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?

  • FishFace@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    I read that quote from a person other than the originator of the idea, yes. It is espousing that metaphorical application of the panopticon. It doesn’t have anything to say about the applicability of the metaphor to searches in an airport.

    I don’t think we’re making any progress here, so see ya.

    • XLE@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      other than the originator of the idea

      The word does not belong to the person who “originated” (labeled) it. I’m sorry you don’t like the modern usage and have chosen to die on that hill, but the rest of us are here on the internet, not in the 19th century.

      I’m sorry you refuse to make progress.