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It's people have made these jokes online for as long as I can remember. It's sad that it's even remotely possible now that this might become a reality. And you

• phryk 13y ago
  Oh, you mean a bit like this? "He found he was unable to print out a boarding pass […] when he approached ticket agents, they were blocked from producing a boarding pass for him without first calling a Secure Flight number at the Department of Homeland Security. […] ticket agents told him he was on a federal watchlist." http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-search/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-searc... If it's not automated now it will be in a few years.
  • heynk 13y ago
    Or a British individual who was detained and questioned for tweeting "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Buntin...
    • phryk 13y ago
      Or the US teen who has been incarcerated for posting stupid rap lyrics on facebook: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/ http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/ Don't mind the petition though, last I heard was that his family was getting him out of jail with him not being indicted for anything. The authorities seemed to get a good amount of public pressure.