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@cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml • 15 days ago

US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas

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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas

www.thejournal.ie

@cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml • 15 days ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/457134

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  • @Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    Seriously, what’s the advantage of having social media? Just seems like a liability with every account.

    • @BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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      26•15 days ago

      If you don’t have social media you must be “hiding” something and will be denied entry.

      • @refalo@programming.dev
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        will be denied entry

        Source:

        • @Allemaniac@lemmy.world
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          look at the news, airhead. They detain tourists and journalists for far less nowadays. Even fucking Senators. What else needs to happen for you to wake up?

          • @refalo@programming.dev
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            Who was denied entry for not having social media?

    • @DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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      12•15 days ago

      Make a fake one that posts like… idk post random tech stuff that you could be reasonably interested in. Make nothing critical of authority. As a decoy profile.

      Then you can rant about big brother on an anonymous Lemmy Account over TOR.

      • @WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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        Finally a killer app for AI. Create social media profiles and use AI agents to populate them with bland uncontroversial drivel.

      • @FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr
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        But a super recent account would be suspicious

        You have to do this over a couple years

        • @Allemaniac@lemmy.world
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          I can see a black market for decade old “clean” social media accounts to bypass the system lmao

      • Highlybaked
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        and then they check their palantir database and see your lying and throw you in a south american gulag

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