Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 😎 Friday 29 November

briongloid@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The labor government is a fucking joke. If I didn’t hate the liberals even more, I’d hope that they got wiped out in the upcoming election.

  Who knows, maybe the Greens will get a huge surge in numbers.

  I’m angling for 5 days remote work. If it comes through, I’ll be looking at other options than here.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There are no penalties for parents or kids that flout this, kids can easily get around it with parents ids or vpns, and Albanese even admits that they will and that them being able to is beside the point. So… what is the point? It’s just performative security theatre and a convenient excuse to increase surveillance.

    The Liberals are worse by far but both parties are terrible.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If this does apply to AZ, I wonder how Nath/lodion plan on handling it. I probably trust them a little more than Google/Facebook, but the idea of sending anyone my ID is terrifying to me. I think they might be angling towards using MyGovID (which they’ve now renamed “MyID”), where you send them a copy of every form of ID you have, then they’ll handle the verification through some kind of API. But unless I know for certain the only thing returned to whoever’s asking is “yes, this person is over the age of 16”, I’m not going to be using it. I’ll just use a VPN on everything

      Nath/Lodion don’t need to know my name, and the government don’t need to know my username

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, I’m cautiously watching too.

        That reminds me. There was something about PayPal telling merchants your name and such, I have to go double check and deal with that too if so.

        Data brokering has gone wild, everything is now blatantly galloping to squeeze as much as it can

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We can all be Simon.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Simon says why not lol

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think they’re forgetting that all the people they’re banning are going to be able to vote soon, a large portion the election after next. Depending on when the election is called, I’ll probably be voting in the coming election myself. They were already hanging on to my vote by the skin of their teeth - now they’ve gone and completely lost it, and I’m not even directly affected by their BS.

    Sure makes my yearly VPN subscription worth it ¯⁠\(⁠ツ⁠)//⁠¯

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I really hope it doesn’t. It’s very likely that I’ll choose to leave any platform requiring it rather than comply and I really like it here

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Aussie Zone is definitely captured by the new laws because the definition of “age-restricted social media platform” is so broad.

  However, the legislative rules (which are not published yet and can be changed at any time by the relevant minister) would likely exclude platforms below a certain size. The rules are the same document that will include Snapchat but exclude video games, for example.

  I think once the rules are published there’s going to be a lot of criticism and, hopefully, revisions. It doesn’t make sense that Aussie Zone be so restrictive about user age.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh great so the small community of absolutely fascist incels planning the night of a thousand aryan rapes skate on by while julia childs cooking class gets a jackboot up the arse

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Online gaming isn’t covered… as least according to one source. Lemmit DT Minecraft server? Some old free game and make a guild? 🤔

    Then again it has similar issues to things like Discord in that it’s fast paced and hard to catch up on at your leisure. I know everyone has different work and sleep schedules.

    I’d totally be down for an old school v bulletin forum if that could sneak under the radar in any way at all. Potentially even volunteering for mod services if absolutely necessary. However I’m not sure if the software or whatever is as secure as modern tech or whatever. Not really my field.

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