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Comment by kube-system

17 days ago

> now you've heard of random Canadians and Europeans getting deported or declined entry in the US for random reasons, including one who wrote stuff against Trump

This doesn't happen because people are using gmail. It happens when people post things on social media or get searched at border crossings.

It happens for random, unjustified reasons. Wouldn't you want to protect your data from a country that behaves like that? I sure would.

  • Not using gmail doesn't solve that. If you cross a border you can have your device searched and denied entry if you don't cooperate. If you post on social media, the data is in plaintext for the world to see.