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		peletiah on April 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet an... This law is like having to provide and record ID when entering a concert, restaurant or other public places. It's an authoritarian dream, but will be shot down by courts, that's for sure.

carnagii on April 19, 2019 [–]

> having to provide and record ID when entering a concert, restaurant or other public places

What do you think cell phones and credit cards are? In all of your examples you do have to provide an ID.

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