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Not everyone owns a smartphone, how can they enforce this? High tech fascism is a double-edged sword, this is certainly a good time to be a hacker.
by LB232323 6y ago
Not everyone owns a smartphone, how can they enforce this? High tech fascism is a double-edged sword, this is certainly a good time to be a hacker.
- jjgreen 6y agoI don't have a phone because I don't want to be tracked. So they can stick this right where sun doesn't shine, I'd rather do the duration in prison.
- commandlinefan 6y agoGet ready for your government-issued (mandatory) smart phone.
- m0xte 6y agoIt'll be more like "you need to use this app to manage your government account - look it's easy!" marketing and lack of investment in other methods of accessing government services. Eventually you'll be unable to function without the app and the smartphone and be left with no choice. This is already happening in the UK as a lot of services are fairly difficult to use if you don't go via https://gov.uk https://gov.uk.
- dingaling 6y agogov.uk actually has very reasonable UX guidelines: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-design-principles https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-design-principles The people who most need our services are often the people who find them hardest to use. Let’s think about those people from the start.