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The bizarre thing is that once upon a time these "contraband" checks were a thing at the East German (communist) border. You would be checked for unwanted news
by 109981283091 10y ago
The bizarre thing is that once upon a time these "contraband" checks were a thing at the East German (communist) border.
You would be checked for unwanted newspapers, literature etc.
At the time the U.S. was vehemently against the practice ...
- PythonicAlpha 10y agoWhen you compare things, you will end up, that today those people have for more elaborate techniques for spying on us. When the people which have done it in East Germany, look at what is done in the West today, they have tears in their eyes, because what they did was Kindergarden in comparison.
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago... but now they've had to destroy the village to save it, again. Drats. Those were some nice freedoms.