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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 throwaway6734 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:52AM (#21523466)
> If you can't actually see how the American state (not population or country) has devolved into something to be concerned about over the last 20 years

I find this timeframe strange. Although the US has had major policy mishaps in the last 20 years (Iraq war, NSA surveillance, etc), imo policy is still better than at any other time in America's history.

What timeframe do you think had "better" policy?

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by WarOnPrivacy on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:43PM (#21528588)
Q1 & Q2 2001.

After that began US's relentless creation of the modern, comprehensive surveillance state. It is the largest possible government and will effectively repress our great-grandchildren and theirs.

As an American, I advocate some isolationism to protect other countries. The reason is that other nations are proving grounds for the future mistreatment of US citizens. Protecting other countries now protects future Americans.

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by BurnGpuBurn on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:30AM (#21524454)
The fact that you refer to the murdering of a couple of million Iraqis as a 'policy mishap' just underscores the other guys point.
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:48PM (#21527079)
... and doesn't actually answer the guy you're replying to at all.

Mind you, I'm not saying that he's right. I'm just saying that you didn't actually answer him.

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