As though the US didnt used to spy on its citizens lol
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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 11 hours agoOr maybe don’t go to authoritarian countries like China, Russia, and now the USA.
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
The spying aspect definitely did happen, but you used to be able to have a meme making fun of the US president and have no issues entering, but now they have new orders from their tyrant in chief to arrest people for making a harmless joke. (Search: “Bald JD Vance Meme Denied Entry”)
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
Thats a very strange place to draw a line in the sand when they were literally exposed wire tapping essentially the entire population of the country and mass harvesting private data.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I said “Don’t go to authoritarian countries” not “Don’t go to any country that conducts mass surveillance”. Since every country does mass surveillance these days, the only practical thing to do is avoid those that punish you for you speech, hence China, Russia, USA (a lot more places on the list, but these are the big 3 No-Go Zones)
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
wire tapping is one thing, seizing and/or searching phones is another. while both are bad obviously, you can usually protect yourself against wiretapping by using secure communication systems, which phone calls is not a part of
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
True, but some people may not have a choice because of work or family.