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When I read that the US had proposed making ESTA visitors hand over five years of their social media, I asked myself, would I even want to go there now? Then I went looking at where all that information ends up. Part 1 of my Five Eyes series.

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[-] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 hours ago

No, absolutely not the scariest and likely never will be.. But I gotta wonder, what if someone really doesn't use any social media and then when visiting they get stopped and they got nothing to show? I feel like they're gonna get accused of "hiding" and denied entry..

[-] jobbies@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Have you been to other countries, then returned through the US border?

Dude, your border force is fucking terrifying. And incredibly rude. What it feels like as a tourist to enter the US: ”WELCOME TO AMERICA FUCKERS!!! WHY ARE YOU HERE?? PFFFT LIKE FUCK ARE YOU VISITING DISNEY WORLD YOUR A JIHADI TERRORIST AND YOU'RE LYING TO ME... STOP CRYING I KNOW YOUR NOT 12 YEARS OLD "

[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I think the only logical procedure is, they suspect that person of hiding that kind of information, and they start digging for evidence against them.

[-] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Now that I thought about this a bit more, freshly made empty social media profiles would be even more suspicious.. Huh. Would the person need to make full-on fake profiles long before the actual trip? I know I plan my travels early, but never ever have had to add a date in calendar for making the decoy social media profiles.

// "Oh, you say you're not on Facebook? Let's check the anal cavity of this fucking terrorist! *rubber glove snaps*
[-] Fizz 6 points 14 hours ago

No not even close.

[-] latetolemmy@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago

OP hasn't seen vids of guys getting flayed alive by mexican cartel. Lmao scariest. White boy living in suburbs thinks some cameras are scary.

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2026
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