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What it is

A short Australian dystopian film in which a man returns home to find citizens fining each other for infractions via a government app, with cameras everywhere.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a vivid illustration of where automated enforcement, digital ID and crowd-sourced policing could lead.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “it's worth spending a few minutes to watch the whole thing...”

    Short film with a scene of mandated car enforcement.

    dublin, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “NTSB wants alcohol detection systems installed in all new cars in US”

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Topics: short film, surveillance, social credit, digital id, automated enforcement

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