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		harry8 on Sept 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doing laundry on campus without a phone > "smartphones are a human right" This works out as "You are required to carry your surveillance device at all times" Thanks to everyone who didn't care forcing the rest of us into being part of your turnkey facist dystopia. Who do you think will be turning that key? How long? 3 years? 5? 10?

didntcheck on Sept 2, 2023 [–]

And increasingly attempts to resist the surveillance are being treated as suspicious and leading to access being blocked. Using a VPN is becoming increasingly difficult, with a lot of websites outright blocking you rather than giving a CAPTCHA, and more Android apps are requiring SafetyNet verification

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