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Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by bildung »

ekianjo wrote: post #154
BigJ1211 wrote: post #145

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That would really depend on how you define freedom, if you look at it theoratically like "free to do whatever you want". Then maybe , if you look at it from the perspective of "an individual can garner freedoms through work" they are far more likely to do that in most other western countries. You are far more likely to not have to worry about things like healthcare in european countries than you are in the US for exa…

Class mobility better in other countries? Please provide a source for this claim.

Vertical social mobility is pretty bad in the US.

This is for 2012: https://www.epi.org/publication/usa-lags-peer-countries-mobi...

This OECD chart shows how your financial outcome is practically inherited in the US and Germany: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/08/moving-up-the-income-...

This isn't very surprising. For decades, the strongest predictor for a country having high social mobility is a strong welfare program including child care and health care, financed by progressive taxation of income and wealth.

In the US, the rags to riches story has been a myth for at least 50 years.

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by Keverw »

jakobegger wrote: post #148
Majestic121 wrote: post #97

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Apparently, yes : https://www.no-fly-list.com/ Maybe there are other unofficial lists, but this one is searchable

Is this satire?

That's exactly what I was thinking too about that site being satire. They even got a disclaimer but it's lightly colored text on a lightly colored background so hard to read.

   The data ("the Data") displayed herein is provided "as is" with no warranty 
   whatsoever, neither express nor implied, and no claims are made regarding its 
   accuracy, veracity, or suitability. Inclusion of persons in the Data does not imply 
   or allege their participation in terrorist activities. The Data is intended to be 
   used for reference purposes only, and should not be relied upon as the sole 
   determining factor of an individual's participation or non-participation in terrorist 
   activities. All persons are presumed innocent until proven otherwise.

   By using this web site you agree to release from liability and hold harmless the 
   Terrorist Security Administration (TSA), its employees and affiliates for any errors, 
   inaccuracies or omissions in the Data. The TSA is an independent, non-government 
   organization and is in no way affiliated with any branch of any government, 
  corporation, individual or other entity, whether real or imaginary."

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by bildung »

ekianjo wrote: post #155
lotsofpulp wrote: post #132

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I find that people with lower incomes are free-er in other Western countries. They can go about their lives without worrying about healthcare, parents can bond and breastfeed for a year without stressing about work, families can go on vacations for multiple weeks, people aren’t as afraid of being abused or killed by police, etc.

The police does not kill you in most western countries because they are so useless at doing anything and don't even do their job of protecting people or going after criminals. the only metric they care about is fining people as much as possible for minor offenses.

The strength of a police force has only minimal predictive power regarding violent crime in a country.

The best known measure to lower violent crime is lowering inequality (e.g. progressive taxation paying for free education etc.): https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/07/the-star...

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by dsfyu404ed »

chacha2 wrote: post #151
vinay427 wrote: post #138

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Not the freedom I mean. I would say that people with lower incomes have better lives in other Western countries, but that's not the freedom from the government (at least on paper but probably in practice as well) that I meant.

It's funny how when discussing freedom with an American they'll always insist the only measure that's really important is the one they excel in.

It's funny how when discussing freedom with a non-American they'll always insist the only measure that's really important is the one America does not excel in.

See how much nothing this adds to the discussion? You may as well say "your definition of freedom is wrong and mine is right".

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by michaelt »

blue_devil wrote: post #135
classified wrote: post #131

Securing a single phone is a half measure at best, and your phone might get seized. Also, CBP, TSA and colleagues will do what they can to fuck you extra hard when sensing resistance to their ramming their noses up your cavities. The only true remedy is to get the US back on track with being a democracy and respecting the Constitution again.

Is simply crossing a border a "reasonable" search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment? Is there a legal precedent for that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception

Since the first border search statute was enacted in 1789, customs officials have essentially been authorised to search anything crossing the border, without warrant. It was approved by the first US congress, which counted James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and John Adams among its members. The original target was ships that might be carrying taxable goods.

Warrantless border searches are literally older than the fourth amendment, which was only ratified in 1791.

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by geggam »

woutr_be wrote: post #90
thelittleone wrote: post #78

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Wouldn’t it be safer to: 1) Backup phone then reset to factory before flying 2) Restore once through customs.

Have you tried to restore your phone? Especially while on LTE/3G or hotel WiFi? It's an absolute pain in the ass, takes a couple of hours, not to mention you have to set up Apple Pay again. Deal with 2FA changes because you can't back up Google Authenticator.

Use authy for authentication

https://authy.com/blog/authy-vs-google-authenticator/

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by geggam »

gnopgnip wrote: post #64
ehsankia wrote: post #28

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I'm curious, would putting your real device in checked in bag and bringing a separate device / burner with you generally enough for bypassing it, or do they check all devices in your bags?

Generally you have all your check bags with you when going through customs.

I always get my checked bag after going through customs

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by dsfyu404ed »

sombremesa wrote: post #104
jeroenhd wrote: post #80

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Exactly this. And remember that international airports are also borders!

So does it extend 100 miles from airports?

IIRC no. They wanted to but the FBI gang didn't want the CBP gang dealing on its turf so it got nixed. That doesn't mean it didn't fly under the radar later though.

Re: Pair Locking Your iPhone

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Post by geggam »

x220 wrote: post #40
jwr wrote: post #35

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I find this whole discussion (including the above comment) surreal, given that we are talking about the country that used to be called "the land of the free" and that claims superiority over countries that restrict freedoms.

Americans have freedom on paper but they don't have any freedoms that matter. They have "freedom of speech" in the technical sense, but that freedom goes away once they get an audience that matters.

I wonder if the folks who downvote this have traveled much ?

BTW you have to exercise that free speech in the specified zone. Cant be out there talking all willy nilly

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