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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by pfortuny on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:49PM (#22988362)
You may be right (probably are, as I am from Spain).

But you should not focus on this specific government: the dangers of overstepping are great whatever the color or the chirality or even the deeds of a government.

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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by FridgeSeal on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:16PM (#22990339)
On the contrary o think we should very much be focusing g on this government: Peter Dutton in particular has pushed repeatedly for increasingly authoritarian measures.

I’m super cautious about handing over data or enabling him at all.

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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by eskaytwo on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:39PM (#22990500)
This specific government are the ones releasing the app and telling people to “trust us”.
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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by hamlsandwich on Monday April 27, 2020 @09:20PM (#23002276)
I know what you're saying, but we _also_ need to focus on this specific government, because they make the situation bad from the get-go, rather than just potentially bad.
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