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Apple is stepping up its fight with the British government over a demand to create a “back door” in its most secure cloud storage systems, by filing a legal complaint that it hopes will overturn the order.

The iPhone maker has made its appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an independent judicial body that examines complaints against the UK security services, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Silicon Valley company’s legal challenge is believed to be the first time that provisions in the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act allowing UK authorities to break encryption have been tested before the court. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal will consider whether the UK’s notice to Apple was lawful and, if not, could order it to be quashed.

The case could be heard as soon as this month, although it is unclear whether there will be any public disclosure of the hearing. The government is likely to argue the case should be restricted on national security grounds.

I was going to post this ages ago and then I lost the article and forgot what it was. I’ve just discovered I still had the tab open, so here we are.

Enfield based duo Oliver Paterson and Phoenix Ross have landed a place in the Guinness World Records after creating the biggest scotch egg known to man.

The north Londoners created the massive 7.81kg snack by using an ostrich egg from Scotland (which took 90 minutes to boil), alongside 22lbs of sausage meat, before being dredged in semolina and panko breadcrumbs. In order for the record to be completed, the scotch egg had to be successfully cut open with the yolk still intact.

Ideas on a postcard.

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/32235374

Here we go…!

The digestive biscuits were originally intended to be eaten with the chocolate side facing down.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/28713031

Paywall? archive.is/NicVP

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/32901604

The restrictions also mean that disabled people can’t get a bus for free after 11 pm, because we don’t have social lives or jobs…

Project organisers now hope the bronze sculpture will be in place within a few months.

Devices will vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds at 3pm, with message confirming alert is a test