Which state? It doesn’t seem to be the case in NSW according to that web page.

Not exactly true.

They do not monitor the face of the driver and they are only mandatory for coaches and long distance freight.

https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/roads-safety-and-rules/heavy-vehicles/vehicle-monitors

In Australia Palantir collects shopper data of customers in the stores of one of the three major supermarket chains: Coles.

https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/economic-fairness-30a37751-ec16-4026-a076-e283f3b4092f/coles-palantir/who-s-watching-while-we-shop

Countries like Australia, Scotland, NZ, Germany have superior voting systems compared with the US “first past the post” system.

https://fairvote.org/

I would say a good proportion are enablers, probably because they are thinking of themselves as “temporarily embarrassed future billionaires”

Your point about demoralising the IRGC by killing their kids is interesting but is outweighed by the predictable public fallout and the resolve of IRGC to avenge the deaths.

Picking off leaders is one thing. Killing their kids is counterproductive.

Could be worse: You could be made to sit through aich tee tee pee colon slash slash double u double u double u dot…

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No windows, therefore quiet, and good acoustics.

I don’t understand his point about restoring your messages to a new phone. How does that prove it isn’t encrypted? Couldn’t Telegram store the encrypted data on their server, send the encrypted data back to you and then you automatically decrypt it because you have the key?

I mean will I be able to install Graphene after the lockdown? Sorry if that is a naive question.

What about after the lockdown?

Do I have to install microg or graphene or whatever on my Google Pixel before that date or miss the boat?

Have been putting it off.

I had it cite a case which didn’t exist. It was perfect for what I was fighting (it tends to figure out what you want to hear then makes up stuff to satisfy you).

When I tried to search for a phrase from the case (hoping it just gave the wrong citation) it said there was no such case with that phrase.

I asked why it said there was such a case earlier. It confessed that AI sometimes hallucinates and promised to try better in future.

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Lawyers are no guarantee. They are sloppy because they have no skin in the game, and they usually get paid regardless (although some have “uplift” fees which reward them for winning).

It is like hiring builders for your renovation. You still have to keep an eye on them and even tell them how to do their job, which of course is always a tense situation. If you develop a good relationship you can work as a team (requires a lawyer who is not insecure).

Best avoid situations which need a lawyer. Do not litigate lightly. There is no such thing as a watertight case. If you get a corrupt judge they can outright lie, there is no point appealing, and you can be gagged from telling anyone (even your wife, let alone a politician or journalist).

even disabling things remotely that are there but you didn’t subscribe to. This is bonkers.

I don’t understand the consumer outrage about that though. It is like paying to unlock satellite TV reception (even though we are receiving the signals the whole time).