RedEye9 wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 16:46:
“Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
Edward Snowden
Beamer wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 15:16:Suckage wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 12:17:
I'm just about ready to switch back to dumbphones for when I travel.
Why?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending this at all. But some jackass looking at your emails isn't worth using a flip phone. Depending on your you look, there's like a 10% chance of it happening. If they look, you're inconvenienced, but nothing is taken from you permanently and nothing is recorded anywhere. It's just some jackass looking at your emails. There's a tiny, tiny chance it gets copied somewhere.
I'm not of the "I have nothing to hide, therefore I'll let them do what they want" mindset. I think they need to stop this. However, carrying a flip phone won't stop this from happening, only stop it from happening to me, at the expense of having to use a flip phone when I travel abroad. That massive inconvenience isn't worth the minimal risk to myself of this happening. I'd have to buy a flip phone, and I'd lose access to the internet and WhatsApp, two of the most useful tools for traveling outside the US.
Suckage wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 12:17:
I'm just about ready to switch back to dumbphones for when I travel.
Quboid wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 15:53:
I feel like it hasn't occurred to them that just because it's not unconstitutional doesn't mean they have to do it. Like, it could be legal for them to do this but they not do it anyway because it's a stupid idea.
Beamer wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 15:16:
Depending on your you look, there's like a 10% chance of it happening. If they look, you're inconvenienced, but nothing is taken from you permanently and nothing is recorded anywhere. It's just some jackass looking at your emails. There's a tiny, tiny chance it gets copied somewhere.
Suckage wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 12:17:
I'm just about ready to switch back to dumbphones for when I travel.
Suckage wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 12:17:
I'm just about ready to switch back to dumbphones for when I travel.