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I mean, to be honest, that's probably illegal, but I have never liked trading freedom for security.
by WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
I mean, to be honest, that's probably illegal, but I have never liked trading freedom for security.
- pjc50 8y agoPeople love trading other people's freedom for security. Especially if it has to do with immigration.
- noarchy 8y agoI'm not sure why you're being downvoted, it seems entirely correct, given the prevailing political climate.
- CrowFly 8y agoBecause it's not the topic we're discussing.
- Fogest 8y agoAnd unfortunately this is often how they get away with doing stuff like this. People scream "my privacy!", government replies "but illegal immigrants?!?!", and people are like "ah all good then, I've got nothing to hide!". It's just so dumb, and I've heard a lot of older people especially who will say the common "Why is it a problem if you've got nothing to hide?". I think some people fail to understand the kind of data people can have stored, and how much of some people's lives are part of their digital devices. I'm sure they wouldn't want police coming into their house and searching it.
- screye 8y agoImmigration : the government's favorite scape goat.
- pjc50 8y agoLet's be clear, it's not just the government but a large chunk of media and voters using immigrants as a scapegoat.
- ultrarunner 8y agoAs much as they may like to, I've yet to have armed agents of CNN et al demand to search my electronics.
- Nasrudith 8y agoYep - that is why many love profiling - security theater that doesn't even inconvenience them because they are the "right people". Plus it focuses on "the bad people". Even though it has a trivial workaround of not looking the part. The Lod Airport Massacre "terrorism swap" with Japanese Red Army Terrorists and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-External Operations in 1972 shows just how useless it is as a measure.