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Re:Right to Root Access by seszett on Monday January 13, 2025 @12:54AM (#42680482)
> In Australia, doing your own electrical work is a crime even for the homeowner, because it can cause physical death, and is too likely to be done wrong. Yes, you will possibly go to jail for replacing $2 light switches

And do you find this reasonable, and a good thing to expand to smartphone use?

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Re:Right to Root Access by mattclarkdotnet on Monday January 13, 2025 @03:12AM (#42681216)
It’s bullshit, there are no laws banning you from replacing a light switch in Australia. At worst you might invalidate your home insurance.
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Re:Right to Root Access by jwmcq on Monday January 13, 2025 @05:56PM (#42690675)
There's a lot of it about, mate. The other day I had an American tell me with a straight face that we can get jail time for flying a Union Flag here in Blighty - I guess there's a big industry for convincing people that everywhere else is a hellhole over there.
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