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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by jsmeaton on Sunday February 12, 2017 @03:11PM (#13630424)
Let me start by saying I don't begrudge your info hygiene habits at all, this isn't an attack against you. But I've seen a few suggestions lately on building tools to circumvent these awful policies.

What we need to be doing is vehemently protesting these policies and rejecting them completely. If we start building tools to deny information when someone Has physical access to your unlocked device then we normalize these policies and accept the enevitibility that our privacy is gone. This is a war we cannot win. Not everyone is going to operate with the hygienic standards you use.

That said I've never actively protested a thing in my life. I am basically guilty or complicit myself, and I hate it.

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by sneak on Sunday February 12, 2017 @07:51PM (#13632251)
If protesting these things worked, we'd never have border searches in the first place. Nobody wants to be searched.

Ultimately most people just simply do not place any value on their privacy.

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by jsmeaton on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:13PM (#13632657)
Yeah protesting hasn't really worked that well to date. But do you think people will become more upset if they're told that transiting through airports now requires you to hand over your unlocked phone to a stranger while they go through all of your email, banking, and social media accounts?

It's easy to dismiss data retention laws because they're so far away. But if someone is literally sitting across from you going through your phone? I think (hope) that image will drive the point home a lot better than it has previously.

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by wheelerwj on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:49PM (#13632538)
thats not true, people simply don't understand how their privacy has been used against them. everyone still thinks this is about ads, but its much worse.
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