Australia's latest move is requiring citizens to submit government-issued ID just to access search engines—a policy that kicked in just days ago. This goes beyond typical age verification; it's essentially a digital ID checkpoint at the gateway to basic internet access. What's significant here is that Australia is effectively piloting mass surveillance infrastructure in a developed Western nation. For the crypto and Web3 community, this raises serious questions about digital privacy, data control, and the erosion of financial anonymity. If such precedents stick, we could see similar policies ripple across other jurisdictions, fundamentally shifting how individuals interact with the internet without intermediary oversight.