I’m a journalist but I didn’t fully realize the terrible power of U.S. border officials until they violated my rights and privacy
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/22/cbp-border-searches-journalists
#why #journalist #usa #plane #airport #travel
https://theintercept.com/2019/06/22/cbp-border-searches-journalists
#why #journalist #usa #plane #airport #travel
The Intercept
I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy
I complacently assumed that CBP’s horrendous treatment of migrants wouldn’t affect me directly, least of all in Austin, the city where I was born.
I spent some time with court records that offer an unprecedented look into the lives of kids being held at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children
In written declarations, 75 children identified only by their initials described their journeys to the United States, their motivations for coming, and how they felt while detained.
They described harsh conditions at border facilities, where they were separated from their families
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/children-at-the-homestead-migrant-shelter-in-miami-share-stories-11199439
https://www.twitter.com/britsham/status/1141716882308894720
#usa #travel #children #why
In written declarations, 75 children identified only by their initials described their journeys to the United States, their motivations for coming, and how they felt while detained.
They described harsh conditions at border facilities, where they were separated from their families
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/children-at-the-homestead-migrant-shelter-in-miami-share-stories-11199439
https://www.twitter.com/britsham/status/1141716882308894720
#usa #travel #children #why
Miami New Times
Children at the Homestead Migrant Shelter Share Stories of Grief, Trauma, and Fear
By the time they arrived in Homestead, the migrant children had already taken an unwitting tour through American detention facilities with nicknames such as "la hielera" — "the ice box" — and "la perrera" — "the dog kennel." Some had been separated from their…
ICE is Spying on people’s communications
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency at the centre of carrying out President Trump’s “zero tolerance” approach to immigration enforcement and family separation, has for years been contracting a US surveillance company to intercept peoples’ communications across the United States.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/2995/ice-paying-millions-surveillance-company-spy-peoples-communications
#border #why #usa #travel
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency at the centre of carrying out President Trump’s “zero tolerance” approach to immigration enforcement and family separation, has for years been contracting a US surveillance company to intercept peoples’ communications across the United States.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/2995/ice-paying-millions-surveillance-company-spy-peoples-communications
#border #why #usa #travel
Privacy International
ICE is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency at the centre of carrying out President Trump’s “zero tolerance” approach to immigration enforcement and family separation, has for years been contrac
New US visa requirements threaten privacy and freedom of expression
The State Department recently announced a new policy requiring visa applicants to provide social media details on their petitions to obtain a U.S. visa.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/449443-new-us-visa-requirements-threaten-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression
#why #usa #travel #visa
The State Department recently announced a new policy requiring visa applicants to provide social media details on their petitions to obtain a U.S. visa.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/449443-new-us-visa-requirements-threaten-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression
#why #usa #travel #visa
TheHill
New US visa requirements threaten privacy and freedom of expression
Mandating social media usernames on US visa applications undermines internet freedom at home and abroad.
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/07/28/administrative-purgatory
Last year I was denied to go to the US when I was about to travel to San Francisco. Me and my employer’s legal team never got answers as to why this happened so I’ve personally tried to convince myself it was all because of some human screw-up. Because why would they suddenly block me? I’ve traveled to the US almost a dozen times over the years.
The fact that there was no reason or explanation given makes any theory as likely as the next. Whatever we think or guess might have happened can be true. Or not. We will probably never know. And I’ve been told a lot of different theories.
Denied again
In early April 2018 I applied for ESTA again to go to San Francisco in mid June for another Mozilla All Hands conference and… got denied. The craziness continues. This also ruled out some of the theories from last year that it was just some human error by the airline or similar…
#travel #why #usa #airplane
Last year I was denied to go to the US when I was about to travel to San Francisco. Me and my employer’s legal team never got answers as to why this happened so I’ve personally tried to convince myself it was all because of some human screw-up. Because why would they suddenly block me? I’ve traveled to the US almost a dozen times over the years.
The fact that there was no reason or explanation given makes any theory as likely as the next. Whatever we think or guess might have happened can be true. Or not. We will probably never know. And I’ve been told a lot of different theories.
