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> It's intrusive, but why should your virtual identity be different than your physical identity? Said the person posting from an anonymous account. Why is this
by UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
> It's intrusive, but why should your virtual identity be different than your physical identity?
Said the person posting from an anonymous account. Why is this online identity not tied to your physical one? What is your name/street address/mother's maiden name/email addresses? I don't really want the answer, I just want to point out the hypocrisy.
Plus there's no evidence that these measures make the US safer, least of all because a "bad guy" will be ready with fake clean accounts. It will only catch low level naughtiness and most of that will be false positives anyway (e.g. you made a joke ten years ago that is going to be misinterpreted on purpose).
Ultimately this kind of behaviour at the US's borders only harms tourism/business. Why would I go to a US trade conference when I could go to China or Europe instead and get treated far better? Why would I start a business in the US when nobody wants to travel there?
But Americans will just sit in their little bubble and continue to trade other people's privacy for minor and impossible to prove increases in security. America has become a snivelly coward of a country.
- Spooky23 10y agoIf I was asked for my HN handle, I'd respond truthfully. Lying to a Federal law official is a felony in the US and if not a crime a very bad idea everywhere else. There's a lot of outrage and knee-jerk outrage and down-voting, but nobody has meaningfully answered the question I posed. People who have committed lone-wolf terrorist attacks have voluntarily and publicly posted their intention to do so on social media. It's a thing. Why is that irrelevant to a customs official? If you try to enter Canada as a US Citizen with a 20 year old DUI conviction, you'll be barred for entry without a visa-like process. Why is that acceptable?