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Why wouldn't you tell the truth?
Some people simply aren't going to remember every single social media account from the past five years. That's what makes it a potential "gotcha." It potentially creates this scenario: Missed one? You "lied." Buh-bye!
The only silver lining is that they still have to ask. In the direction we are going, in a few years they will both know and have access to all your social media accounts.
This is the most prolific and dark comment on this thread.
I legitimately don’t remember most of the usernames I used in HN alone the past year alone. Who doesn’t use throwaway accounts?
But just curious. What type of scenario do you register throwaway accounts for?
What happens when you lose an account now? Or if you close an account on a service that doesn't reserve usernames (e.g. Twitter)? All of a sudden someone is using "yourname" on twitter to say something the US immigration officers don't like. That's not far fetched at all
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20065142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20078429
Can someone familiar with the Visa process describe other personal information that is required so that we can compare the level of invasiveness?
The yes/no section is weird: Were you a member of the Nazi party? Have you participated in a genocide, or attempted genocide? Have you attended a public school in the US as a foreigner after 199x, without paying?
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Some people simply aren't going to remember every single social media account from the past five years. That's what makes it a potential "gotcha." It potentially creates this scenario: Missed one? You "lied." Buh-bye!
Is it correct to assume a Visa application is now just harder to fill out correctly?
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I create random usernames/accounts all over the web. Rarely do they have the same names. I also regularly (yearly or so) scrap all of them and start again, sometimes deleting the account if it has that feature, other times just abandoning it and starting new ones. I've done this as long as online accounts have been a thing, even as far back as early IRC days. I honestly wouldn't have a clue what half the accounts I u…
> I honestly wouldn't have a clue what half the accounts I used last year were What's scary to think about is whether you've associated your phone number (which they also ask for) or other PII with any of those old accounts. I don't think it's a stretch to imagine the government having an easier time figuring out your list of old accounts than you would.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20065142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20078429
Your links are from 2 months ago, and this submission has already generated a substantial discussion. Why kill it now?
Marking this post a dupe doesn't mean the story is unimportant. It's just that front page real estate is the scarcest resource on HN. More explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19103247.