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U.S. Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords: DHS
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- wazanator 10y agoHow are they going to prove you are in control of a social media account? What do they do if you tell them you don't remember any of your passwords, in fact you wrote them down on paper because you were that bad at remembering them and just happened to lose that paper? What happens if someone does not use social media, are they going to deny them on the basis that they don't use Twitter or Facebook?
- projectramo 10y agoEveryone is worried about how the DHS will verify that the set of social media accounts is complete and accurate. Easy. The officer will simply ask the visitor: "Are these all your accounts? Are you holding any back?" And then they will instruct the visitor not to lie. In order to ensure compliance, there will be a second officer who asks the visitor: "Did you lie to the previous officer?" That would provide a second level of security. You could, at additional expense, add a third or fourth officer. Anyone seeking security consulting, please DM me.
- NTDF9 10y agoJust give them some random password. They're not going to test it on a device for every visitor. If they come back after a few days saying your password doesn't work, just tell them you changed it for security purposes. If they do force you to give a working password at the point of entry, keep a random password generator like last pass and tell them you use a random password generator.
- anonbanker 10y agoI wonder how many border officers will believe me when I say I have zero social media accounts? How would I even be able to prove it?