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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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What to do if border police ask to search your phone (reason.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Regardless of what you or anyone has on your phone that is, in any context dystopian and authoritarian asf, there's already been cases of people being detained by US border authorities for anything anti-govt. found on their devices. It's like Trump read 1984 and thought it was an instruction manual.

Worst part is he's disguising himself as a libertarian and someone who's pro free-speech, when his ideas of libertarianism only extend to his govt. and cronies and his ideas of freedom of speech extend to his own views and his own supporters. He's using the guise of being censored himself to censor literally anyone who opposes him.

On another note, for those who don't care abt using free software, or don't care about privacy cuz they have "nothing to hide". Think about how much power the US govt. has over data collecting corps. like Microsoft, Google and apple, now think abt how much power a man like Trump can give himself over the US govt. How much control do u rlly have over your own devices? If there's no way to truly, freely express yourself without govt. interference then there is no democracy.