Denied again
In early April 2018 I applied for ESTA again to go to San Francisco in mid June for another Mozilla All Hands conference and… got denied. The craziness continues. This also ruled out some of the theories from last year that it was just some human error by the airline or similar…
#travel #why #usa #airplane
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices
https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017
#travel #usa #border #tsa #security #privacy #guide
https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017
#travel #usa #border #tsa #security #privacy #guide
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your
by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report as a PDF.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at
An Aussie ex-pat has vowed never to return after customs officials at the airport forced him to provide access to devices with intimate videos of his partner and cryptocurrency wallets on them
New australian encryption laws mean that failing to hand over passwords to encrypted devices leaves individuals not suspected of any crime liable for fines of $50,000 or up to five years in jail.
https://micky.com.au/aussie-ex-pat-will-never-return-after-digital-strip-search-reveals-sex-tapes
#australia #travel #airport #gov #why
New australian encryption laws mean that failing to hand over passwords to encrypted devices leaves individuals not suspected of any crime liable for fines of $50,000 or up to five years in jail.
https://micky.com.au/aussie-ex-pat-will-never-return-after-digital-strip-search-reveals-sex-tapes
#australia #travel #airport #gov #why
Crossing the United States Border
A Security Guide for Citizens and Non-Citizens
https://crimethinc.com/2020/01/28/crossing-the-united-states-border-a-security-guide-for-citizens-and-non-citizens
#travel #guide #usa #border #why
A Security Guide for Citizens and Non-Citizens
https://crimethinc.com/2020/01/28/crossing-the-united-states-border-a-security-guide-for-citizens-and-non-citizens
#travel #guide #usa #border #why
CrimethInc.
Crossing the United States Border
Border controls give the authorities an opportunity to invade our privacy and gather information. A guide to minimizing the security risks involved.
Australian government forbids its hostages to travel until 2022
https://www.fr24news.com/a/2020/10/no-travel-to-us-and-europe-until-2022-australians-face-long-wait-for-flights-to-tourist-hot-spots.html
#Australia #gov #travel #coronavirus #hostages
https://www.fr24news.com/a/2020/10/no-travel-to-us-and-europe-until-2022-australians-face-long-wait-for-flights-to-tourist-hot-spots.html
#Australia #gov #travel #coronavirus #hostages
Fr24News
No travel to US and Europe until 2022: Australians face long wait for flights to tourist hot spots | FR24 News English
Forwarded from GJ `°÷°` 🇵🇸🕊 (t ``~__/>_GJ06)
Organic Maps - New promising alternative to Google Maps is now in beta for Android and iOS : privacytoolsIO – https://teddit.net/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/nxfxx1/organic_maps_new_promising_alternative_to_google/
Organic Maps (Offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation) - https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps
Organic Maps | Fast detailed offline maps for travelers, tourists, hikers and cyclists – https://organicmaps.app/
#OpenstreetMap #Maps
#travel #navigation
#FuckGoogleMaps
Organic Maps (Offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation) - https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps
Organic Maps | Fast detailed offline maps for travelers, tourists, hikers and cyclists – https://organicmaps.app/
#OpenstreetMap #Maps
#travel #navigation
#FuckGoogleMaps
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Justin Trudeau:
” Unless People Have a Medical Exception, They Will Not Be Able to Board a Plane or A Train in 🇨🇦Canada If They Are Unvaccinated. We Are Absolutely Unequivocal on That.”
#Canada #travel #apartheid
” Unless People Have a Medical Exception, They Will Not Be Able to Board a Plane or A Train in 🇨🇦Canada If They Are Unvaccinated. We Are Absolutely Unequivocal on That.”
#Canada #travel #apartheid
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#canada #Trudeau announced today that he will place all federal employees on unpaid leave until they've been injected with the experimental covid shot and must declare their full "vaccination status" through an online portal by Oct 29th, going to say by 30th Oct, all workers and travellers age from 12yrs old must show their "vaccination status" or be refused #travel
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🇵🇸 The Library and the Massacre: A Novelist's Testimony on the Destruction of Libraries in the Gaza Strip | Yousri al-Ghoul, Institute for Palestine Studies
While Palestinians had anticipated restrictions on #food, #fuel, and #travel, few realized the occupation would also besiege their minds.
Books were imprisoned, their circulation banned, and their entry blocked.
Then the massacre came, extinguishing the very dream of life itself – beyond the dreams of #writing or #painting. The #occupation deliberately targeted human existence, not just Palestinian identities, committing acts of genocide unparalleled in modern history.
Even stones and trees were razed, leaving the people of Gaza grappling with a single, desperate concern: preserving their lives and families. But, even this modest aspiration became an impossible dream under the relentless shadow of planes raining barrel bombs on fragile homes in overcrowded #RefugeeCamps.
#Palestine #Genocide #Culture #Books #Libraries #Testimonies
While Palestinians had anticipated restrictions on #food, #fuel, and #travel, few realized the occupation would also besiege their minds.
Books were imprisoned, their circulation banned, and their entry blocked.
