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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Everyone is already in a database. NSA has scraped these sites already and tagged the data using Palantir’s tech. All they have to do is scan your passport and use your data and biometrics to pull a file up. The only thing they need is your permission to make it legal. If you want to enter you have to give permission.

[–] Lucelu2@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Delete the biometrics that provide access.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I don’t mean biometrics to unlock your phone. I just mean your face and fingerprints, which they take a photo of when you enter the US. They will use that to scan for matches in a database.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then why do they need you to submit anything?

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

So they can pretend that they don’t have this database already.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

So they can try and catch an innocent mistake and arrest you for lying to them.