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  • People in the USA do have more rights than people here on Airstip One.

    Though we are both under the big black boot of government friendly fascism.

    Since October 2007, we have had Section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 or RIPA.

    We cannot refuse to give up a password or access to an encrypted device.

    Section 53 of RIPA makes it a criminal offence to not comply with a Section 49 notice, carrying a sentence of up to two years in prison, and up to five years in cases involving national security, terrorism or child indecency.

    We have no Fifth Amendment covering self-incrimination laws to protect us from over zealous police and state.

    Who in society is going to argue against laws that are sold to us to protect our children?

    I am an old retired psychotherapist. I remember the introduction of the CRB (criminal records bureau) check, here on Airstrip one in the early 2000’s. Now called a DBS check.

    The CRB scanned the Police National Computer for any criminal offences that you had committed, this also included juvenile, aged under 17 offences. Which empowered all employers to use the CRB checks to get rid of staff and refuse to employ certain people. Discrimination was rife.

    You were now judged, not on your competence to do your job, but whether you had a criminal record.

    I would not have minded so much if they solely searched for any offence that were linked to child abuse, terrorism or national security, but they provided your entire life criminal offences.

    My enhanced CRB check showed that I had gotten fined £3 for riding my bicycle on a pavement in the mid 60’s when I was 11 years old. My mum had to pay. My dad earned about £10 per week as a lorry driver.

    What a danger to society I was! An employer could refuse to employ me just because of that little bit of information.

    Sold to the UK population as a means to protect our children from sexual predators. Of course no one complained.

    Yet, forward just a few years and you needed a CRB check to work at:

    The airport, the local supermarket, as a gardener in a school, as a handyman sweeping the car park of the local doctors practice.

    you needed to have a CRB check if you came within 100M of a child or vulnerable adult.

    Even University students now have to have a CRB checks if they are on a psychology, counselling or psychotherapy course, because they may come into contact with children and or vulnerable adults.

    This is the slow creep of government policies expanding, with no oversight, sold to us under the guise that they are protecting children and vulnerable adults.

    fear is a great driver for change. scare someone enough and they will give up their granny.

    I think this is also linked to Airstrip One’s governments, continually attempting to remove all encryption from devices by using child protection as a reason







  • I only use Lineage and have done so for years without any problems since CyanogenMod 10.1.

    Do remember that it is the choice of the developers to use google services and nothing to do with google.

    When you say “Le Chat”, do you mean Mistral AI assistant/chatbot? Its probably stopped working since GPT‑5.

    Currently it is not possible to run “Le Chat” ai on a phone without google,

    Again its the devopers choice. They could develop a non-google Le Chat.

    who on earth needs a chatbot on a phone?

    I have never have any problems finding open source alternative apps.

    MAPS: Comaps, Organic Maps and MagicEarth, all provide Turn by Turn navigation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn-by-turn_navigation

    I dont use any Banking Apps. Why do you need a banking app? I login to my bank in the comfort and safety of my home.

    Lineage:

    https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

    If you must use google try E/OS. It Uses MicroG and works very well.

    microG is a FLOSS implementation of Google play services

    https://doc.e.foundation/


  • Hello Leax

    I did recommend them.

    However, I am very biased because I did a lot of training there in the late 90’s.

    I have always found that therapists trained at the Metanioa Institute to be a little more exacting in their approach to therapy.

    I have a look at their training process.

    One of the original founders of the Metanoia Institute was Petruska Clarkson. unfortunately she passed away in 2006. I first met her on a training day where she was teaching protective identification.

    she has written many fabulous books about Transactional Analysis and Gestalt.