Please refresh that post when the “I’m sorry, thebardingreen. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” happens. ;)

Cool setup, wish I had the skills and mine, to realize something similar.

Dredd is (not?) very fond of your idea.

Usually around 205 W from the wall to UPS and 155 W used by devices connected to the UPS.

/me: Glances at the two ODD currently in use and three more in my shelf. Oh.

My guess would be, the same strategies, every repressed community would use since ever.
As for why governments don’t use net logs, my assumption is, that those are not what they are after. Meeting might not be illegal, just same sex acts which are needed too be “caught in the act”.

1. I’ve read an article long time ago from an expat in, I think Saudi Arabia, in which he described how he tested grindr and got a match. When meeting with them, he got a bad feeling and stepped back.
2. There’s a a (sci-fi) novel with that premise, called “ABC Zhang”. It basically used the points, what others have told here: Mostly secret signs, that those who know, know.