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They're attempting to solve the problem that they, as individuals, can solve. I have no realistic chance of convincing enough of my fellow Americans that the p
by LordKano 10y ago
They're attempting to solve the problem that they, as individuals, can solve.
I have no realistic chance of convincing enough of my fellow Americans that the privacy of foreign nationals who wish to enter this country is more important than maintaining the false sense of security we get by violating it to put any pressure on lawmakers or enforcers of policy and get things changed.
What you can do, today, is employ technical measures to prevent the agents at the border from snooping into your private business.
- kennywinker 10y agoI thought tech people liked hard problems ;) Please, by all means use whatever technical measures you want at the border. My criticism was of hn commenters armchair quarterbacking, as thought the ability to bypass these checks (at great effort) makes it ok that you have no expectation of privacy.
- LordKano 10y agoTech people like hard tech problems. We notoriously hate hard people problems. I have mixed feelings on the matter. At an international border, non-citizens shouldn't have an expectation of privacy. At the same time, this man's private sexual preferences shouldn't be used to evaluate his fitness to enter the country.
- kennywinker 10y agoDoes violating the privacy of travellers routinely actually make you safer?
- LordKano 10y agoIt most likely does not but what you're overlooking is that it makes some people "feel" safer.