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US is moving towards asking tourists for five-year social media history and biometrics before entry (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Memorandum Updating All Forms to Collect Baseline Biographic Data, CBP will add several “high value data fields” to the ESTA application, when feasible. This is in addition to the information already collected in the ESTA application. The high value data fields include:

a. Telephone numbers used in the last five years;

b. Email addresses used in the last ten years;

c. IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos;

d. Family member names (parents, spouse, siblings, children);

e. Family number telephone numbers used in the last five years;

f. Family member dates of birth;

g. Family member places of birth;

h. Family member residencies;

i. Biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris;

j. Business telephone numbers used in the last five years;

k. Business email addresses used in the last ten years.

https://public-nspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf (page 9 & 10)

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Looking to the US tourism industries to further collapse.

This is so intrusive that most of the "I have nothing to fear if I have nothing to hide" crowd will get creeped out by this.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They will enforce it selectively to avoid that outcome. Even now their tourism industry has taken a hit but many tourists still go without incident.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

The thing is that a lot of people will see this and aren't even going to book a flight to see if they're going to be selected or not

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Olympics and world cup in the US gonna be a pitiful joke

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I know that FIFA is about as corrupt as the USG but they really need to consider where they’re holding their games neither the US nor Mexico is looking very safe right now

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Nowhere is looking safe right now ngl

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Hummm

A. Ok, I guess I can see the point in that.
B. Getting creepy real fast!
C. What?
D. Creepy.
E. Insane.
F. Nope.
G. lol, I have no idea
H. Not relevant
I. I have already submitted my fingerprints to get my European biometric passport, fuck off.
J. Fuck if I know
K. What?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

d, f, g, and maybe h, are actually already a part of the USCIS forms for immigrants (idk about tourists tho)

I know because my parents suck at English and I had to fill them out... it kinda feels normal to me...

They even asked for the death certificate of my maternal grandfather when my mother applied for her mother (aka: my maternal grandmother) to come to the us...

These days if you wanna go anywhere, you basically have to give up on your privacy...

Or I mean we could've stayed in China... you know... the totalitarian surveillance state with the firewall... so like it's the same lack of privacy either way 🤷‍♂️

My parents don't even give a crap about privacy... surveillance is so normalized to them...

I will say, the IP address thing is so silly, who the fuck actually jot down their IP address every time they use their computer... dynamic IP addresses lmfao

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

ROFL Excuse me?! They are taking the absolute piss with all those requirements, as an American, I hope tourism plummets to the point they need to backpedal aggressively. This lets you know that the US leaders are fucking scared and nervous about their temporary control...Like they should be because fascism is never going to be fetch, no matter how much they want it to be.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

What do you think they're scared of, some signs and whistles ? They're kicking the shit out of you and winning.

[–] thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

Thanks for me know how you’re categorizing mass surveillance metadata America.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Even if I knew most of those, I wouldn't share it. Fuck off.

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

Thats my question. Say i don't have any social media's? Would they even believe me?

[–] slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago

DNA and iris data? Are you kidding me? Nobody gets those biometrics.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why would anyone be stupid enough to visit the us?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

sports ball

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Boo! Sports ball bad!

With that out of the way, that is a reason I would never have considered because sports are just something that has no part in my life. Even if they did I can't imagine they would be a good enough reason for me to visit a fascist shithole but hey different strokes I suppose.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

family, friends, business... there are lots of reasons besides sightseeing.

[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

Americans like me abroad: We’re not going back!