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A comment on Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional. Parent comment

Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by psv1 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @06:55AM (#21523098)
Yes - on a personal level, I tend to avoid travelling to the US. For the same reasons that I avoid travelling to most of the Middle East or China.
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by jason_slack on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @06:57AM (#21523113)
I found my time in China rather pleasant. However, I am aware of other less positive stories about traveling in China.
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by psv1 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:05AM (#21523157)
> I found my time in China rather pleasant.

Yes. As are some places in the Middle East. And so so many places in the US are great too, of course. It's just that the attitude of those states (and the most extreme parts of the population) towards foreigners make most trips not worth the risk.

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by odiroot on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @08:03AM (#21523536)
Middle East I can understand but what's your beef with China?
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by lugg on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @08:16AM (#21523630)
Not AP but given my own government is unable to protect its own citizens travelling there im not about to risk a transfer through there. It's unlikely anything would happen but given my work I'm almost certainly on a list there and I'm simply not willing to risk it.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-24/china-hostage-dipl...

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/yang-hengjun-australian-writer-d...

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