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> Authorities Threaten Jail Time For Unvaccinated Aussies

And jail you for not surveilling yourself for their titillation
while they keep you in jail...


Australians Being Mandated To Provide Police With Geo-Trackable
Selfies To Prove They're Quarantining

https://summit.news/2021/10/06/video-australians-being-mandated-to-provide-police-with-geo-trackable-selfies-to-prove-theyre-quarantining/

https://summit.news/2021/01/18/uk-authorities-could-force-people-to-take-selfie-every-day-to-prove-theyre-self-isolating/
https://summit.news/2021/10/04/insane-videos-show-australian-cops-battering-grocery-shoppers-protesters-fighting-back-chanting-freedom/
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-two-largest-states-trial-facial-recognition-software-police-pandemic-2021-09-16/

In a move that again highlights how far toward a complete tyranny
Australia has become in the wake of COVID, citizens are being mandated
to provide geo-trackable selfies to police to prove they are staying
at home.

A report from 9 News in Australia details how people in Victoria are
now required to respond to the authorities within 5 minutes of them
randomly calling by sending a selfie of themselves at home. If they
fail to respond, health goons are sent to their address to dish out
punishments.

The reporter notes “Today the call has gone out to everyone in home
quarantine in Victoria to take part in a pilot program. And what that
means is they will receive random phone calls and they will have to
answer within five minutes with a selfie sent to an app which will
then geo-track where that person is and to make sure they are who they
say they are as well.”

“If they don’t answer within the five minutes that’s when health
ministers come knocking,” the reporter creepily adds.

Watch:

Reuters reported on the scheme earlier this month, noting that it is
being trialled in “New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, home to Sydney,
Melbourne and more than half of Australia’s 25 million population.”

The technology involved uses facial recognition, but health
authorities have refused to comment on the scheme.

Reuters notes that “Under the system being trialled, people respond to
random check-in requests by taking a ‘selfie’ at their designated home
quarantine address. If the software, which also collects location
data, does not verify the image against a “facial signature”, police
may follow up with a visit to the location to confirm the person’s
whereabouts.”

It is something that was previously suggested for use in Britain, but
was abandoned over fears of privacy invasion.

A literal government surveillance mandate.

Australia is gone