US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff profile

Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by kennywinker on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:45PM (#13708978)

I thought tech people liked hard problems ;)

Please, by all means use whatever technical measures you want at the border. My criticism was of hn commenters armchair quarterbacking, as thought the ability to bypass these checks (at great effort) makes it ok that you have no expectation of privacy.

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by LordKano on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:44PM (#13709444)

Tech people like hard tech problems. We notoriously hate hard people problems.

I have mixed feelings on the matter. At an international border, non-citizens shouldn't have an expectation of privacy.

At the same time, this man's private sexual preferences shouldn't be used to evaluate his fitness to enter the country.

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by kennywinker on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:49AM (#13712138)

Does violating the privacy of travellers routinely actually make you safer?

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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by LordKano on Thursday February 23, 2017 @08:39AM (#13713729)

It most likely does not but what you're overlooking is that it makes some people "feel" safer.

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