My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new normal

Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by emodendroket on Saturday April 08, 2017 @12:50AM (#14065369)

If you're going to throw out all these unlikely theories why don't you look up the data and see if there is any reason to believe them? I'd bet dollars to doughnuts there were not more foreign visitors to the United States in February than there were throughout the entirety of 2015.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by enknamel on Saturday April 08, 2017 @01:57AM (#14065543)

Rates and statistics matter. News organizations tend to pick out whatever statistic meets their narrative (just look up all the analysis of the pay gap but that's a whole nother can of worms). Are more phones entering the country? Are more phones entering from countries that should have additional screening? Just saying it's absolutely gone up doesn't reflect the true situation.

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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new... by emodendroket on Saturday April 08, 2017 @01:25PM (#14067943)

Uh huh. Maybe that's it. Everyone started carrying ten phones.

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