The language used in 1930s Germany included the othering of vulnerable groups, scapegoating those groups, talks of an invasion and other similar rhetoric. The rhetoric used by the government includes the othering of vulnerable groups, scapegoating those groups, and talks of an invasion.

Lineker isn't even the first person to call this out. A Holocaust survivor wrote to Braverman in January asking her to tone down the rhetoric which she refused to apologise for and said would continue.

Now personally, I think comparisons to 1970s Italy would be far more apt, but the comparison isn't wrong just not the best fit.

You still need ROM support, but yes.

Sony phones all have an unlocked bootloader so there are plenty of options for running your own OS once you stop getting official updates (which is actually 3-4 years with the 1 5 10 range)

And this is why flash storage devices are a nightmare for forensic purposes. With magnetic storage, you can attach a write blocker and know the data on the drive won't change so you can compare hash values and verify nothing changed. Flash memory however will randomly change data so you can't rely on hash values to prove nothing has changed