FOR WHAT ITS WORTH

[Sandra]

Gas supplies are 'concerningly low' and UK narrowly avoided POWER CUTS amid fears Labour's Net Zero will put the lights out during -20C cold snap

The icy weather over the last few days has seen demand for gas-fired power station balloon, with energy firm Centrica saying Britain could run out of gas reserves in days.

[Sandra]

Remote-controlled sex toys can be taken over by malicious third parties to cause physical and psychological harm, new Government research warns

Remote-controlled sex toys with Bluetooth connectivity could be attacked or intercepted by malicious third parties, new research says.

The combination of sex toys and technologies have multiple vulnerabilities, which demonstrate 'clear capacity to inflict physical and psychological harm on to unknowing consumers', according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology says.

Vulnerabilities include the Bluetooth connectivity that links the device with a companion app, it adds.

'Key technical vulnerabilities include their BLE (Bluetooth low energy) connectivity that links a companion app with the smart device.

'Often these connections are not encrypted, thereby rendering them more vulnerable to attack and/or interceptions from malicious third parties.'

Harm could be caused as the disclosure of sensitive personal information such as names, sexual or gender orientation, lists of sexual partners, information about device usage, or intimate photos and video, could be accessible via the apps that control the devices, the research highlights. 

Cyberattacks could also cause physical harm, such as overheating the device.


It says: 'Future concerns about sexnology increasingly revolve around the capabilities of VR and AI powered sex robots that come with cameras, microphones, and AI voice analysis, all of which will need to be safeguarded against both physical and potential psychological harms.'

Connected sex toys, are among devices that are 'under-regulated and thus under-secured' and 'collect exceptionally sensitive data and therefore pose a high risk of harm to users, including psychological harm', the research adds.

A spokesperson for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said: 'The UK already has one of the most robust product security regimes in the world and research can help us identify new areas of vulnerability as technology develops and target policy work.

'We are committed to continue to bolster cyber defences to protect British people, which is why, later in the year we will be introducing the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.'

[Sandra]

A bloke has left people bewildered after revealing the reason why he could not impregnate his wife, despite trying his hardest for almost a year.

The man, who kept his identity secret wrote into Slate’s popular sex advice column, How To Do It, under the guise of “Not Rising to the Occasion”. He revealed that after a trip to the doctor to discuss his and his wife’s fertility issues, the doc told him that infertility wasn’t the issue. Instead he had to be told to “stop wearing condoms when having sex”.

The 30-year-old added that both he and his wife come from a country, where wearing a condom was drilled in to them as a way of avoiding STIs.

[purpleshoes]

Sounds like a Darwin Award should be presented to some bloke in the UK.

[Sandra]

American women have the second largest breasts in the world, according to new rankings published this year.

The average cup size in the US is a C on average, data from the California-based World Population Review suggest, putting it in joint second place out of 108 countries.

It draws with the UK, Luxembourg and Iceland, which also all have C cup as their average breast size. Norway had the largest breast size, at an average of C to D.

Twenty-three countries — mostly in Africa and South East Asia — had the smallest breasts at cup size AA.

Researchers said countries with more obese or overweight women are more likely to have large breasts because the breast is mostly fatty tissue and glands.

That makes Norway's rank even more of an outlier.

By the same logic, there may be a link to women in areas with smaller breasts leading more active lifestyles, which can decrease body mass and breast size, the researchers say.

Writing in the study, the team wrote: 'Breast size is unique to each woman and is influenced by several factors including genetics, nutrition and diet, weight and body mass, fitness level and age.

[Littlebit]

Wow  now that is a talented ass.

[Sandra]

WHAT IS THAT . 

[Writers Bloque]

WHAT IS THAT . 

A very out there fetish. Men injecting Silicon into their foreskin or testicles to enlarge them. It is tied with docking, as the overly large foreskin allows another penis to fit inside. Not my cup of tea, but makes for interesting videos.

[Sandra]

Britain's porn crackdown:

Ofcom reveals the exact date you'll have to show your ID to prove you're over-18 to access adult sites like Pornhub and OnlyFans

They're some of the most popular porn websites in the world.

But both Pornhub and OnlyFans will soon be forced to ID users in the UK before allowing them to access their content. 

Any websites which host pornography must introduce 'robust' age checks to prevent children being exposed to it, Ofcom has said.

The regulator has set a hard deadline of July 2025 for the sites to introduce these age checks.




'Today, this starts to change.'
Any websites which host pornography must introduce 'robust' age checks to prevent children being exposed to it, the regulator said

The new details are included in the latest round of industry guidance, ahead of the enforcement of the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom's guidance said services which allow pornography or other adult content will be required to introduce age assurance tools to prove a user is not a child.

