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 haven't get my #viss, but since last year I was thinking about it. With these news and for what you see from the #USA, there is no way that I'll throw myself into that humilliation
People want to immigrate to the USA still? Bizarre.
You can need a visa for tourism.
People want to travel to the USA still? Bizarre.
Ideologically unaligned visitors need not apply. Got to keep America pure, without the pesky freedom of subversive thought.
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.
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. :')
Good thing I delete that crap 10+ years ago. Enjoy the shitty data and memes!
Same, but it worries me that now I look like I'm hiding something.
I guess technically I am hiding something: It's disdain. Disdain for shitty social media is what I'm hiding.
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?
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.
Exactly, they are talking about dozens of names. Who on earth would remember that, let alone want to share it.
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.
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?"
"What do you have to hide?"
Grizzly murders. Loads of them!!
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J/k. It's my privacy. All those horrific murders were really easy to get away with, keeping my privacy private however...
Lol, now even the dumbest asshole should understand that they should cancle their US vacation...
Well, that’s one more reason to never come to the USA again
welcome to Autocracy ladies and gentlemen, sit back, grab some popcorn and pay attention to your neighbours, some might start dissappearing soon
dont threaten americans with what they want and voted for.
football selling out to Qatar who use slave labour and stone gay people to death, now US who hate foreigners and will detain you at random, and being in 2034 in Saudi Arabia, who also hate human rights is just the icing on the cake. I wanted to fly to the US for the world cup, but fuck that, fuck Trump and his cronies across the globe
What if you don't have social media accounts?
That's even worse.
Right away, jail!
"quite suspicous what do you have to hide?" and then they smack you with batons arrest you and put you in jail with gang members muders and every evil and vile person
This is stupid. This will not stop spies and terrorists, they will just create fake accounts. This will only hurt legitimate immigrants.
This is for non immigrant visas it says
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.
USA being USA
Btw don’t forget to switch instance
Seriously, what’s the advantage of having social media? Just seems like a liability with every account.
If you don’t have social media you must be “hiding” something and will be denied entry.
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.
and then they check their palantir database and see your lying and throw you in a south american gulag
Finally a killer app for AI. Create social media profiles and use AI agents to populate them with bland uncontroversial drivel.
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.
My US visa officer: what do you mean you did not have 'social' media accounts in 5 years? No, these weird sites don't count. Underground terrorist? Straight to gulag.
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.
"I don't use social media"
Lying on an official document? Straight to jail.
Didn't actually have any accounts? Believe it or not, straight to jail.
It doesn't matter anyway, there is no rule of law in the united states. You might as well lie, they will likely jail you no matter what you write on that document.
Just don't go there.