Australian police seek the right to install malware on home devices during "emergencies"

This is only the beginning for this sort of crap, and I fear eventually people will look back on the early 21st century as the good ol’ days. Back in the free-wheelin’ 80’s and 90’s I (and many others) was so focused on tech “setting us free” that I failed to consider the potential it presented for the opposite to become true. Now it seems there’s a new creepiness precedent set every day. Some will, of course, be allowed, some won’t, but eventually it’ll be an arms race to the bottom as “advantages” are perceived by those that haven’t yet exploited this or that possibility. From there it’s monkey see, monkey do.

Have a nice day.