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I don’t think border searches like this are out of the norm even by Western standards.
by chrischen 7y ago
I don’t think border searches like this are out of the norm even by Western standards.
- hker 7y agoI agree that border searches by Western standards have worsen recently, e.g., the US customs may ask for social media handles. But the Chinese border searches have gone even further: they install additional tracking apps on travelers’ phones [1], and they make a copy of the phone data for later analysis (in Cantonese [2]). [1]: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/08/article/visitors-to-china-warned-about-phone-checks/ https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/08/article/visitors-to-china-... [2]: https://lih.kg/1384861 https://lih.kg/1384861
- tptacek 7y agoThe likelihood of a US border search that turns up protest materials costing you your degree or your next 5 job prospects is essentially 0.