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Who here doesnt want a digital ID (www.alexantic.com.au)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you are concerned about the proposed digital ID then go and sign the petition.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Is this a ploy for Alex Antic to collect personally identifiable information?
I’m not going to give my data to a Liberal politician (why are they called “Liberal” - the Labor party is more liberal; the “Liberal” party should change their name to “Conservative”)
Why don’t we see what is proposed before opposing it?

a) Personally I don’t oppose the concept, but I don’t trust anyone to handle the data appropriately

b) I find the idea of locking everyone in to an Android/Apple duopoly offensive (myGovId is the perfect example of how not to implement this) — this may be the final nail that converts me to dumping my “Smart” devices and moving to a dumb phone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Digital IDs were introduced in 2015 by the coalition.

This partition is 100% bs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They're called liberal because they're economically liberal (low taxes, pro business), not socially liberal.

[–] darcy 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

liberal doesnt mean left wing

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it… does?

[–] darcy 3 points 1 year ago

compared to conservative, yes, but no real leftist would call liberals anything better than centrists

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

why are they called “Liberal” - the Labor party is more liberal; the “Liberal” party should change their name to “Conservative”

Liberalism is not progressivism. The US never had a popular worker's party and instead they have two liberal parties.

Our own Liberal party mirrors the US divide between the moderates (think Turnbull) and right factions (Morrison)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes at this point put political compasses on political websites so we know what is what