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I’m getting sick of having to explain to people that “i’Ve gOT noTHIng tO HiDE” is naive bullshit when this comes up

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It’s not meant to benefit young people. If it was they wouldn’t have now explicitly excluded gambling ads from the act. Kids won’t be able to access the fixtures page of their hockey club on Facebook, but can have Bet365 ads rammed down their throats. This act is not about protecting kids. It’s a push to easily, accurately tie everyone’s online presence to their myID.

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Are they somehow suggesting that if Fighty McStealy had been facially-profiled on entering the store that he wouldn’t have done a meth rampage against old mate in a green apron?

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This guy had a good take on it all

https://medium.com/@jamesdwho/australias-3g-shutdown-telcos-to-block-working-4g-5g-phones-2bf41e95de8a

The end result is that basically if you want to get a handset you know will work, the average consumer’s only real choice is to buy from the network. At their prices. Funny how things work out.

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This is the kicker they don’t seem to understand. Kids just going to sign up to vKontakte or Weibo or Pedro’s stamps collecting forum in Spain. Or any overseas Mastodon etc

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If I had to choose between this or a phev Ranger, it’s this every time.

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