Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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I guess we can finally get clarification on whether or not forums are social media.
I mean they make you sign away your rights and tell them if you’ve ever been affiliated with any one who was in or if you joined a communist party. So this is just another layer on the shit cake.
Every social media username? I figure most people are like me and lost most of them.
at this point, these companies would make a buck as lost accounts recovery services.
Imagine handing over a Hexbear username, lol
hey turns out our tech oligarchs are the ones spying on us and not the chinese, what a twist!
It's both.
What are the Chinese going to do to you with your data Vs say the tech firm selling your data to insurance companies?
the evil ccp use your data to sell you cheaper commodities, the free west use your data to restrict your rights
Yeah and both of those are bad. Product dumping kills local businesses, like how the US sending clothes overseas kills domestic textile industries, and processed food aid kills farms needed for self-sufficiency.
lmao as if i could give a shit about petit-bourgeoisie going out of business.
Better targeted psyops. Same the the CIA does.
I mean, if they are then you should be rooting for them. Your living conditions would skyrocket under Chinese hegemony
Is there any way to practically check this? Surely just saying "i dont use the internet very much" is enough.
Suspicious, denied.
i mean just say you don't have social media it's not like they can access private social media databases
They can in fact access private social media databases.
Of lemmy.zip?
in other news, the market price of hacked credentials for MAGA-friendly social media accounts:
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in case it is unclear to anyone: the above is a joke.
in all seriousness, renaming someone else's account and presenting it to CBP as one's own would be dangerous and inadvisable. a more prudent course of action at this time is to avoid traveling to the united states.
Or create fake profile with trump positive post, but no history probably suspicious.
No more bot farms needed
Or even buy a fake age profile…that is going to be a business
Oh look, fake social media accounts used. Fantastic. No gaps here!
The username requirement isn't anything new; that requirement was on our DS-160 years ago.
The "wants people to set their social media profiles to public" isn't quoted, so seems less like an official policy anywhere and more like one embassy worker being a prick. Unfortunately, each individual embassy operates independently totally devoid of any accountability.
This process is dehumanizing, inefficient, and totally fucked...but this particular part of it has been this was for a long-ass time.
Quoted here https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47068548
Fair enough, though that's an ask from the State Dept., not a demand from the embassy, as indicated in the OP. It's an important distinction because the embassy holds the authority at that point in the process. They can ignore the guidance altogether or demand everyone open their profiles. They're probably more likely to do the latter now, but they could've done this two years ago too.
Demanding the usernames for the past 5 years and being suspect of anyone not on social media isn't a new, that was my main point. I don't think many people appreciated how shitfucked our visa processes are, even before the current "administration" helping.
Oh no, I might have to lie to the government
I'm a Small Government Republican and I FULLY support this FREEDOM! If you WANT to Come into our Country you have to RESPECT OUR CONSTITUTION (which means you ARE allowed to Shoot Up a School but THATS IT!)!
How many schools are allowed per person?
There is no limit to freedom!
Lol I don't even remember most of my previous handles. If amnesia isn't a valid defense I'm never getting into the USA. Then again, I have no reason to visit shithole countries in the first place.
Nobody can and that will be use to prove that you lie on the form if they need to find something on you in the future.
Going there with a crappy handwritten letter including all 40’000 throw-away users I ever created
/s