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As you know, the forum has been fighting spammers and bots for years. We have seen our fair share of "Custom Kitchens UK", scammy Internet hosting companies, and bots trying to send us to a business's homepage. But after fighting the tidal wave of spam for so many years, the admins had a persistent thought: what if the spammers are right? Not in terms of posting nonsense links and trying to scam our users, but in trying to make money through our unique platform?

Well, thanks to the helpful counsel of Taunt, we have finally decided to move the forum in a new direction. Please see his important post on the matter in this topic

Our privacies are under attack again.

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on: September 06, 2018, 06:14:31 PM
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Reply #1 on: September 06, 2018, 06:34:27 PM
Our privacy's been gone since the Bush Administration. I don't see what possible privacies are even left to protect.

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Reply #2 on: September 06, 2018, 06:36:09 PM
Quote from: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on September 06, 2018, 06:34:27 PM
Quote from: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on September 06, 2018, 06:34:27 PM
Our privacy's been gone since the Bush Administration. I don't see what possible privacies are even left to protect.
This backdoor could still make things even worse, by weakening encryptions.
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Reply #3 on: September 06, 2018, 06:50:20 PM
This bill does not deal with Internet rights or usage, but rather with encryption within Australia. presumably it would make it easier for police to get access to someones phone, and password if the person is accused of a crime. We already have laws covering this on the Books here, so I doubt the Us will be copying Australia if this passes.
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