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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by serf on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:18AM (#33446931)
>I'm on guard for overreah all the time, but I'm OK with showing ID to buy alcohol, drive a car, fly on a plane, sell items that should rarely be done in bulk outside of rare conditions, like a bunch of catalytic converters.

you should probably re-evaluate your ideas about personal ID with regards to travel if you're interested in over-reach. These laws are routinely used as an anti-immigration method by ICE and equivalents, and there is very little proof that they do much to make the world any safer.

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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by alar44 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:04AM (#33447593)
Anyone who thinks countries and states don't have the right to control their borders has lost touch with reality.
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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by danielheath on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:55AM (#33449687)
Sure they do, but in an ostensibly-free state is "you must unlock your devices and give immigration full access to the data within" really a reasonable position? If you wanted to bring sketchy data into the country, surely it'd be easier to do it via a VPN, right?
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