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  • Cash was meant to be dying. But new RBA data tells a different story

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  • That's always the cycle when it comes to giving up data for 'perks'. First there'll be benefits for complying, then those will go away, then it'll turn into penalties for people who don't comply. With the rise in technology in cars we're already seeing some insurance companies offer lower rates for people in exchange for sharing their location/driving info. I think eventually it'll shift to the point where 'default' insurance is made so expensive you'll have no choice but to share everything you do with your insurance company

  • Cash was meant to be dying. But new RBA data tells a different story

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  • Cash makes you more aware of what you're spending, is good for budgeting, and better for privacy. I'll never stop using it

  • A country under 'strain': Australians' life satisfaction hits record low

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  • Your point on housing and government is a pure cop out. Plenty of people would be happy smaller basic houses if they could just afford them. But they've all been either knocked down, renovated to inflate the value, or still exist but are no longer affordable. And labor are, at best, complicit in many of the problems people have. They used a vaguely defined 'skills shortage' to justify one of the biggest migration rates into the country in its history while barely lifting a finger to increase housing supply. Yes, the libs would've been 10x worse, but that isn't an excuse to just disregard criticism of Labor

  • [Discussion:] How does physical surveillance affect you?

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  • A lot of ALPRs are well hidden here

    I suppose it defeats the purpose but this in itself should be illegal. If these cameras exist they should be required to be clearly signposted. People should have the right to know exactly if/where/how they're being recorded. Not just "maybe there's a camera here, maybe we're recording you, maybe we're capturing and recording your face, who knows"

  • Removed

    Your phone is a snitch in your pocket, and the law won't save you. It's time to break the surveillance machine.

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  • I stand corrected, but do you need a Google account at any point for activation etc.? I've had increasing difficulty creating a Google account at all without a phone number

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    Your phone is a snitch in your pocket, and the law won't save you. It's time to break the surveillance machine.

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  • Apple devices aren't the best but theyre definitely not the worst. If the leaked Cellebrite documentation is to be believed then the newest devices running the latest iOS builds are well protected against hacking tools, second only to GrapheneOS. The iOS permissions system is relatively robust, lockdown mode is a good bit of extra protection too. And iirc full-disk encryption is enabled by default on iOS these days. Advanced Data Protection lets you E2E encrypt (most) cloud storage too. These are all good things

    For the most part, you can set up an Apple Account without using genuine information (though the age verification thing might change this, but Google is implementing that too). For both iOS and GrapheneOS you need to either trust Apple or Google with your phone number to set up an account.

    I'd be interested to hear people's criticisms so long as they're not just random claims with no elaboration or evidence

  • Is the "Year of Linux" actually a trap?

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  • TikTok was a data harvesting surveillance tool from day one. It didn't need to be 'got'

  • Do you consider this dystopian AF?

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  • Their Online Safety Act is stupid ever since it was enforced last year as that has done nothing except for making people bypass it entirely

    It's had worse outcomes than that. People who do decide to follow the law are having their IDs stolen and leaked and the UK gov (and others worldwide) don't care. They designed and forced on us a law a 'Safety' Act that does nothing but actively compromise people's safety. I realise I'm preaching to the crowd here but if this shit doesn't destroy what's left of people's faith in government then I don't know what will

  • Australia to crack down on gambling ads after years of criticism

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  • It comes from many sources. Governments want age-verification for surveillance, advertisers want it to target people and ensure those people are real, social media companies want it for similar reasons, hackers want it so they have more IDs to steal, and (some) voters want it because they're idiots

  • Major global cities by the number of CCTV cameras per 1,000 people (2025)

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  • CCTV is the problem. Mass surveillance has to be stopped at the source. Just like the only way to guarantee a company won't leak your ID or other personal info is to not let them have it in the first place, the only way to ensure a recording of you isn't used for tracking or other malicious purposes is to not be recorded to begin with

    How to actually do this I have no idea. But even if a company or government is legally bound to not use CCTV footage for nefarious purposes, there's little actually stopping them

  • Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban

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  • It's already being implemented. iOS has introduced mandatory age verification in the latest beta releases that blocks adult websites and apps etc. unless you upload a credit card or license photo. If you have neither you're out of luck

  • Age verification is the new digital ID

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  • Doesn't even need to be intentional when there are virtually no consequences for leaking that info

  • Should anybody trust Firefox again unless they put "we won't sell your data" back into the privacy policy? (Have they done so...? I can't tell.)

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  • The advice I've always read is to avoid forks because they usually get security updates slower than the main browser. Is that true of waterfox?

  • Should anybody trust Firefox again unless they put "we won't sell your data" back into the privacy policy? (Have they done so...? I can't tell.)

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  • I still remember the Mozilla Internet Application Suite before the browser part was spun off into Firefox and the email into Thunderbird. Some of their moves have been disappointing but I'll still never use Chrome

  • Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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  • It'll be baked into the ToS somewhere but I agree it's bullshit. Years ago I bought a youtuber downloader app (I know I should've just used yt-dl) and they released an update that removed support for half the websites and locked them behind a new higher-priced tier. None of it was mentioned in the changelog, just a prompt that came up after you'd installed the new build. I was able to reinstall the previous version and keep using it but I was still so pissed off

  • Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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  • So you need a phone number these days? That's something I've read a lot of mixed reports about

  • Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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  • I sure as hell didn't vote for them. But regardless of the government these laws always seem to have bipartisan support. I've avoided this crap so far with VPNs and fake IDs but something baked into the OS like this I haven't been able to fool. Yet

  • Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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  • You think this isn't coming to other devices? Google will presumably add this to Android and apps will follow suit by looking to the OS to verify your age so other forks will probably have to add it. Linux on smartphones is dead in the water so what's the alternative?

  • Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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  • Phone companies are required to collect and retain IDing info of customers to activate a phone number in Australia. There's no way around it unfortunately

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    Apple rolls out OS-level age verification in latest iOS 26.4 dev beta

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    Bunnings Australia wins legal fight to use AI facial recognition in stores

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-02-05/bunnings-wins-ai-facial-recognition-tech-fight/106309308
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    Gun control 'experts' want it illegal to buy a 3d printer in Australia, unless it has software blocking firearm printing

    web.archive.org /save/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2026-01-31%2F3d-guns-retailers-and-the-bondi-aftermath%2F106286252
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    The rise of ID/face scanning to access bars & clubs

    web.archive.org /web/20260119111309/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/id-scanning-pubs-clubs-nightclubs-licence-customer-data-breach/104829632
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    Does Anyone Use their Phone without a SIM Card?

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    Could VPNs Be 'Banned'?

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    Privacy-Related Laws?

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    Shopping Online or Irl for Privacy

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    'Dumbphones' Are Not Private

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    Kmart Australia Illegally Used Mass-Facial Recognition in Stores

    www.abc.net.au /news/2025-09-18/kmart-facial-recognition-technology-privacy-commissioner/105785802