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We’re a nanny state, the government is just going to use it to track us
by ENGNR 2y ago
We’re a nanny state, the government is just going to use it to track us
- Pedro_Ribeiro 2y agoAren't videogames where you consume drugs for gameplay boosts banned there? I always found that weird for a first world country.
- ponco 2y agoFor a time, we did not have an “R” rating for video games and this sort of content called for this rating, which legislation said could not be given. Fortunately saner heads prevailed and they created an “R” rating for video games and this oddity went away.
- threeseed 2y agoASIO has been able to track you for decades since they have real-time metadata feeds from Telstra, Optus, NBN etc. They have access to your location estimate, URLs of sites you've visited, people you talk via email/phone etc. And we know that this dataset is shared to the Five Eyes. So if you are concerned about being tracked I would strongly recommend leaving Australia.
- ENGNR 2y agoAnd now they’ll be able to see the groups you go to within pages, read comments, see what we write, etc etc. It also goes from being a defence capability to used for all sorts of things and eventually leaked. It’s not bad enough to leave, better to engage with the politics and try to get some rights before it spreads further outwards
- null0pointer 2y agoIt’s more about who has access to the data and how easily. Plus the potential of creating a massive target for hackers.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoForced voting is proof of it. Australia is by far the least free Anglo nation. I will never step foot on that god forsaken island. They have no culture, and that’s the opinion of Australians: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucky_Country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucky_Country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian_Ugliness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian_Ugliness
- threeseed 2y agoAustralia is one of the freest countries in the world: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freest-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freest-co... Higher than UK and the US.
- wqaatwt 2y ago> Higher than UK Not according to https://rsf.org/en/index https://rsf.org/en/index or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index I assume that other indices that show “data” that fits whatever narrative one wants are easy to find… Which makes things like this meaningless in isolation.
- throwawaythekey 2y agoIn day to day life we are fairly free but for example we have much weaker freedom of speech/opinion than the USA. For example if you raise your arm at a particular angle you can now be sent to jail [1]. We also had some of the longest/harshet COVID lockdowns in the world in my state. [1] - https://www.dw.com/en/australia-man-convicted-for-performing-outlawed-nazi-salute/a-70437601 https://www.dw.com/en/australia-man-convicted-for-performing...
- threeseed 2y ago> if you raise your arm at a particular angle you can now be sent to jail Also known as doing a Nazi salute.
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- pimeys 2y agoNanny state is a term coined by tobacco industry in their lobbying against tobacco laws. Is it really a term you want to use here? https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/countering-industry-arguments-against-plain-packaging-the-nanny-state-is-going-too-far/ https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/countering-industry-a...
- ruthmarx 2y ago> Nanny state is a term coined by tobacco industry in their lobbying against tobacco laws. Is it really a term you want to use here? Sure, because most people h ave no idea where the term originates from and it now has a life of its own. It's the standard term for this sort of thing.
- tirant 2y agoWhy not? It is about treating people as adults or children.
- bigstrat2003 2y agoWho cares? Whether or not it applies in this particular case, it's a useful term. Rejecting ideas because of who they come from is the very antithesis of intellectual maturity.
- refurb 2y agoJust because an "evil" group used, or even coined, a term doesn't mean it's not a useful term.