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cyrano ( cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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 ( cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications
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The move has been heavily criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/457134

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  • It'sbetterwithbutter ( Grumpyleb@lemmus.org ) 
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    America is such a fucking joke it’s no longer funny. I wish we could isolate the rest of the world from your madness but unfortunately we can’t.

    • floo ( floo@retrolemmy.com ) Banned
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      • It'sbetterwithbutter ( Grumpyleb@lemmus.org ) 
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        As a Middle Easterner, I genuinely feel sorry for the non maga Americans, but unfortunately that’s your fight to fight.

        Good luck.

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  • cyrano ( cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OP
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    Here officer my username is ifuckyourmum69

  • Libb ( Libb@jlai.lu ) 
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    They want to stay by themselves? That’s fine by me. But then they should also stop exporting their Hollywood and streaming turds (as well as their shit food). That would only be fair. And maybe also stop behaving like if they owned the entire planet?

  • Samsy ( Samsy@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Sure why not, since my name is Anthony O’Neill. You can find my short form username: Anon.

    What could they find? I bet I’m save.

    • rumba ( rumba@lemmy.zip ) 
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      I’m betting on the opposite problem,

      We show here you’ve been VERY active. Please have a seat in this chair until we come for you.

  • ghosthacked ( ghosthacked@lemmy.wtf ) 
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    This is kind of stupid. I don’t even remember social media tags I’ve used. Who would want to go through this shit to get into redneckville?

    • elucubra ( elucubra@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      This was explained to me years ago. They don’t give a fuck about what you said. They want you to lie, in case they need to fuck you up. If for some reason they want to screw you, they’ll look for these uids, and if you hadn’t declared, they’ll slap perjury charges on you.

  • BoycottPro ( BoycottPro@lemm.ee ) 
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    This is stupid. This will not stop spies and terrorists, they will just create fake accounts. This will only hurt legitimate immigrants.

    • FireIced ( FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ) 
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      This is for non immigrant visas it says

      • BoycottPro ( BoycottPro@lemm.ee ) 
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        What I said can be applied to any type of visa. The policy is not going to fix anything, it’s only going to invade peoples privacy and turn away legitimate visa applicants.

        • FireIced ( FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ) 
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          USA being USA

          Btw don’t forget to switch instance

  • Arthur Besse ( cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) 
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    in other news, the market price of hacked credentials for MAGA-friendly social media accounts:

    📈

    note

    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.

  • Handmaid ( Handmaid@lemmy.zip ) 
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    People want to immigrate to the USA still? Bizarre.

    • childOfMagenta ( childOfMagenta@jlai.lu ) 
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      You can need a visa for tourism.

  • Thebigguy ( Thebigguy@lemmy.ml ) 
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    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.

  • The Menemen ( menemen@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Lol, now even the dumbest asshole should understand that they should cancle their US vacation…

  • D_C ( D_C@lemm.ee ) 
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    I legitimately do not, and have never had, any of the usual social media. This lemm.ee account is the only one I have, and that’s closing down soon.

    However I would also never visit the us. So it’s all a win/win for me.

    • Don_alForno ( Don_alForno@feddit.org ) 
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      I legitimately do not, and have never had, any of the usual social media.

      “Well that can’t be right. Highly suspicious. What do you have to hide?”

      • D_C ( D_C@lemm.ee ) 
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        “What do you have to hide?”

        Grizzly murders. Loads of them!!

        …
        …

        J/k. It’s my privacy. All those horrific murders were really easy to get away with, keeping my privacy private however…

  • cyrano ( cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OP
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    I can wait for @SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to share those moths post for his embassy appointment

    • SnokenKeekaGuard ( SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Also the only way I can be stopped from posting moth

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    • SnokenKeekaGuard ( SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      Guess I’m never entering the US. 😭😭

      (Pretty damn lucky if you ask me)

  • Chaotic Entropy ( ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ) 
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    Ideologically unaligned visitors need not apply. Got to keep America pure, without the pesky freedom of subversive thought.

    • pinball_wizard ( pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ) 
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      It’s a chance for everyone visitors to practice right think.

      While looking for a link, I found links that make me think some folks are trying to unironically reclaim the term “right think”. Gross.

      Too many people aren’t reading 1984 anymore, while billionaires thought it was a “how to” guide.

      • Chaotic Entropy ( ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ) 
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        Just don’t wait to ask Grok what it thinks “Right Think” is, as Musk plans for it to rewrite human knowledge and understanding with a new lens. :')

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    • cyrano ( cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OP
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      Quoted here https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47068548

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  • mintiefresh ( mintiefresh@piefed.ca ) 
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    Holy crap. How is this even real?

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