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What would happen to foreigners entering the US with a "fake" facebook profile as their social media ID? Straight to jail or straight back home?

realusername 10y ago
Nothing? Facebook is not a passport, you can be called whoever you want on it.
- tonmoy 10y ago
  The GP is referring to the person violating Facebook's terms of use I think
- iamben 10y ago
  I get the point you're making, but highlighting the original point, Facebook terms explicitly say you _can't_ do that. "You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission."
  - sharemywin 10y ago
    The problem I see is what is facebook out. You still watch the ads.
- rocqua 10y ago
  If you have a false facebook account, you broke facebooks ToS! That means you accessed facebooks servers without authentication!! That is a crime under e.g. the CFAA!!! Criminals go to jail. That is the argument at least.
  - gondo 10y ago
    how do you prove that i have a fake facebook account? obviously i would have to log-out on my mobile and laptop
    - xyzzy4 10y ago
      If you don't have identification that matches the name of your Facebook account.
      - thfuran 10y ago
        There are a whole lot of facebook accounts that I don't have ID to match.
        xyzzy4 10y ago
        It violates the Facebook ToS to have an account with a name that doesn't match your ID.
        wtetzner 10y ago
        Right, but how could anyone prove that you are the one who created the fake account?
        xyzzy4 10y ago
        They could look at your phone or computer and see which Facebook account you are logged into. This won't prove you created it but even logging into it is possibly a ToS violation.
        rocqua 10y ago
        Face recognition could also work. Note that this is rather hypothetical.
        wtetzner 10y ago
        I'm not sure how this would work. You mean if Facebook started requiring people to login via webcam/facial recognition?
      - gondo 10y ago
        but how would they find this "name of your facebook account"? yes they will have my ID, real name, finger prints, etc. but how would they figure out that I am using facebook account "puppy123"? And even if they would suspect it somehow (someone would report it), I can simply deny and there is no evidence that I am in fact owner of that account. or what am i missing?
  - realusername 10y ago
    Ah okay, I did not get that, it's quite an extreme view... The best they should be able to do legally is close your account, nothing more.
  - roywiggins 10y ago
    You'd have had to lie to Customs and Border Protection, which is already probably a crime and quite likely sufficient to get you detained and deported.
yunolisten 10y ago
They'd be taken out behind the chemical sheds... and shot. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/341110-you-were-already-in-a-prison-you-ve-been-in-a http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/341110-you-were-already-in-a...

realusername 10y ago

Nothing? Facebook is not a passport, you can be called whoever you want on it.

tonmoy 10y ago
The GP is referring to the person violating Facebook's terms of use I think
iamben 10y ago
I get the point you're making, but highlighting the original point, Facebook terms explicitly say you _can't_ do that. "You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission."
- sharemywin 10y ago
  The problem I see is what is facebook out. You still watch the ads.
rocqua 10y ago
If you have a false facebook account, you broke facebooks ToS! That means you accessed facebooks servers without authentication!! That is a crime under e.g. the CFAA!!! Criminals go to jail. That is the argument at least.
- gondo 10y ago
  how do you prove that i have a fake facebook account? obviously i would have to log-out on my mobile and laptop
  - xyzzy4 10y ago
    If you don't have identification that matches the name of your Facebook account.
    - thfuran 10y ago
      There are a whole lot of facebook accounts that I don't have ID to match.
      - xyzzy4 10y ago
        It violates the Facebook ToS to have an account with a name that doesn't match your ID.
        wtetzner 10y ago
        Right, but how could anyone prove that you are the one who created the fake account?
        xyzzy4 10y ago
        They could look at your phone or computer and see which Facebook account you are logged into. This won't prove you created it but even logging into it is possibly a ToS violation.
        rocqua 10y ago
        Face recognition could also work. Note that this is rather hypothetical.
        wtetzner 10y ago
        I'm not sure how this would work. You mean if Facebook started requiring people to login via webcam/facial recognition?
    - gondo 10y ago
      but how would they find this "name of your facebook account"? yes they will have my ID, real name, finger prints, etc. but how would they figure out that I am using facebook account "puppy123"? And even if they would suspect it somehow (someone would report it), I can simply deny and there is no evidence that I am in fact owner of that account. or what am i missing?
- realusername 10y ago
  Ah okay, I did not get that, it's quite an extreme view... The best they should be able to do legally is close your account, nothing more.
- roywiggins 10y ago
  You'd have had to lie to Customs and Border Protection, which is already probably a crime and quite likely sufficient to get you detained and deported.

yunolisten 10y ago

They'd be taken out behind the chemical sheds... and shot. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/341110-you-were-already-in-a-prison-you-ve-been-in-a http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/341110-you-were-already-in-a...