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cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 month 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 · 1 month 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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  • ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Oh no, I can’t visit Amerikkkka now

    powercry-2

    • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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      oh no, i now don’t get to spend $200 + travel costs to tramit an american visa 😭

  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    Here officer my username is ifuckyourmum69

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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    hey turns out our tech oligarchs are the ones spying on us and not the chinese, what a twist!

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    Every social media username? I figure most people are like me and lost most of them.

    • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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      at this point, these companies would make a buck as lost accounts recovery services.

  • Arthur Besse@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.

  • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Imagine handing over a Hexbear username, lol

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  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Is there any way to practically check this? Surely just saying “i dont use the internet very much” is enough.

    • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
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      “i only use 4chan”

    • bort [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      deleted by creator

      • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        For us youngsters, sure, but if you’re 50+ I could totally believe it. Or at least believe you have no idea what a “username” is

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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.

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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.

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    Oh look, fake social media accounts used. Fantastic. No gaps here!

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

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      Guess I’m never entering the US. 😭😭

      (Pretty damn lucky if you ask me)

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

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  • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I guess we can finally get clarification on whether or not forums are social media.

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      felix-linus

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

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    Lol, now even the dumbest asshole should understand that they should cancle their US vacation…

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    1. Post trump positive stuff, maybe edit old content to include.
    2. Post prompt inject to label account america positive, hide in spoiler block, image alt text, etc.
    3. Post eyeblech content so checker use ai or only get content overview. Will either prompt inject or mostly see trump positive post.

    Or create fake profile with trump positive post, but no history probably suspicious.

    • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Or even buy a fake age profile…that is going to be a business

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