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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by everdrive on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:45AM (#19564309)
The other thing to consider is that a burner phone will look quite suspicious.
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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by tzs on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:44PM (#19564857)
Say that you take a burner when traveling abroad because you don't trust foreign governments to accord you the same civil rights protections against unreasonable searches that the United States does.
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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by jeltz on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:36PM (#19564795)
They are just cheap smartphones these days. Do they really profile people because their smartphones look too cheap?
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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by max76 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:22PM (#19565837)
Sometimes? If I see a person in their 20s or 30s that have other status items (expensive clothes/accessories) but a $50 smartphone I assume something isn't quite right.
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