Singapore: you plebs are too stupid to protect yourselves, so we use state machinery to ensure you don’t do stupid stuff
The update will progressively arrive on all Android users’ devices and will be enabled by default through Google Play Protect, said Google’s director of android security strategy Eugene Liderman
This is not reddit. Please don’t comment just on the headline.
Meanwhile, other laws in Singapore (with some exceptions):
- No Smoking in Public. Fines up to $200, increasing to $1,000 if taken to court.
- E-Cigarettes are Prohibited. Fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 6 months; subsequent offence up to $20,000, mprisonment up to 12 months.
- No Eating or Drinking on Public Transport. Fine up to $500.
- No Playing Musical Instruments in Public. Fine up to $1,000.
- No Connecting to Someone Else’s Wi-Fi. Fine up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 3 years; subsequent offence up to $20,000, imprisonment up to 5 years.
- No Importing or Selling Chewing Gum. Importation fine up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 2 years; subsequent offence up to $200,000 or imprisonment up to 3 years. Sale fine up to $2,000.
- No Drinking After 10.30pm. Fine up to $1,000 (first offence), up to $2,000 and/or imprisonment up to 3 months (repeat offence).
- Don’t Feed the Pigeons. Fine up to $500.
- Don’t Feed Any Wildlife. Fine up to $5,000, or up to $10,000 for subsequent offences.
- Flush the Toilet. Fine up to $1,000.
- No Littering. Fine up to $2,000 (first conviction), $4,000 (second conviction), $10,000 (subsequent convictions).
- No Singing Explicit Lyrics. Imprisonment up to three months and/or a fine.
Life is grand!
I understand and agree with most of these. But the fines are pretty high.
No Connecting to Someone Else’s Wi-Fi. Fine up to $10,000
I’m wondering if this is enforced or is a tack-on to when someone is caught using someone else’s wifi to run scams or other illegal activity.
No Drinking After 10.30pm. Fine up to $1,000
This is my biggest objection. That’s like when all the good drinking happens.
Flush the Toilet. Fine up to $1,000.
Lol. What? This has to be for public toilets. The fine is pretty ridiculous.
No Singing Explicit Lyrics. Imprisonment up to three months and/or a fine.
Can you curse regularly?