Then the massacre came, extinguishing the very dream of life itself – beyond the dreams of #writing or #painting. The #occupation deliberately targeted human existence, not just Palestinian identities, committing acts of genocide unparalleled in modern history.
Even stones and trees were razed, leaving the people of Gaza grappling with a single, desperate concern: preserving their lives and families. But, even this modest aspiration became an impossible dream under the relentless shadow of planes raining barrel bombs on fragile homes in overcrowded #RefugeeCamps.
#Palestine #Genocide #Culture #Books #Libraries #Testimonies
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🇵🇸 Reminder : Who Profits - The Israeli Occupation Industry
Since its 1967 #occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel has developed an intricate system of #oppression, combining military force, technology, #infrastructure, and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench its control over #land and #resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and are subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force, and private security personnel.
In the occupied #WestBank, around 3 million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of administrative areas carved out through the 1993 #OsloAccords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). #AreaA comprises approximately 18% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, comprising approximately 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority(#PA) but under the military control of Israel. #AreaC, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of #roadblocks, #fences, #walls, #barriers, and #checkpoints, as well as Israeli #settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate #permit regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem, and #Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass through any of the checkpoints, not even to #travel inside their own enclave to the next town or the surrounding area.
In #Gaza, around two million people have been living under an Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. The movement of people, goods, and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked, and ongoing military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure #destruction.
#Population control and arbitrary movement #restrictions separate families, severely limit access to #HealthCare, #education, and employment, and hinder economic development. Israel also utilizes its force and technologies to surveil and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine use of lethal crowd control weapons and live fire on civilian demonstrators.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house #demolitions, curfews, closures, and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. About 1,000 are being held under administrative detention, i.e., without having been charged, tried, or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control. Private Security and #Surveillance Technology refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance #Technology Industries. The Wall and Checkpoints refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the #oPt. Specialized Equipment and Services, refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment to the
Israeli military and security apparatus.
#Palestine #Syria #WhoProfits #Apartheid #Colonisation #Occupation #PopulationControl #TheWall
Since its 1967 #occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel has developed an intricate system of #oppression, combining military force, technology, #infrastructure, and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench its control over #land and #resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and are subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force, and private security personnel.
In the occupied #WestBank, around 3 million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of administrative areas carved out through the 1993 #OsloAccords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). #AreaA comprises approximately 18% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, comprising approximately 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority(#PA) but under the military control of Israel. #AreaC, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of #roadblocks, #fences, #walls, #barriers, and #checkpoints, as well as Israeli #settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate #permit regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem, and #Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass through any of the checkpoints, not even to #travel inside their own enclave to the next town or the surrounding area.
In #Gaza, around two million people have been living under an Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. The movement of people, goods, and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked, and ongoing military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure #destruction.
#Population control and arbitrary movement #restrictions separate families, severely limit access to #HealthCare, #education, and employment, and hinder economic development. Israel also utilizes its force and technologies to surveil and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine use of lethal crowd control weapons and live fire on civilian demonstrators.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house #demolitions, curfews, closures, and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. About 1,000 are being held under administrative detention, i.e., without having been charged, tried, or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control. Private Security and #Surveillance Technology refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance #Technology Industries. The Wall and Checkpoints refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the #oPt. Specialized Equipment and Services, refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment to the
Israeli military and security apparatus.
#Palestine #Syria #WhoProfits #Apartheid #Colonisation #Occupation #PopulationControl #TheWall
Boarding passes and check-in to be scrapped in historic change to airport rules
The new system would replace traditional boarding procedures with facial recognition technology
"The International Civil Aviation Organization (#ICAO) is set to introduce a "digital travel credential" system within the next three years. This would allow travel without the need for documentation.
The #UN-backed initiative would replace traditional boarding procedures with facial recognition technology. Passengers would instead use a "journey pass" stored on their mobile phones."
https://www.gbnews.com/travel/boarding-pass-scrapped-check-in-rule-changes
Via @ROBINMG
#FacialRecognition #Travel #Aviation #BigBrother
The new system would replace traditional boarding procedures with facial recognition technology
"The International Civil Aviation Organization (#ICAO) is set to introduce a "digital travel credential" system within the next three years. This would allow travel without the need for documentation.
The #UN-backed initiative would replace traditional boarding procedures with facial recognition technology. Passengers would instead use a "journey pass" stored on their mobile phones."
https://www.gbnews.com/travel/boarding-pass-scrapped-check-in-rule-changes
Via @ROBINMG
#FacialRecognition #Travel #Aviation #BigBrother