Two interesting press releases from the comms minister today. First up is the start of an SMS Sender ID Registry trial. The Registry "will help stop scammers from spoofing trusted brand names – like Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank – and slipping into legitimate text exchanges to deceive Australians". Still don't know the technical details of this, but good to see something done about it. The other announcement is an extension of the School Student Broadband Initiative. The government is giving NBN more money so they can give more families with school aged kids free internet access via community organisations for those in need. Maybe if the NBN wasn't so fucking expensive in the first place it wouldn't be needed, alas.
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