Bravo, Australia. Bravo. This is the best troll of pollies I’ve yet seen. Politicians who have their public Australian Parliament House email addresses linked to their iMessage accounts have been receiving iMessages all day from citizens who figured out they had a direct line to their devices.
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Some people decided to give Attorney General George Brandis what for over his metadata proposals:
First chapter sent over many messages #1984toBrandis pic.twitter.com/BrRuKtHJpE
— Lauren Ingram (@laureningram) March 2, 2015
Others just decided to have a casual chat:
@wordsonaplatfrm pic.twitter.com/Vms4r1bGG9
— Her Infernal Majesty (@platinumdepot) March 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/dannolan/status/572186098358616065
Oh god I could do this all day pic.twitter.com/L0fOK1jmFX
— Lauren Ingram (@laureningram) March 2, 2015
Buzzfeed Australia also received this one to the Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt.
People Are Trolling Government MPs Over iMessage — Here’s Proof It’s Working #auspol http://t.co/p3Bi7ozD8j pic.twitter.com/AG1QK7FXE7
— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) March 2, 2015
Pollies have since been unlinking their email addresses from iMessage.
Brandis has unlinked his email to iMessage. #1984toBrandis pic.twitter.com/ZHbfLojdVG
— Lauren Ingram (@laureningram) March 2, 2015
Attorney General Brandis (moments after being censured) appears to have turned off iMessage http://t.co/p3Bi7ozD8j pic.twitter.com/PwPegOL90Y
— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) March 2, 2015