Five years of your social media just to visit the US on an ESTA, and 50,922 phone searches at the border in a single year with no suspicion needed. Part 1 of my Five Eyes series: who else gets to see it?
There are dictatorships that are far worse but no way in hell will I cross the border to see for myself.
Israel is much scarier.
yes bc im there 😈
50,922 phone searches at the border in a single year
There are about 257 million people traveling to the US to or from other countries each year. That means less than 0.02% of those encounter a device search. The article itself also notes that the social media reporting system is not even in effect.
Is the situation is worse than in the past? Absolutely! Is it still deteriorating? Yes. Do we need to improve it? Yes! But perspective matters too. Your chance of a device search upon entering the US is really small. There are many countries around the world where dev searches happen, and some even have criminal penalties for refusing.
I would say the US is scary-ER than in the past. But the scary-EST? Social media doesn’t do nuance, and everything is either the very best or the very worst thing ever…
That means less than 0.02% of those encounter a device search.
Grok, how does the Panopticon work?
I think it works in some way that doesn’t allow you to avoid scrutiny by leaving your phone at home when you travel internationally?
Actually I think it may be hard to travel at all when locked inside a prison? idk lol
The Panopticon works by making you worry you are always going to be surveiled even if there’s a statistically small chance you are.
That’s the joke.
Not sure why the Lemmy Privacy Community didn’t quite understand it, besides the obvious
My point is that a small chance of being searched at a border crossing is a far cry from a panopticon.
I’m sorry, do you understand that you are repeating the definition of the panopticon, but say you don’t understand how a panopticon is a panopticon?
I’ve already explained I think there’s a big difference between a chance of being searched at an airport and a chance of being observed at any moment while imprisoned and I’m not sure what else might be unclear.
The definition of a panopticon is not “a small chance of being searched”, just to be clear. It’s a specific thing and you’re saying it’s similar while I’m saying it’s different enough.
You might want to take a quick look at Wikipedia, because you are trying to use inaccurate distinctions.
while imprisoned
No, it’s not placed in a prison, it’s about the structure of a surveillance society.
I don’t even want to visit the US and I live here.
No, its definitely either Myanmar or Congo.
Edit: Anybody downvoting this: You can’t actually believe this. You almost certainly know people who have or are going to the US, none who are going to active warzones.
scariest? no. one of the dumbest? yea.
Isn’t that precisely the scariest part? ;)
Pretty much. Dumb on its own is harmless, but dumb with five years of your social media and a phone search at the border is a different story.
