December 27 2025 will be the day the Australian government require ID for every Google search you do
New law
What could possibly go wrong…
Discussion
Have you begun your travels yet? Or you looking forward to the front row seat of that shit show?
In Oz
Travels still ongoing, interestingly we're really living the process of suitcase life with 3 small kids, and it's testing us on every level
So yes, front row seat!
Is that only for Google, or more search engines?
Sounds horrific! 😳
It's for any search engine and anything considered social media by the Australian government (the definition of social media is anything where you can write a comment online, it includes everything from news websites to Minecraft)
Social media, search engines, for now. More to follow I am sure
Will Nostr be safe?
We will have to wait and see
The interesting thing as I see it initially, is that Nostr has no CEO, it's a protocol, so how do they fine the tech provider?
Ie, and hence we're all so excited about Nostr, it's much harder to police
The government could put the pressure on local Nostr resource providers, if there was a client or relay based in Australia, but a user can just use another client, and additional relays
Saying that, as I know, Nostr is not private, ie there is plenty of user data to track where they are, so perhaps a government could target an indiviudal
But that is user by user and would require huge resources, and therefore I assume be much harder to do
Good debate! I'd love to know the answers
Yeah, and it's not like Nostr even uses email or normal login information, it's npubs, unless they force people to somehow register their npubs, but I'm not sure the government has smart enough people who can and would actually work on making a system like that, (or so I hope!)
It's too easy to make another account, so it will hopefully be too hard to control, like how bitcoin is banned in China, but not really...
china gave up banning bitcoin tho, it was mainly about the power usage. russia also gave up, but i'm sure they had absolutely no effect on siberian miners, winter in siberia is great for overclocking your rigs :)
the totalitarian nosey parkers will never accept a self sovereign identity scheme. there is basically a kind of registration in the user profile event anyway, which all works much like key servers on pgp. there is literally no way for them to control it. there is a huge mindset block too, even shitcoiners can't comprehend users successfully keeping control of their keys, they make all this email and OAUTH shit "for onboarding"
i'm like, guys, guys, we have had this unbreakably secure schemes for encryption and authentication and people using them for literally now going on 30 years. they don't understand the idea of people actually doing self custody let alone understand the moral and economic underpinnings of it.
the ruling class don't want people to do it, because your nsec is like a signet ring for signing wax seals on letters. plebs aren't allowed to have titles and authority.
That’s totally unacceptable 😡
(new law that was passed 6 months ago)
This is also not just targeted at children.
It will also means restrictions on adults being able to speak out.
And the reason, the justification given to us by Anthony Albanese?
To "protect children from learning about anti Semitism"
Guess I’ll have to start googling “how to make a fake ID” before Dec 27 🤷♂️😂
F that shit!
This will be a great business opportunity for those search engines or ai that don't require id.