Stu Bowes

@Ryan_Daigler And then they ask what YOUR problem is, well frankly it's them but it's a mistake to say so, just say you don't have one and walk away. They cannot take ownership of the most basic human errors everyone makes, there is always a reason or excuse.

A narcissist will literally get mad at you for catching them in a lie. 🤭

DIGITAL ID: "They hired friendly hackers to penetrate the (One Login) system, they found they could take control of the system without being detected" @AndrewOrlowski It is very worrying Govt is pushing the public into One Login - lots of company directors effectively forced, & veterans encouraged

@mannaz230 @1null1 Nodes activated!

Now imagine that was your Digital ID with access to your whole life. No thanks.

@chrislittlewoo8 This post needs a lot more eyeballs, all the important stuff is "below the fold".

🚨 The Digital ID fight is here Over 2.7 million people signed a petition saying No to Digital ID. The Government ignored them. They basically told every person that signed that petition to F Off. In its response it confirmed it will build a national Digital ID by the end of this Parliament on the foundations of One Login. Here is One Login’s security record in 2025: 
• 29 April still not compliant with government cyber standards for critical services 
• 13 May lost its trust certification when a supplier let accreditation lapse 
• March red team proved attackers could gain “privileged access” without detection, revealed mid May. What a Red Team finding means:
 A red team acts like real attackers. Their job is to prove whether defenders would notice and stop them. If they can reach privileged access without detection it means this: Someone from outside could get the master keys to the system and the defenders would not know. What privileged access allows: 
Think of One Login as the building that holds the master locks for identity. Privileged access is the master key or control panel. It lets an attacker: 
• Switch verification rules on or off 
• Mark accounts valid or invalid in bulk 
• Change entitlement flags for payments and services 
• Read copy or export large identity datasets 
• Create official accounts and roles 
• Remove logs to hide activity 
• Push software or change central configuration The real world harms: 1Mass lockouts from essential services for work benefits and health. 2Payments and pensions paused or redirected. 3Identity theft and fraud at national scale. 4Weaponised exclusion by silently changing rules. 5Ransomware that freezes hiring welfare hospitals tax and more. 6Data copied then used for blackmail and scams for years. 7Deleted logs that delay recovery and erase accountability. Why this is worse with One Login: 
It is being positioned as the primary gate for right to work benefits pensions NHS access and tax. That is a single point of failure. One compromised identity backbone with undetected privileged access is a single strike that can freeze national life. This is not modernisation. It is national sabotage. From a cyber security perspective it is one of the greatest acts of national self harm I have ever seen. Not Safe, Not Secure 
Not Now, Not Ever #NoToDigitalID

Digital ID for every adult is not progress. It is the end of a free society dressed up as convenience. I am a cyber security specialist. This is my take. They are selling it as a fix for illegal migration. That is bollocks. We spend hundreds of billions a year on cyber security and yet the volume of breaches is breaking records. The threat is growing faster than the spend. Digital ID will not stop boats. It will not stop trafficking gangs. It will not fix a broken border. 
Criminals will work around it. Honest citizens will pay the price. It builds giant data banks that track where you go, what you buy, what you read and who you speak to. 
It links your identity to every checkpoint in daily life. 
One breach and your life is exposed. Look at Jaguar Land Rover and the airports in recent weeks. Now imagine that at national scale on an ID system tied to everything you need to live your daily life. Here is the risk that ministers will not admit. 
Ransomware seeded through a supplier or an insider: 
It lies quiet for months.
It rolls through the backups.
On trigger day the register and the recovery sets are both encrypted. 
Payments fail. Health and benefits stall. Borders slow. Citizens are frozen out until a ransom is paid or the state rebuilds from scratch. 
Centralise identity and you centralise failure. Do not fall for the pitch. Function creep is certain.
It starts as login. 
It becomes access to money, travel, speech and public services. 
It turns rights into permissions controlled by the state and its contractors. 
It creates a single point of failure for criminals, insiders and hostile states to target. 
It will punish the elderly, the poor and anyone who is not always online. 
It will centralise risk and outsource blame. 
It will not stop fraud. 
It will not stop illegal migration. 
It will build the machinery for a social credit system by stealth. If ministers cared about the border, they would enforce current laws, resource patrols and processing, close loopholes and remove those with no right to stay. 
You do not need a national ID to do any of that. We scrapped ID cards in 2010 for a reason. 
Britain does not need a central register to prove age or status. 
Yes to privacy first proofs. No to a database state.

