[Linux-aus] Employing staff/Single Touch Payroll/MyGovID - help!

[David Lloyd]

On 6/8/2023 6:40 PM, Info via linux-aus wrote:
> Government Web sites are full of Javascript trackware. I send requests 
> for privacy to government departments and our "representatives" in 
> parliament but get few replies and only one site changed. The fact 
> that politicians use those tools on their own sites for tracking us 
> shows they neither care nor think about privacy. You could have a 
> tough time ahead.
>
> Could we, as a group, make privacy or open source an issue for an 
> election? That might get some government attention?

I'm sure you could, but it's an issue that seems to confuse many voters; 
to be perfectly honest, the long game would be to "infiltrate" all of 
the major political parties (ALP, LNP, and probably the Greens) and 
ensure that the voice is heard from within somehow. Unless someone can 
buy enough media/coverage (i.e. buy votes) to persuade the parties from 
outside of their inner structure, this - I think - should be one 
significant goal.

Then again, once one is in one of the main parties - especially one of 
the groupings likely to be able to form Government (currently the ALP or 
LNP -- but I wouldn't be surprised one day if that changes to ALP or 
Greens...but never write off the LNP until they truly fade away) - one 
finds that there's a whole plethora of issues in running countries and 
politics, and maybe fixing proprietary software *in and of itself* isn't 
necessarily the best high priority ALTHOUGH it is, of course, an 
admirable one.

Anyway,

My 2c.