Comment on China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement

ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• rdri@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you are okay with not getting your phone back from authorities…

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  • best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a given if you go to any kind of dictatorship like this one.

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  • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In some cases that’s better than getting your data stolen by the authorities. Especially in a communist dictatorship like China.

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    • rdri@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s better in all cases. But the original comment sounded like “look how I can go to this authoritarian county, encounter police who would ask me for my phone, and remain free and safe afterwards”. That would not be a good idea.

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• Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s exactly what I was thinking while I read this

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