I don't think the goal of the legislation is to ensure that 100% of kids under 16 are off social media. I think the goal is (more realistically) to get most kids off social media. And VPNs cost money and usually require a credit card to sign up. This is something that most under 16 year olds in Australia don't have. So there is a barrier there.

And for that very reason it's highly unlikely the software would come up with the "exact same figure" for everyone.

Why would your employees know about this? How much time and effort does it take to log in and download the recommended rents? The landlord could easily do it his or herself. No need to have any other staff involved at all.

Are human brain cells significantly distinct from monkey brain cells? I agree that human brains are different from monkey brains, but are human brain cells really different in an important way from monkey brain cells? It seems to be how the cells are put together that is significant.

But that assumes perfect information. What kind of idiot would admit to the authorities that they won $1000 using $100 they "borrowed" from the store?

I don't think it would violate the Act if the person voluntarily handed over the password. That would be considered authorization to access the account under the law.

Not to mention the fact that not everyone has a smartphone!

I might agree with some of what you say, but I'd hardly call any of those issues "settled"!

I literally learned to program on a Commodore PET, and the first computer I owned was a Commodore 64. Now, the BASIC interpreters in those computers have long since been disassembled and analyzed, but it is still cool to have the original source.

I still have the floppy disk and manual for PAL (an assembler for the Commodore 64) on my shelf. Of course, I don't have anything to run it on. In any event, writing a 6502 cross assembler in C (or even Python) for a modern computer would not be terribly difficult.

What onshoring of manufacturing? Some of Trump's highest tariffs are on raw materials which are critical for a manufacturing base. And if manufacturing does move into the U.S., which is doubtful, with its higher labor cost, more of the work will be done by robots, not by people.

Some of us are concerned about both privacy and security. As the old saying goes, people willing to give up one for the other deserve neither.

Citation please?

Even when you delete a social media account, the information is generally preserved. You'll probably be required to disclose all social media accounts which have at some time been under your control under penalty of perjury. Even if you can't unlock those old accounts, the information might still be accessible to the government. You might be required to sign a waiver granting all social media companies permission to disclose all information (including deleted posts).

I haven't seen the details of this new policy, but I'm sure you'll be required to fill out a form which says to list all social media accounts that are under your control, and at the bottom of the form will be a space to sign your name with the note (standard on federal forms) that it is an offense under section whatever of the United States Code to knowingly provide false information on the form punishable by a fine of not more than $250,000 and a prison sentence of not more than five years. So, you're taking a big risk. If, at any future time, there's an investigation which reveals the existence of undisclosed social media accounts which existed at the time you filled in the form, you are a felon and could be imprisoned.