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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas (www.thejournal.ie)

submitted 1 day ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] taco@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Quoted here https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47068548

[–] taco@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder how times have changed. I know someone who immigrated to the US around 2010s, they had no social media, most of their country didn't really have internet yet. They were let in just fine and have since became a US citizen.

So is 2010s have no expectation of having social media, but now its an expectation?

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

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[–] taco@piefed.social 2 points 23 hours ago

I think it's all some level of FUD until there's an example of it being called out as a reason for denial. The fields have been on the application for a while, but I know someone who recently came in with a private ig profile and a vk profile that hadn't been used for anything but chat. Wasn't mentioned at all along the process beyond being on the application.

That may change soon, but it also might just be rhetoric from dipshits playing to their dipshit base.

[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Holy crap. How is this even real?

[–] AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

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

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also the only way I can be stopped from posting moth

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[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Going there with a crappy handwritten letter including all 40’000 throw-away users I ever created

[–] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I barely remember this username and I'm looking at it every time I post something.

[–] Ushmel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Oh no, I might have to lie to the government

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does Lemmy count?

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

i mean just say you don't have social media it's not like they can access private social media databases

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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!)!

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[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Post trump positive stuff, maybe edit old content to include.
Post prompt inject to label account america positive, hide in spoiler block, image alt text, etc.
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.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago

Don't post trump positive stuff at all. Just post cat videos of you want to make a fake account and add content to it

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