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It's not like CBP has access to the same tools NSA would use. If your profile isn't public and your name is common, they have no way to know it's really your pr
by literallycancer 10y ago
It's not like CBP has access to the same tools NSA would use. If your profile isn't public and your name is common, they have no way to know it's really your profile. I'd expect my bank to not freely share my information with CBP (as should anyone whose bank isn't based in the US).
Of course the unsolvable issue is that the agent gets to decide whether you get in or not, instead of following some checklist. (Which means the agents' internal heuristics become the checklist.)
- onion2k 10y agoIf your profile isn't public and your name is common, they have no way to know it's really your profile. I know of at least one startup that's selling software to list who's browsing a website with links to their social media accounts in real time. The idea that the CBP can't work out exactly who you are on the internet from your passport seems highly improbable.
- literallycancer 10y agoI guess normal people can't avoid that, true. But many people don't even have social networks except for maybe LinkedIn (especially outside the US).
- onion2k 10y agoBut many people don't even have social networks except for maybe LinkedIn (especially outside the US). I have no idea why you think that. Facebook has approximately 1.7 billion users - that's almost a quarter of everyone on Earth. Besides, I suspect that the people who don't have social media accounts are largely the same group of people who don't travel internationally. If you're wealthy enough to be travelling to the US the probability that you have at least one social media account is very high.
- chinathrow 10y agoCan you name said startup?
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