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It's funny to see a coin like this minted considering the Australian government's position on encryption and privacy (well, not just Australia - pretty much any

It's funny to see a coin like this minted considering the Australian government's position on encryption and privacy (well, not just Australia - pretty much any other Commonwealth country too).

TOMDM 4y ago
Nah it makes perfect sense, normalizing encryption that 14 year olds can break in an hour is totally in line with Australian government policy.
- sgjohnson 4y ago
  This would be funny if it wouldn’t actually be sad.
- webdoodle 4y ago
  laughs in NSA
bilekas 4y ago
> "So we're hoping to meet him soon ... to recruit him." At 15 he should be leading the team.
hilbert42 4y ago
When you live here you soon realize the politicians and those who bask in the limelight aren't the ones in charge.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago
  Who is?
  - nirimda 4y ago
    Usually such a comment is a reference to a certain American media mogul who has tried to swing several recent elections and found themselves largely preaching to the choir with a very much reduced audience. But their miss rate is now exceedingly high: 2022 federal miss. 2022 SA miss. 2020 Qld miss. 2019 federal hit. 2018 Vic miss. In fact, the people in charge in Australia are basically the voters. It upsets some people that Australian voters behaved basically the same as voters in every other democratic country in the post-1970s inflation and post-cold war liberal periods.
    - idontpost 4y ago
      American media mogul? Murdoch is from Australia.
      - sriram_sun 4y ago
        He is also a US citizen. That means he took an oath to uphold the US constitution with a straight face.
      - __d 4y ago
        He was born in Australia, but in 1985 he surrendered his Australian citizenship in order to meet the legal requirements to become the owner of a US television network. So, he is not (anymore) an Australian.
      - simonblack 4y ago
        I once put forth an 'Everlasting Australian How-To-Vote Card': "Find out who Murdoch wants you to vote for, then vote the opposite way."
  - chadcmulligan 4y ago
    Mostly the people who go to elite schools - Oxford/cambridge etc, that's the training ground, for better or worse, children of old money, and those of new money, with a polite sprinkle of everyman. It's not a permanent group though, some enter, some leave over time, money is the driver though, and the desire to be in control. A loud representation that you can see in action are the children of trump, even with all their obvious faults they have access to multi billion dollar deals that few average people see. Murdoch et al is their propaganda arm, if you have an agenda you'd like to be in the public sphere and have lots of money, then you can use these to move public opinion in that direction.

It's funny to see a coin like this minted considering the Australian government's position on encryption and privacy (well, not just Australia - pretty much any other Commonwealth country too).

TOMDM 4y ago

Nah it makes perfect sense, normalizing encryption that 14 year olds can break in an hour is totally in line with Australian government policy.

sgjohnson 4y ago
This would be funny if it wouldn’t actually be sad.
webdoodle 4y ago
laughs in NSA

bilekas 4y ago

> "So we're hoping to meet him soon ... to recruit him." At 15 he should be leading the team.

hilbert42 4y ago

When you live here you soon realize the politicians and those who bask in the limelight aren't the ones in charge.

paulryanrogers 4y ago
Who is?
- nirimda 4y ago
  Usually such a comment is a reference to a certain American media mogul who has tried to swing several recent elections and found themselves largely preaching to the choir with a very much reduced audience. But their miss rate is now exceedingly high: 2022 federal miss. 2022 SA miss. 2020 Qld miss. 2019 federal hit. 2018 Vic miss. In fact, the people in charge in Australia are basically the voters. It upsets some people that Australian voters behaved basically the same as voters in every other democratic country in the post-1970s inflation and post-cold war liberal periods.
  - idontpost 4y ago
    American media mogul? Murdoch is from Australia.
    - sriram_sun 4y ago
      He is also a US citizen. That means he took an oath to uphold the US constitution with a straight face.
    - __d 4y ago
      He was born in Australia, but in 1985 he surrendered his Australian citizenship in order to meet the legal requirements to become the owner of a US television network. So, he is not (anymore) an Australian.
    - simonblack 4y ago
      I once put forth an 'Everlasting Australian How-To-Vote Card': "Find out who Murdoch wants you to vote for, then vote the opposite way."
- chadcmulligan 4y ago
  Mostly the people who go to elite schools - Oxford/cambridge etc, that's the training ground, for better or worse, children of old money, and those of new money, with a polite sprinkle of everyman. It's not a permanent group though, some enter, some leave over time, money is the driver though, and the desire to be in control. A loud representation that you can see in action are the children of trump, even with all their obvious faults they have access to multi billion dollar deals that few average people see. Murdoch et al is their propaganda arm, if you have an agenda you'd like to be in the public sphere and have lots of money, then you can use these to move public opinion in that direction.