Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate

Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by desertraven on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:01PM (#28451721)

I’m also here, and quite concerned.

I’ve seen how quickly a country can erode (Syria, Ukraine, Hong Kong) and am questioning the future of this country.

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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by JimTheMan on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @03:02AM (#28453990)

I guess I don't really follow the reasoning with the examples.

Syria has always been a somewhat dangerous place. Ukraine got invaded by Russia. Hong Kong was taken from China by the British, became it's own nation and is currently being ... taken back against its own will in a sense.

Not that it couldn't happen. But Australia is not really a place I would imagine a violent uprising happening compared to most other places. I think we have too much social cohesion, even between those who are politically opposed.

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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by gotts on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:36PM (#28451974)

What do you mean by "country erode"?

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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kodyo on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:22PM (#28452298)

From the context I think he meant “turn into a shithole.”

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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by stjohnswarts on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:44PM (#28452431)

Probably general stability and rise of authoritarianism.

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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by gotts on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @11:13PM (#28452596)

How's that Ukraine(a country from that list) has authoritarianism on rise? Any verifiable metrics to prove it?

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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by fomine3 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:47AM (#28453149)

Maybe GP refers Crimea, but it seems that it's not good to apply the case for Australia.

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