliant on any single country for trade or resources. Same goes for Russia. We should for sure strive to have friendly relations with them in the future, but we can’t be in a position where we would freeze to death without their oil.

Next time a new Trump comes into power, we should be able to cut off the US without it crippling us.

Can we just ban animal agriculture already. It’s virtually all torture.

I say, give them independence. Cut them off from the grid, water, sewage. Add border checks requiring visas if they want to enter the rest of the country. Treat them how you would treat any other country, with the influence of 300 people. See how long they last.

As a nice gesture, let them have another referendum to see if they want to rejoin.

What’s the point in battery powered trains? They will be a lot heavier and more expensive (per train) than electric trains that are connected to the grid through over track cables, which we already have in a lot of places.

I get it’s likely faster to get going, since you don’t need as much infrastructure. But it really seems like a short term solution.

I didn’t know what “Night of broken glass” referred to, and I thought you were saying we should be targeting Jews instead of trans people 😅

Yeah I didn’t think a regulated Building Society would pull some crazy shit like this. It would be extremely unbelievable. So I wasn’t worried really. But I just like to understand what I’m signing and make sure it’s all reasonable.

Thanks for your input!

People voted for Trump and far right parties all over the world. They also voted against doing anything about climate change. People suck.

Thank you! That was so confusing!!!

Well, I can also give my younger brother my ID to sign up to a site he shouldn’t be allowed to. It’s not perfect either. The advantage of this method, is that my digital ID that generates the certs can require authentication (e.g. a pin, or biometric) and sign a single cert which is valid for a single instance (this minute of this day) for a single site. It’s still anonymous, since this can be signed client side, but it can’t be abused.

If someone maliciously leaks their own certificate, and people start using third party software to sign stuff, that’s pretty dangerous, as your cert can be used to sign stuff with your ID attached as well if you want, meaning people could impersonate you for a lot of things, so you’d be pretty dumb to do that, and should report to the police that your ID has been compromised and get a new one issued.

Agreed this way is bad, but there can be a safe way of doing it. Basically, your digital ID has a way of signing that you are over 18 without giving any details. Estonia’s digital ID can do this. Imagine your digital ID has a way to sign documents with your age, but no other information. That way sites can know you’re over 18, without knowing your name, and the government doesn’t know what site you’re signing up to.

A less technical example of how this could work for the sake of explanation: You ask the government for a piece of paper that says you’re over 18. They don’t ask why you need it. All it has is a government stamp on it, saying you’re over 18. You give that piece of paper to someone trying to verify you’re over 18. They now know nothing about you other than that you’re over 18, and the government knows nothing about your activity other than that you want to prove your age for some reason.

Kids can still just use a VPN to get around this, but at least it doesn’t compromise the security of adults.