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Once the hook is in, it never releases. You see this state behavior everywhere authorianism creeps in. Never, ever, believe benign excuses as:

"It is just a back-up to screen for radicalized applicants."

"We're simply trying to better comply with voting laws."

"It is merely that my taxes are under audit."

Just wait until you go into a domestic train, subway, bus station, or shopping mall and police demand to check your phone. Tolerate a penny; tolerate a dollar.