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Re:Zero Trust SIM by ksec on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:12PM (#32984919)
> It's like people who oppose cash payments out of the convenience of card/app payments.

Well it wasn't that long ago, 95% of HN comments were all for Digital Payment, Apple Pay, and Cashless Society. Things only changed around ~2019.

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Re:Zero Trust SIM by systemvoltage on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:52PM (#32986068)
Well, a lot has changed on HN. I used to agree with half of the people here. Now, it is less than 5%, usually gray comments.

I think it is not just HN, the society itself has devolved and going into the toilet. Or it could just be that I have changed, but that's easily litmus tested by just reading old threads which I still agree with (pre-2019).

Regarding physical stuff, just the other day people love the idea of QR codes in restaurants with no opposition to the totalitarian digital state we're slowly building. Same goes with security cameras, cashless payments, parking apps, esim, covid QR codes, etc.

QR codes are extensively used in China for tracking people everywhere.

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Re:Zero Trust SIM by int_19h on Monday September 26, 2022 @11:09PM (#32991178)
How does a QR code in a restaurant translate to a "totalitarian digital state"? It's just a machine-readable link, nothing more.
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