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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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