

It’s an attempt on intimidation, because supposedly for the person travelling it’s a lose-lose:
- provide all your data, and allow the US government (and any connected entities (big tech)) to use it to track and sell that data
- don’t provide all your data, and when the US government suspects that you did that, they can bar entry for little reason, and/or have legal grounds(/excuse) for go after you
All around it’s a humiliation and intimidation exercise




As with everything, consenting adults make almost any court case between two people effectively null, unless the state asserts its authority (as is with certain types of injury), and/or when it pertains to other people (when person A tries to tell person C that they own person B, and such try to claim control of various processes, etc.)
I’d be interested in how much the law would allow or understand those cases, or in which cases the state is allowed (without either party filing claims) to step in by itself. (Which there’s a specific word for, but I forgot it)