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[โ€“] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have to agree to disagree here mate.

I have long been pissed off with surveillance capitalists and creepy governments thinking the deserve to own hardware that has been purchased by users.

We don't need an always available direct line to people. How ever noble the excuse they make for it may sound.

[โ€“] auzy1@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's literally a one-way alert.

You keep mentioning "surveillance".

Seriously, installing VicEmergency on your phone gives them far more info