U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillance of private citizens

Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by phreeza on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:06AM (#28944571)

The Berlin wall was orders of magnitude shorter, had a much smaller population of people trying to cross it, guards with shooting orders, several decades of progressive technological improvements, pervasive surveillance of the people trying to cross it before the act. People still managed to cross it.

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Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by aerostable_slug on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:12PM (#28950887)

More illegal immigrants cross into California in a single night than in the entire history of the Inner German Border.

That said, I don't think any sane person would favor using things like SM-70 directional mines to secure the American border. We can make a dent on illegal labor and more importantly get some idea of who these people are without resorting to the tactics of the DDR.

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Re:U.S. tightens export controls on items used in surveillan... by phreeza on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:07AM (#28954138)

I don't object to anything you've said, I was just replying to the absoluteness of the statement made by GP. Making a land border of that size absolutely safe against sufficiently motivated and individuals is harder than they seem to think.

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