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In the wake of recent changes to NZ law to allow the NZ government to demand traveller's pass codes to their devices when they cross NZ borders, the Australian government is stepping up its plan to snoop on user communications by introducing a systematic weakness or vulnerability to products and systems including ISPs. While being very loose on details and unclear exactly how this would work the so called 'decryption bill' while claiming that "The protections provided in this bill are actually greater than what presently exists in the physical world.” Meanwhile, not one single person has provided concrete information about the practical real world implications of this bill.
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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and
the instruction afterward.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:59PM (9 children)
Nobody even knew New Zealand existed until Lord of the Rings came out.
That's why they filmed it there; the landscape was alien to most people.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:17PM (5 children)
Sure, but Australia is the land of criminals, shitty NBN, c0lo, and deadly creatures.
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:42PM
Not sure about the order of those things..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:27PM (3 children)
Deadly creatures would suffice, no need of a special mention for c0lo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:45AM (1 child)
You stole my thunder. Was just about to post that "c0lo, and deadly creatures" was redundant.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:03AM
See also the Deadlys [wikipedia.org] - not gonna get one of those, tho'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:18PM
The drop bears are easy to avoid.
The range of deadly snakes? Not so much.
Yes, kangaroos will fight back. Bring a gun.
(Score: 4, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:27PM
And that was how we liked it.
Now the place is full of tourists upsetting our hobbits and leaving rings lying about all over the place. It's getting so bad some of our volcanoes are nearly full.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:35PM
Not all of it, they had to film the Shelob's lair live action scenes in in Australia (the cost of CGI Shelob were just too high).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:43AM
I was told the landscape is alien to New Zealanders too.