Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let police access phone

Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by cookie_monsta on Monday August 01, 2022 @04:12AM (#32303333)

Not OP but I think this is about classification which is done by the same office that gives movie ratings, etc. The way I understand it unclassified versions can't be sold via retail. The biggest stink was what happened to GTA with the Hot Coffee minigame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games_in_...

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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by dane-pgp on Monday August 01, 2022 @05:48AM (#32303826)

This issue was brilliantly parodied by Penny Arcade back in the day:

> ESRB employee: "What about games with infinite replayability, or ones that include procedurally generated content?"

> Bureaucrat: "I don't understand anything you just said."

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/10/02/censorship-mad...

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