The local authorities / highways agency does not need to know who you are for a pothole to be fixed, they just need to know the exact details of where the hole is and fix it. That's down to them. They will fix it when they get to it, depending on how dangerous it is, how busy the road is and if they have the budget and resources to do it. Adding the word "super" does not improve the chances of the work being done any quicker. They really are pushing hard to sell this thing that removes personal liberties and puts everyone at risk.

Hahahaha “Super Digital ID to Report Potholes “ They must think we’re all gullible & stupid Pot holes not fixed while they charge huge fines for driving We ain’t getting Nudged Duped Lied to into this No To Digital ID

@nekomimimi Good luck! I can't find much info about this. There is one user on Stackoverflow from about 1 year ago with the same issue, but no solution. There have been lots of changes to Play Console recently, so I hope it is just a temporary issue.

@stu_bowes All the previous reports have disappeared. I’ve only been using internal testing lately. I am going to try closed or open testing to check if the reports will appear again.

Google play consoleの自動テストのリリース前レポート（Pre‑launch Report)ができない。無いと心細い。

@HeyStephenHey @SpecialEffect Shame the last bit wasn't so good. Was it a bit of a slog at the end?

@stu_bowes @SpecialEffect Thanks Stu - you were right on all counts. Apart from the penultimate two miles which I didn’t love!

The nerves are kicking in right now but I love the fact that @SpecialEffect exist- they make the world a better place and we all need a bit of that these days. If you have sponsored me already then thank you! If not then, there’s still time. #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/stephen-h…

@ajrgd @benfryc @work_louder The Hampton

@benfryc @work_louder What’s the Knob going to be called in England?

from render to reality

@MartinSLewis You've asked a question at the end that begs an opposite answer to the main question, it will confuse some people to vote yes it is a civil liberties no-no, when they mean to vote No they don't support the introduction of a digital ID card.

Today's Poll: Would you support the introduction of a digital ID card? Its possibility's being raised as part of a small boat crossings crackdown. One ID'd lets u register births, marriages, divorce, death, vote, GP appointments & access banks. Or is it a civil liberties no-no

@TimesRadio @EricIdle @GeoffNorcott Eric's not idle, he reads books; doesn't watch the news, he looks on the bright side.

“They were bombing us. I think that’s what real news is.” Monty Python star @EricIdle tells @GeoffNorcott he doesn’t “believe in” global news as it’s “on the whole made up.” #TimesRadio

What Lies Underground has been updated on the Play Store for the latest versions of Android. I've also added a couple of extra hints on the website, including how to get the elusive 'missing' achievement and 'Easter Eggs'. Enjoy!

@Gerjohn_ Congrats on another successful solar orbit! Have a good one.

Crap, another year older, also go play Sinoda

Bioluminescent coral cities under twin moons, because... why not?

DIGITAL ID: "A Government plan to track and log who we are, where we go, what we do" - @ada_akpala Whatever the excuse, a national digital ID system is a threat to everyone’s freedom, privacy, and safety - and we say no TAKE ACTION: togetherdeclaration.org/campaigns/no-t…

Digital ID: "Why would I want a system that has the ability to curtail my freedoms?" (Myra, Together Member) Digital ID is a threat to civil liberties and personal autonomy The UK already rejected ID cards in 2010 — for good reason Take action: together.eaction.org.uk/notodigitalid

Sounds like an interesting book. But on the flip side, scarcity also increases creativity and resourcefulness, you will find a solution with what you have rather than making a rash purchase for a solution that may ultimately not work out. Having limited resources also helps you identify the things that are most important to you and makes you more thankful for the things you have. Wealthy people may still make rash financial decisions, it is down to mindset, some people value their time above all, some people value money and making money above all. Some people look into the details, others are not detail oriented. Some non-detail oriented money makers can make rash decisions because they feel they can afford not to look too carefully into decisions but then end up with a sub-par solution, which then costs more time and money to fix. Typically these are people with "red" personalities in the DISC model, popularised by Thomas Erikson in Surrounded by Idiots.

Ever wonder why people with fewer resources often make worse decisions? It’s something deeper and more universal than a character flaw. That’s the argument at the heart of Scarcity by Mullainathan and Shafir.