2026-07-31 06:08 UTC
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@Fishd@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 08:06
@Joobidube@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk Going to be a Danny Downer here but can anyone point to a time when a 38degrees petition actually came to anything? I appreciate that they have a page of "successful campaigns" but a lot of them appear to be claiming victory when it appears the other side just changed their mind and decided to do something else instead. (I really doubt a campaign with 174 signatures led to meaningful change). I think the government is well aware that the ease of signing an online petition makes it worthless. Even the parliamentary ones. There is a way to show government how much you care about a cause and that is physical protest. The Suffragettes, the Kinder Tresspass, the Miners Strikes, and so on. 38degrees seems like a great idea but honestly, at this point it feels like it's part of the problem. Complete a few petitions and they have built a database of U.K. citizens with a set of grievances... I can imagine it being relatively easy for the police to get a court order to seize that database and you've just done their job for them.
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@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk 2026-07-31 07:46
@Joobidube@mastodon.social signed & boosted
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@2k115@mastodon.social 2026-07-31 09:26
@Joobidube@mastodon.social Mass facial recognition is expanding across the UK in public spaces and retail stores without clear legislation—effectively turning citizens' faces into barcodes. The lack of strict legal frameworks and consent transforms everyday spaces into biometric surveillance zones. Civil rights groups are demanding an immediate halt to unregulated scanning. Sign the petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-scanning-us-all-with-facial-recognition #Privacy #Biometrics #FacialRecognition #DigitalRights #SurveillanceState