If you currently live in Australia, you’re probably already aware that some pretty draconian measures have taken place in the name of public health.
The latest Orwellian development is a smartphone app that will use facial recognition and geolocation to help authorities monitor compliance with the state’s mandatory isolation requirements. 

The app lets the state text individuals at random times, giving them 15 minutes to respond with a picture of themselves with location data to prove they are following quarantine orders.

If the data is off, or if they don’t respond in time, they get a visit from the police.

But this next step has crossed the Rubicon into entirely new territory – one in which authorities can legally go into a citizen’s social media account and change what they posted and can make changes to their browsing histories.

The bills passing through the Australian Parliament of late have been mind-boggling but this one goes so far beyond the pale that it’s practically unbelievable.

 

Why? And why is this an issue?