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This is obviously very troubling, but I do wonder what the actual technical mechanisms are for "turning over your social media." Do you .... - Give them your u

This is obviously very troubling, but I do wonder what the actual technical mechanisms are for "turning over your social media." Do you .... - Give them your user names and (when possible) the government subpoenas the companies? - Give them your user names and they just see what's publicly available? - Require you to give them your passwords? - Hook your phone up to some device that steals data on the device? - Something else? Does anyone know? I'm also interested in the case where you legitimately don't have social media. Does anyone know what happens then? I understand that can look suspicious, but what if you had to travel to the US unexpectedly? You can't go back in time and build 5 years of social media so you don't look suspicious. (on principle, I wouldn't do this anyway.) [edit] And what if your social media is Chinese and private? They just can't do anything then.

footy 9mo ago
I don't know how it would work for people who can travel visa free, but for people on K-1, F-, M- and J-visas, as well as for people on work visas, you're required to set your social media visibility to public between the time when you apply for the visa and the time when a decision is made on it.
- everdrive 9mo ago
  >to set your social media visibility to public between the time when you apply for the visa and the time when a decision is made on it. That's absolutely crazy, thanks for sharing. We're entering a pretty dark time here. It's easy to imagine that authorities won't really care if you don't have social media and will just deny you out of convenience. If this gets even more entrenched, then social media gets closer to being a requirement. (and a requirement that is quite a personal detriment)
sellmesoap 9mo ago
TFA says they want a 10 year span of email addresses, so any system they have a back-end adapter for in this Post Snowden show. When every service I use has its own email address, that makes it a pain for me to travel and be truthful on the form. I wonder how their AI deals sarcasm: Entry denied, funny-boy!

footy 9mo ago

I don't know how it would work for people who can travel visa free, but for people on K-1, F-, M- and J-visas, as well as for people on work visas, you're required to set your social media visibility to public between the time when you apply for the visa and the time when a decision is made on it.

everdrive 9mo ago
>to set your social media visibility to public between the time when you apply for the visa and the time when a decision is made on it. That's absolutely crazy, thanks for sharing. We're entering a pretty dark time here. It's easy to imagine that authorities won't really care if you don't have social media and will just deny you out of convenience. If this gets even more entrenched, then social media gets closer to being a requirement. (and a requirement that is quite a personal detriment)

sellmesoap 9mo ago

TFA says they want a 10 year span of email addresses, so any system they have a back-end adapter for in this Post Snowden show. When every service I use has its own email address, that makes it a pain for me to travel and be truthful on the form. I wonder how their AI deals sarcasm: Entry denied, funny-boy!