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Has America Become the Scariest Country in the World to Visit? (thearchitectautopsy.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by TheArchitectAutopsy@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

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...