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This seemed to be a fairly explicit case of “I hate traveling to Australia because of so and so”.

Sure, it’s retarded in general, but that was not what I was talking/asking about.

They apparently both have a need to travel to Australia, _and_ data on their PC that requires wiping. That makes me curious what kind of data that could be.




> _and_ data on their PC that requires wiping.

All data requires wiping because no government has a right to it without a warrant or as part of an investigation, no matter what the data is.


Yeah, no. If my 5 year old can look at it without worry, so can random airport guy number 34.


You continue to miss the point. But if you're happy handing over your personal data, and your stance is representative of most Australians, that's probably why privacy protections are so weak in Australia - most don't understand why they should care.


This. The old "if you've got nothing to hide then you've got nothing to worry about".

It's all good until the leopards start eating their face, then suddenly they understand the problem.




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