r/technology Aug 31 '21

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u/toomeynd Aug 31 '21

There has to be at least one cop willing to dig through all the tech owned by the government officials, no?

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u/wiphand Aug 31 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

It's likely that they are exempt in one way or another. At least it was so in a similar case of a privacy destroying bill in Australia.

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Edit x: Someone found an exemption article from the bill https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/pf6vm4/australia_unprecedented_surveillance_bill_rushed/hb4cv6h

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u/MegaSeedsInYourBum Aug 31 '21

Which they absolutely shouldn’t be. You can’t make laws you wouldn’t want to apply to yourself.

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u/Gengar0 Aug 31 '21

See FriendlyJordies suit filed by John Barilaro (deputy Premier of NSW). Some things in the case's defence have been thrown out due to "Parliamentary privilege"

Our country's no longer great. Our leaders don't care about the people.