guess I should listen to that

https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/632097/encryption-crackdown-government-putting-finishing-touches-on-legislation/

I'm not sure these people understand computers

that is to say, I'm absolutely positive these people don't understand computers

well theres not 1 technical word in that article

so that should scream something

well when I say "these people" I am referring to the politicians who wrote the regulation/law

regardless of what it says

well lawmakers will never know the reality of things

disconnected to everything

there's no way to enforce this regulation without actually breaking all encryption for everyone, forever

and you need to disconnect your internet from the rest of the world, and pass everything through a proxy

literally implementing man-in-the-middle on a government level

that's going to be fun

well that wouldnt work out on a technical side

yes it does

well yeah, china

several other nations

it's just incredibly difficult and lots of work, and crazy as fuck

not to mention incompatible with a free democratic constitution, I'd argue

these people have no fucking idea what they're doing

but even then, to implement that youd compromise other factors

"criminals are using encryption, we need to be able to break _their_ encryption but noone elses"

ye no shit dude

[11:33 PM] folk: there's no way to enforce this regulation without actually breaking all encryption for everyone, forever

like the ability for anyone to decrypt your credit card info with no abiity to track down

which would fuck the economy entirely

yes

and directly affect the stock trading market

all their traffic is encrypted

>Governments knowing nothing
Imagine my shock

rofl

hehehe

well, it's not so long ago that the US FBI chief was trying to sell the same lamb

i didnt think the AUD was doing that great?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-chief-calls-encryption-a-major-public-safety-issue/2018/01/09/29a04166-f555-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?

I linked that in breaking 6 days ago

lol

🤣

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=AUD&To=USD

that's pretty reasonable for us

yeah, thats not too sad

you mean unlike your politicians

huh

worst was like 66 cents

well, depending on if you were a buyer/seller importer/exporter

Just wish I'd bought more shit back around 2011/2012

well .au needs both lol

Aus dollar was stronger than the US dollar

lel

Was cheaper to buy shit from the US on Amazon and ship it over

Than it was to buy it in-store here

i had someone a few years ago

paypal'ed me money and id ship him games

1) it was quicker
2) it was cheaper

yup

I did the same when I bought Adobe CS5

fucking cunts wouldn't let me buy it in the US myself (rejected my shipping address and would redirect me to the AU site where they'd charge me about 300% more FOR THE SAME PRODUCT)

So I called an Uncle and asked him to give me his shipping address

then I paid him to send it from there to me

job done 😄

Was, like $US300

or $AU1,800

was fucking ridiculous, whatever it was

I remember that much

yeah, thats stupid

lol

>fucking cunts wouldn't let me buy it in the US myself (rejected my shipping address and would redirect me to the AU site where they'd charge me about 300% more FOR THE SAME PRODUCT)
🤣

You could shop on Amazon.com.au

and get the ridiculous price

or go to Amazon.com

actually I think I had to google a direct link to the page

otherwise it'd redirect you BACK to the .au page for that product

but if you put it in your cart and clicked checkout

and the address was Australia

you couldn't check out

*s l i m y*

ANYHOO

not political, so... *throws random link in*

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/?utm_term=.968a518de2c0

aaaaaand bed.

lol

Really makes ya think <:think_hitlerdidnothingwrong:378717099952177162>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/17/5-insights-on-the-racial-tolerance-and-ethnicity-maps-from-an-ethnic-conflict-professor/?utm_term=.bf81b7394237

fucking Indians, lel

(*now* bed)

feckin indos

almost as rascist as the jordanians

lol

i like the control question

its almost as if they didnt want you to be biased

hehehe

Oi @Vertig0ne you britbong, why did you make the indos so damn rascist

and why are the pakis not rascist at all?

we like to fuck around

explain

plant the seed

see what happens

you're .us arent you?

yus

so... the way i see it. US is comprised of people that wanted to leave Britain, AU is comprised of people forced.