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Delayed Deposit of UK Gov. Pension to Wise Account
I have my UK Gov. pension and private pensions paid directly to my Wise account in the UK. Until this year the money from all pensions would be deposited in my Wise account a few minutes before, or after, 8.30am on the due dates. My private pensions continue to be received at this time while, in January and February 2025 the money from UK gov. pension has failed to be deposited until several hours later in the day. I contacted UK work and pensions, by phone, when the payment did not arrive on time in January as usual. They assured me that they have changed nothing regarding the payment system and that the payments are prepared around 10 days prior to the due date for deposit. Have any other UK government pension recipients, on the forum, had any similar issues with later arrival of UK pension payments, direct to Wise, since the start of the new year 2025? Thanks, Prem -
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Being successful is all about state of mind.
So you became friends with successful people? In Thailand? Climbed the latter from a drunk on the barstool to successfully socializing with the rich? That's impressive 👏 Congratulations -
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UK Pressures Apple for Access to Encrypted User Data
The point is to remove or alter the encryption in some way so that it's no longer effective. One simple way to do this is key sharing, your phone or computer or whatever will use an encryption key - this is just a big random number which is then encrypted by another key that's generated based on a password you enter. So now there's 2 keys - one generated from the password and then the real key which is encrypted and can only be accessed if the correct password is provided. The actual key should be stored and remain on your device and never leave it and that's what they tell you at Apple, etc. What they want is a way to get hold of the encrypted key on the device, in order to do that Apple would need to keep a copy of this secret key and then provide it on demand to 'the government' to keep you safe. So effectively they're demanding that Apple hold in escrow everyones keys - for everyone all around the world, just in case they need it to make their job a little easier. Apple will be outraged by this, the British Government are well known for mission creep especially when it comes to spying on peoples data. At one point even local council officials had the authority to access all your data due to badly written laws. Also GCHQ have been known to sub contract for Americans as the US isn't allowed to spy on its own citizens without warrants but the UK doesn't care - so they just paid the UK to do it for them - and a law like this provides exactly what they need to access anything and Apple are not playing ball here. This isn't new, they've been attempting varying levels of this type of thing for decades and it goes back to the 'clipper chip' in the US where Clinton decided it would be good idea for everyone in the US to provide the government with backdoor access to all encrypted data whenever they wanted it - that failed. This should fail like all other attempts that came before it but who knows, this current PM seems very authoritarian and they have a large majority with the Labour party kicking MPs out of the party when they don't vote as instructed by their whips! It will backfire in a spectacular manner though. -
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Bars in Thailand Set to Close This Week for Buddhist Holiday
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Being successful is all about state of mind.
What a sad, spiteful and unwarranted post! -
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Being successful is all about state of mind.
Oh, Bobert, you old scamp! Of course, you love it when I reply, you live for the sh*tz and giggles, don’t you? It’s the closest thing to real human connection you ever get these days in your rubber room. A little back-and-forth, a bit of playful jousting, all while you sip your lukewarm Leo and pretend you’re too above it all to care. And this “I don’t know who Bob is” routine; mate, you’ve been running this tired gag longer than you’ve been running from ladyboy panty stains. The only person in this thread who doesn’t know who Bob is… is Bob himself, lost in yet another one of his ever-evolving, self-reinvention delusions. But don’t worry, Bobby The Laggard, I’ll always be here to keep you grounded in reality, somebody’s got to do it innit mate.- 1
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