There is a valid use for the underlying tech to see patterns, like spotting tumors in MRIs; trends in data; 'jiggling' an input idea to give brainstorming output, perhaps. But it is a basic category error to give them plain-language responses to queries: as they DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.

Walmart informs their employees on Day 1 how to apply for government assistance bc Walmart won’t pay a living wage.

Spend your hard earned money with their competitors.

Read "Enshitification" by Cory Doctorow for information on how many, many corporations, especially in tech, are cheating us.

Lina Khan was USA's last hope for returning #antitrust law to some form of efficacy. Alas, the Trump admin canned her @ first opportunity. After ~30yrs asleep at the wheel. I am old enough to remember the #Microsoft antitrust trial, how it *almost* did the right thing :( Now we have Amazon, etc.

Theoretical for myself, that is. Horrifying for those already in the US.

.. hopefully this is all theoretical as no one should ever enter the US with anything but blank devices in this climate.

True but can you still not just refuse to give any PIN? If they can only compel biometric login, then they need to bruteforce the PIN. Make the duress short, real one longer so they trip on it w/o your participation.

Use #GrapheneOS if you have a Pixel series phone, people. It lets one configure a duress PIN which locks/wipes. Also does not use any biometric sign-ins (face/fprint) which aren't protected from compelled at demand of CBP; PIN-only which IS (or was at least while the US respected its own laws)...

I haven't intentionally used google for search in a few years. I use noai.duckduckgo.com or Ecosia.org search now instead.

In every fascist country there's an opposition party that took the high moral ground when the fascists started cheating.
Most of those people are eventually killed or imprisoned.

:(