The new US border wall is an app(technologyreview.com)
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The new US border wall is an app
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/16/1074039/border-wall-app/
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I don't find anything wrong with emotional appeal. That's fine story telling and news writing. We are emotional creatures after all, and emotions don't make us weak or dumb. We're neither robots nor Vulcans. Maybe it just isn't the article for you and that's okay. Not everything needs to be distilled into a tweet sized oversimplification.
What I get upset about is that if there isn't important information contained for me to make a reasonable conclusion. But as for this article, I feel like I got it.
I understand the underlying problem -- there are many migrants at the border and the border system is overburdened --, I understand why the app was created -- to try to reduce the burden on the borders and processing --, I understand the problem with the technical capacity of the app -- that it has many glitches and is burdensome to users --, the problem with the app's existence -- it limits accessibility and the requirement to use it does not meet the intended goals of current border policies, specifically with respect to asylum seekers. I don't see it being a problem that this was told in a way to help me sympathize with those at the border. Biased, yes, but it does pass as news as it is actually informative. May seem like a low bar, but I think it's a bar that many don't meet, especially around topics like these.
I think I have enough information to conclude that while the app is not a bad idea that it shouldn't be the only means people have to immigrate through the border. And that if we're being honest, this is a problem that we need to start working with other countries to resolve. Even if it is strictly for our own self interest, as the border is overwhelmed. Looks like the selfish goal can align with the humanitarian goal.
What I get upset about is that if there isn't important information contained for me to make a reasonable conclusion. But as for this article, I feel like I got it.
I understand the underlying problem -- there are many migrants at the border and the border system is overburdened --, I understand why the app was created -- to try to reduce the burden on the borders and processing --, I understand the problem with the technical capacity of the app -- that it has many glitches and is burdensome to users --, the problem with the app's existence -- it limits accessibility and the requirement to use it does not meet the intended goals of current border policies, specifically with respect to asylum seekers. I don't see it being a problem that this was told in a way to help me sympathize with those at the border. Biased, yes, but it does pass as news as it is actually informative. May seem like a low bar, but I think it's a bar that many don't meet, especially around topics like these.
I think I have enough information to conclude that while the app is not a bad idea that it shouldn't be the only means people have to immigrate through the border. And that if we're being honest, this is a problem that we need to start working with other countries to resolve. Even if it is strictly for our own self interest, as the border is overwhelmed. Looks like the selfish goal can align with the humanitarian goal.
A few thousand words written by a human in a magazine feature is not "the enshittification of technology news". For those who want bullet point distillations of news, that exists in the form of Axios et al. Some of us like long form journalism. Both are fine. The real enshittification will be when the web is overrun with LLM bullshit of questionable veracity.
It is mainly on this website that see complaints about this approach to article writing, and I wonder if the repulsion is due to the fact that so many of us here are on the spectrum. Wider neurotypical society doesn’t seem to react so negatively, indeed this approach has been claimed to be more engaging to ordinary people than a drier, facts-only approach.
I suspect it's also a "modern" thing. tl;dr and all that ...
If I consume too much "Internet writing" I find that my reading skill gets impacted until I sit down and read a novel or two.
If I consume too much "Internet writing" I find that my reading skill gets impacted until I sit down and read a novel or two.
The author is attempting to emulate the overwrought prose that’s popular in “literary” publications like the New Yorker. It’s painful to read even when we’ll done, in my opinion. When done poorly, it’s rather comical.
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"A migrant at a makeshift shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, shows a smartphone with the malfunctioning CBP One app."
Anyone else have questions about this? I'm assuming the photo was a bit staged? That's an iPhone screenshot on an Android device with the CBP logo overlaid, I mean...
"A migrant at a makeshift shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, shows a smartphone with the malfunctioning CBP One app."
Anyone else have questions about this? I'm assuming the photo was a bit staged? That's an iPhone screenshot on an Android device with the CBP logo overlaid, I mean...
I installed the app out of curiosity since it claims to show your travel records as a citizen.
The massive CBP logo with the spinner around it isn’t photoshopped. It’s real.
The massive CBP logo with the spinner around it isn’t photoshopped. It’s real.
Yep, that’s definitely faked - I’m curious about the source for this image
Even for returning citizens, borders are effectively becoming an app.
Wait in this long-ass line because we created more rules than we provided resources for, or, oh, “voluntarily” sign away your rights to this app/“trusted” traveller program and get access to the front of the line.
Worst part is the gov has a pretty clear idea of who to worry about or not, but why not use a nudge to get people to sign away more?
Wait in this long-ass line because we created more rules than we provided resources for, or, oh, “voluntarily” sign away your rights to this app/“trusted” traveller program and get access to the front of the line.
Worst part is the gov has a pretty clear idea of who to worry about or not, but why not use a nudge to get people to sign away more?
Can you elaborate the rights I would sign away when I would enroll in the Global Entry program?
They do are fairly extensive background check for Nexus (which provides Global Entry and TSA Pre as well). But it's not really signing away a right in my opinion. You are after all, literally consenting to the search. Which the CBP doesn't need anyway at the border (more of an issue).
> “voluntarily” sign away your rights to this app/“trusted” traveller program and get access to the front of the line
State's mobile passport doesn't sign away anything, to my knowledge.
State's mobile passport doesn't sign away anything, to my knowledge.
Based on the headline I assumed the app would make immigration easier, but it's really just an additional step. The US can keep trying to make it harder, but it will just mean more immigrants will enter the US through illegal channels versus documented and safe ones.
The US literately flies people around the country and opens fences for people on the southern border. Biden administration isn't making anything harder.
App first feels pretty short-sighted and exclusionary to me but I don't think wider accessibility or understanding the userbase is their concern. FWIW I see there's a website too but it's not advertised. It's made in flutter, I know because they haven't done any SEO and that's what appears in search results.
https://cbpone.cbp.dhs.gov/
https://cbpone.cbp.dhs.gov/
"But CBP says it can only process so many people in a day."
Which means that from CBP's perspective, the system is functioning properly.
Which means that from CBP's perspective, the system is functioning properly.
the enshittification of technology news marches on unabated. it’s as if they’re daring you to ask chatgpt to get straight to the point.