Posted on 09/06/2021 9:44:27 AM PDT by rktman
The more we cover the COVID crackdowns from Australia, the worse the situation over there seems to be. The government of South Australia, Tyler O'Neil reported for Fox News, is implementing a program for people to use an app that has facial recognition software and geolocation to prove they are abiding by a 14-day quarantine requirement.
Here's how it works, as explained by O'Neil:
Steven Marshall, premier of the state of South Australia, launched the quarantine app policy in late August. Residents returning from New South Wales and Victoria, two other Australian states, may spend their 14 days in post-travel quarantine at home, rather than in a hotel, so long as they download and use the "Orwellian" app, developed by the South Australian government, ABC News Australia reported.
The app uses geolocation and facial recognition software to track those in quarantine. The app will contact people at random, asking them to provide proof of their location within 15 minutes.
"We don't tell them how often or when, on a random basis they have to reply within 15 minutes," Marshall said.
If the resident cannot verify his or her location or identity when requested, the South Australia Health Department will notify the police, who will then conduct an in-person check on the person in quarantine. Marshall said the government will not be storing any of the information provided to the app.
As creepy as this sounds, some pointed out it could have been worse:
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I take it as a given that all countries in the Anglo-sphere are under the surface totalitarian.
Mark of the beast.
It’s ChiCom.
Creepy? That’s a bit of an understatement.
I’m sure that China can put this to good use.
They’ll land an invasion force and all the Aussies will be locked in their homes, taking pictures of themselves.
C.Y.B.E.R.A.T.T.A.C.K.
Everyone should just swap phones. Do it on a daily basis.
Gee, I must have picked up the wrong phone somewhere.
then i can see call relay coming back into vogue
Rhetorically, why is “it” assumed that everyone has a mobile tracking device that they carry 24/7/365?
It seems that wearing a mask would interfere in the face recognition. I’d wear a ski mask.
WTF happened to Australia in a very short time? This is a lesson. America has every ability to become worse.
Yeah, and we have a Bill of Rights. Not that they’re absolute according to pedo joe. Wonder how some folks would feel if he carried that to 13th and 19th amendments.
We have the 2nd amendment though. Our leaders (especially Democrats) fear us so they won’t do something like this in the Down Under.
Mao would be proud, if not amazed, at how easily China converted Australia without firing a single shot (well, unless you include the covid “shots”).
“WTF happened to Australia in a very short time?”
I often ask the same thing. I always thought of Australians as real men and real women. Crocodile Dundee comes to mind.
I guess I’m wrong.
“We have the 2nd amendment though. “ Did you read what you wrote? :-} Joe has F-15s and nukes.
Dear Australians: Set a booby trap. When the Almighty State demands you obey their diktat ignore them.
And then leave your phone with the booby trap.
Resist.
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