Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surveillance

Re:Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surve... by shirro on Monday October 11, 2021 @09:18PM (#28834935)

There have been emergency health measures in place in a couple of states but most states have very few restrictions. Australians pay much less for health care than most places and our health system is run very lean so we have to be cautious until we reach vaccination targets.

If they let it rip there would be even more people protesting that they couldn't get into hospital.

Everything is open where I live. Plenty of people out and about last weekend. Festivals, bbqs in parks, people at beaches and restaurants. My kids have lost more days of school to teacher training than covid restrictions in the last two years.

There have been a few incidents in other states but they don't define the whole country.

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Re:Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surve... by throwawaythekey on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @11:25AM (#28840872)

> There have been a few incidents in other states but they don't define the whole country.

These incidents are in the population centers (melbourne, sydney). They represent the country to about half of it's inhabitants!

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Re:Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surve... by 0xdeadb00f on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:07PM (#28835649)

This. Thank you

IMO if the states that are in the mud had taken proper precautions before they did, they wouldn't be in this mess and the cops wouldn't have had an opportunity to abuse their power like they definitely are in say, NSW.

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