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Five years of your social media just to visit the US on an ESTA, and 50,922 phone searches at the border in a single year with no suspicion needed. Part 1 of my Five Eyes series: who else gets to see it?

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[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

No and the people who say it is are Americans who refuse to look outside their own country. Shits bad and getting worse but to think it comes close to countries like Syria is so unserious that it may as well come from an onion article.

Did you get past the headline? It's a question, and the article does look outside America. It goes through North Korea, China and Russia and says they're worse once you're inside, in every way that matters, and it covers all five Five Eyes countries, not just the US. Syria isn't in it. What it asks is what happens before you even get there, and none of those countries want five years of your social media or your family's details first. For an Onion article, iI went a bit overboard on the sources which i dont think is bad thing and if its an onion all the layers are peeled!

[-] latetolemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fearmongering armchair activism. Go touch grass.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 day ago

Brother chill. I didn't say anything about the article. I'm talking people who think the answer is yes. Did you write the article? Cause boy dyou got some energy for it.

Its a shitty click bait title but other then that its a decent piece.

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2026
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