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brokenmachine on Aug 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Australia is becoming a surveillance state

>The enormous cost of all this is passed onto the consumer and the government doesn't subsidise reporting entities at all.

Sorry, who's the consumer in this? Can you explain more?

milderworkacc on Aug 11, 2021 [–]

The telcos bear the cost of retention, and so consumers of telco services are paying more as a result.

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