Examples of age verification tools include photo ID matching, facial age estimation or credit card checks.

Under the Online Safety Act, all social media and search services are required to carry out a children's access assessment to determine if their site is likely to be accessed by children, with Ofcom saying platforms have until April 16 to complete this.

Ofcom said it will then publish codes of practice for sites which are likely to be accessed by children, which will set out how they can implement measures to keep younger users safe.



Sites must then complete a children's risk assessment by July and implement any required measures, which may include age checks.

These checks will be required, regardless of the type of site, if it allows pornography.

'As age checks start to roll out in the coming months, adults will start to notice a difference in how they access certain online services,

Under the Online Safety Act, all social media and search services are required to carry out a children's access assessment to determine if their site is likely to be accessed by children, with Ofcom saying platforms have until April 16 to complete this

'Services which host their own pornography must start to introduce age checks immediately, while other user-to-user services – including social media – which allow pornography and certain other types of content harmful to children will have to follow suit by July at the latest.

'We'll be monitoring the response from industry closely.
Social media firms could have to use facial recognition technology to check children's ages

'Those companies that fail to meet these new requirements can expect to face enforcement action from Ofcom.'

Experts have described the news as a 'pivotal moment in the fight to make the internet a safer place.'

Ofcom's announcement today is a pivotal moment in the fight to make the internet a safer place.

[Sandra]

Biden decides NOT to ban TikTok — and leaves Chinese app’s fate to Trump on his return to White House

The controversial ban - which is set to throw millions of Americans off of TikTok- is poised to go into effect just one day before Donald Trump is sworn into office.

[Pornhubby]

Well, Trump has reserved a place on his inaugural stage for the CEO of TikTok. So I assume the bribe payments have already been made.

If you pay Trump, or a family member, enough money, you can get away with murder now.

[MissBarbara]

I am struggling whether I should continue posting on this forum, there is very little feedback from members.

I've read every post you've made in this thread, and I've enjoyed reading them.

Please continue.

[Writers Bloque]

I love reading your news posts. I find them a bright ray in a rather dull day. I write alot of stories, but do not expect any feedback, unless it is freely given. Look at it from this angle, you are putting it out there for the masses here. If not for the feedback, do it for the fact that you are sharing with people. Because head pats and back slaps are fine but the warm fuzzies come from just being brave enough to post it in the first place.

[msslave]

Do please continue. Sandra, I also read your posts and I'm sorry that I don't take the time to go ahead and comment on them. The information you present is so complete. It's kind of hard to think of what else to say. You do a very good job of describing the topic that you're posting about. But I understand your frustration and I will try to keep that in mind the next time you post and to follow up with the comment of my own. Thank you for the posts you have made. They've all been very interesting and informative. You're a valued member here at KB.

[msslave]

My hope is that you stay here Sandra. I enjoy your posts.

[Sandra]

Its good for members to have a choice,
I get pissed off regularly at the lack of involvement from members.

KRISTEN'S BOARD is a free open site and should be encouraged and appreciated for its openness so please leave a reply / post on any topic here.
Involvement from members IS necessary for growth, without that the forum WILL die.

[Sandra]

[Sandra]

[Sandra]

Is humanity doomed?

Doomsday Clock will be updated TOMORROW to determine our fate - so, will it tick closer to midnight?


 

Tomorrow, humanity will find out if we're closer to total self-destruction when the Doomsday Clock is updated.

The symbolic clock, which edges closer to midnight to reflect human-made global catastrophes, will be revealed during a livestream on Tuesday (January 28).

Since 2023, it has been set at 90 seconds to midnight, but this year scientists say it could move forward to reflect the troubling global outlook.

The Russia-Ukraine war, Israel's ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, and the threat of nuclear war and climate change all mean the clock could tick forwards for the first time in two years.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which decides where the hands are set, will unveil the updated clock in a livestream at 10am EST (3pm GMT).

It says on its website: 'For 2025, the Bulletin's Science and Security Board will consider multiple global threats in the clock setting.

'[These include] the proliferation of nuclear weapons, disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel-Hamas war, Israel-Hezbollah conflict, bio-threats and the continued climate crisis.'

Most recent changes to the Doomsday Clock

    2023: 90 seconds to midnight
    2020: 100 seconds to midnight
    2018: 2 minutes to midnight
    2017: 2.5 minutes to midnight
    2015: 3 minutes to midnight

It will be livestreamed on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists YouTube channel and website

[Sandra]

Police officers are told not to say 'blacklisted' or 'black sheep' over fears of racism.

The nine-page document, which was published online last year also stated that 'black mark' was no longer deemed acceptable as part of expressions that use 'black in a negative way'.