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He was an MP so until such time as he is found to be a dishonest person he should be believed.

So over 30 years ago then

Loved this and Kees Moeliker has quite a unique Ig Nobel Prize there also.

Regardless of whether or not Johnson has really lost the passcode, surely this should be the prompt for banning government communications via WhatsApp (and any equivalent that isn't formally approved, backed up, etc).

But actually they're more likely to use it as another argument for their stupid ban on end-to-end encryption.

Listen to a podcast and apparently Blair didn't have a mobile while in power and never sent an email.

How nuts is that?

News Agents? I love that podcast so much. Highlight of the day when it comes out. Also stunned to learn that.

I can't believe there isn't a WhatsApp backup somewhere. Or that this isn't a state supplied device (most politicians are cheap and want the freebies.) My tech dept at work can unlock my iPhone. Pretty sure it can be opened easily. The solicitors really do just need to hand the device over as requested. Then leave it to others to sort access.

Edit. I only got my first email address in 1998 at uni. Email and mobile devices just weren't common then. Smartphones weren't even a concept.

My tech dept at work can unlock my iPhone.

That's interesting to know.
Needless to say I am curious as to how.

My work iPhone from a previous job had the corporate IT policy installed, so they were able to unlock it if they wanted to, they could do a whole load of other bits.

But they wouldn't have been able to unlock my personal iPhone since that didn't have the corporate/enterprise security stuff installed and managed by that employer.

I think it is probably the same for my work Samsung, (every time I switch it on it reminds me that it is being managed by my employer) although if IT are fiddling with it they'll generally ask me for the code - my guess is that's probably a quicker way of accessing it than the alternatives.

I'm now just picturing the whole of GCHQ standing around a terrorist's mobile phone, shrugging and saying "We asked them for the pin, but they said no. I'm out of ideas"

Well now they are saying the government have confirmed the pin code so they must have controlled the damn thing in the first place and standard corporate overlay security /process would give them access anyway.

All those IT lessons Jennifer Acuri gave Johnson have clearly gone to waste.

The WHO announce aspartame could cause cancer.

I try not to drink fizzy drinks but water is not always what I want to drink. Since the sugar tax there seems to be zero incentive to provide a better alternative drinks crammed with fructose, aspartame and acesulfame

I miss coke life.

You could have a beer instead. Not sweetened, does cause cancer and a load of other stuff. Maybe an alcohol free* beer?

This is why I pay the sugar tax.

Or drink fizzy water

These are nice and probably won't give you cancer

https://drinkhippop.com/collections/gut-lovin-sodas

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I can't stand the taste of artificial sweeteners, I don't understand how you drink it instead of sugar. Normal pop is fine just don't drink it by the bucket full.

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Just to help it be put into perspective!

I know tiktok is annoying to view if you don’t have the app, sorry.

Also edit, meant to reply to lightedd

The only time I have a full fat coke is after an open water swim. Maybe apocryphal/placebo but I haven't had any dodgy stomach issues after doing so, and the one time I did get a dodgy gut was when I forgot.

Far too sweet for me otherwise.

As mentioned up there ^^^ somewhere, alcohol has a definite link to cancer but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I smoked heavily for 12 years so I'm probably on borrowed time anyway.

Same. Almost all of them taste shit to me with the exception of Pepsi Max which I used to drink a lot of (before basically stopping bottled fizzy drinks - fuck you, plastic).

I'm drinking too much beer though so I might need to look at getting some lime cordial or something coz plain water ain't cutting it.

The upper safe limit is 17 cans a day for a man and the evidence is weak

BBC News - Aspartame advice unchanged despite cancer question
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66180986

"possible carcinogen" but it remains safe to consume at the existing daily intake guidelines

Isn't this what they've known about it for years? Everything is a fucking carcinogen.

An interesting read on the BBC website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-81749d7c-d0a0-48d0-bb11-eaab6f1e6556

I don't know if it causes cancer or not, but I've been avoiding it for years because it gives me terrible headaches