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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Sim farms are also a thing used by threat actors.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

They're a low cost way of building out robo-call infrastructure. But this does nothing to prevent malicious actors from getting their hands on cheap hardware.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yep. Just another means to control the populace and extract more money out of them.

Look at programs like MethCheck, putting pseudoephedrine products behind the counter and putting a limit on purchasing...requiring ID to purchase.

So now we've got:

  • A limit on how much Sudafed we can buy (without a prescription, which is it's own level of bullshit because now you gotta see a doctor)
  • A requirement to have valid state-issued ID to purchase medicine.
  • Phenylephrine, a glorified placebo, taking over all cold medicine.
  • Poor people can't steal medicine (I see this as a con)
  • Smurfs.
  • Just as much meth.
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