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Re: US demands social media details from visa applicants

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Post by NotSammyHagar »

jkaplowitz wrote: post #17
benevol wrote: post #2

"The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years' worth of email addresses and phone numbers . When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people annually." [0] [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48486672

I don't think they've thought about how precise 100% compliance is literally impossible for those of us with catch-all email domains, unless we have a record of every email address at that domain we've ever given out or through which we've received unsolicited email. (Yeah, I realize that in practice they will probably accept partial compliance in that scenario, and that it won't affect me as a US citizen. But it cou…

Yeah. Plus the hundreds of times I used bugmenot, or one of the open use mailbox accounts. Also see throwaway phone numbers.

Re: US demands social media details from visa applicants

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Post by Ayesh »

diveanon wrote: post #49
avocado4 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> "have the financial means and strong enough passports to go pretty much anywhere they please. Same goes for most Japanese and Chinese" Chinese passport is one of the worst in the world as far as travel goes. [1][2] [1] https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Chinese_...

That doesn't seem to prevent millions of them from traveling every year.

It's a country with over a billion people, so it's possible.

Re: US demands social media details from visa applicants

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Post by Swizec »

diveanon wrote: post #13

I meet a lot of tourists on a daily basis, and I have not heard anyone say they want to visit the United States in a very long time. I can't imagine how much worse it is for people that are forced to travel there for business. If the United States is trying to isolate itself from the rest of the world it is definitely succeeding. As a side note, I have not spoken to a tourist from the US on the island where I live in…

Have you seen how many vacation days most americans get? It’s not a lot and most of it goes towards visiting family around the major holidays.

Re: US demands social media details from visa applicants

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Post by jorblumesea »

godelski wrote: post #80

This seems isolationist. Why would we want to isolate ourselves? For a country that was founded upon immigrants, that extremely benefited (and continues to) from diversity of thought and ideas, why would we want to stop that? I'm just under 30 and I still remember growing up how I was told that a major part of what made America great was the melting pot. In academia and at labs I've seen this be a huge benefit. But I…

Are you familiar with US history? Isolationism runs deep and wide.

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Post by Jach »

ktpsns wrote: post #84

So what prevents me from leaving the requested fields empty or even put wrong account names on it? What if I lie about my phone number? Will they call me to check wether it rings in my pocket? Will they write me an email to check wether I recieve it?

Presumably something at the bottom you sign that says the information above is true to the best of your knowledge under penalty of perjury. Willing to risk 5 years in prison for lying?

Re: US demands social media details from visa applicants

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Post by Ayesh »

addicted wrote: post #40
mjevans wrote: post #3

All the more reason to not have them. Though email addresses? Are they demanding all pen-names too?

My fear is the day when the absence of a social media presence itself makes you a suspicious character in the government, and AI’s eyes.

All US visa applicants are suspicious and disqualified by default. You have to prove otherwise.
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