Japan has a similar system, but only for visitors from other countries, and only for the two weeks quarantine. There isn't a picture either it just detects where you are with GPS.
Still not great, but it's... Extra jarring, that we can't even freely travel interstate (in Aus), right now, even as citizens/PRs... Even from a state not in lockdown, to another state/territory not in lockdown...
I can't tell you how fucked it is down here. Seriously...
More broadly, though, if we hadn't all happily taken up fucking smartphones, then NONE of this would have been possible. This was inevitable, from then on. And I'm sure both Apple, and most governments, knew that. Which is why they gave Apple (and its competitors, depending on the country) so many fucking tax breaks, and so much development funding, because they knew how useful that would be...
People like to blame the internet as a whole (as do I), and/or social media, and yes, I think those are both massively important elements of this, but if it wasn't for smartphones, this whole "cashless", survellance-state based dystopia breaks down, an would not be possible...
I can't believe we happily trade in all our freedoms for a little "convenience" in our fucking pockets. To the point where now, in Australia, it is essentially mandatory to have a smartphone, and to carry it, charged and all, at all times, if you want to leave your fucking house/go to work. What an absolute nightmare, and we asked for it... :-(
Japan has a similar system, but only for visitors from other countries, and only for the two weeks quarantine. There isn't a picture either it just detects where you are with GPS.
Still not great, but it's... Extra jarring, that we can't even freely travel interstate (in Aus), right now, even as citizens/PRs... Even from a state not in lockdown, to another state/territory not in lockdown...
I can't tell you how fucked it is down here. Seriously...
More broadly, though, if we hadn't all happily taken up fucking smartphones, then NONE of this would have been possible. This was inevitable, from then on. And I'm sure both Apple, and most governments, knew that. Which is why they gave Apple (and its competitors, depending on the country) so many fucking tax breaks, and so much development funding, because they knew how useful that would be...
People like to blame the internet as a whole (as do I), and/or social media, and yes, I think those are both massively important elements of this, but if it wasn't for smartphones, this whole "cashless", survellance-state based dystopia breaks down, an would not be possible...
I can't believe we happily trade in all our freedoms for a little "convenience" in our fucking pockets. To the point where now, in Australia, it is essentially mandatory to have a smartphone, and to carry it, charged and all, at all times, if you want to leave your fucking house/go to work. What an absolute nightmare, and we asked for it... :-(
/endrant
Damn dude. I encourage you to tell people. Pump it out online. If you are scared to then find a go-between to post the info for ya.