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Thomas Herdman’s legal battle over Sky ECC encrypted phone distribution set to enter fifth year | Computer Weekly

Canadian businessman Thomas Herdman is awaiting trial in France for his alleged role in the distribution of modified smartphones installed with the Sky ECC app. The 63-year-old was arrested in June 2021, despite cooperating with US investigators over his involvement with the encrypted communications firm Sky ECC. He has spent 45 months in pre-trial detention since.

Afghan farmers are benefiting from the Taliban’s drug ban - leafie

“With the banning of opium, the price went up to the sky: my life is better with this order of Shaikh Sahib” Afghanistan has a long and colourful relationship with psychoactive plants. It was a popular destination on the Hippie Trail in the 1950s and 60s, thanks to its famous cannabis culture. Rural dwellers discovered that a shrub covering the country’s mountains, ephedra, is easily converted into crystal meth and a potent weight-loss drug named ephedrine. But the opium poppy is – arguably –...

Prince William is Radiation Prison Landlord – Parts of UK’s Oldest Jail Evacuated

Free from fear or favour No tracking. No cookiesInmates at HMP Dartmoor are being moved to other prisons due to potentially dangerous levels of cancer-causing radon detected in some cells. The Duke of Cornwall is their landlord Ninety-six inmates of Britain’s oldest prison – owned by Prince William – are being evacuated over fears of radon poisoning, Byline Times can reveal. Cells in two of the six wings at 215-year-old HMP Dartmoor, which the Government rents from the Prince’s £1bn Duchy...
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