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[–] 94 points 11 months ago (18 children)

US boarder agents - show me you Facebook

ME: I deleted it in 2016

BA: okay show me your insta

ME: I don't have insta

BA: wtf.jpg, okay Twitter?

ME: nope.

BA: visibly frustrated ... Reddit then?

ME: deleted that account when they fucked over 3rd party apps.

BA: writing refused to comply, rejected.

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  • [–] 42 points 11 months ago (14 children)

    Same, but if they’re trained to look for the Voyager icon I could be in “trouble”

    But for now, this is the last place I can say it:

    I hope Trump is hanged for treason and violently shits himself to death out of fear and panic in the seconds before the noose snaps. And then a buncha hand-scrawled notes confessing his pedophelia, sexual assaults, rapes, and love for AOC’s feet fall from his pockets

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    I think Signal has an option built it in to disguise the app as something else. Lemmy apps should start adding that function.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Voyager does have a face-id-to-unlock feature that enable. But yeah, a facade icon/name would be awesome as well

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They wouldn’t hesitate to hold it to your face to unlock it.

    Passcode would be better, but I’m not sure the 5th amendment works at border crossings like it should.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I think Android in general has a way of hiding certain apps.

    I couldn't find the options so I just don't go to the US. Seems like the easier response.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    Why not travel with a burner phone?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Because a lack of an account is likely suspect.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Can't speak to a Border Agent if you stay away from that shithole country.

    *taps forehead

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    • [–] 40 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    I don't think I would be allowed in the US anyway. Given that my last 5 years of social media history is non-existent I suspect they would think I was being subversive.

    You're starting to make China look progressive. What are you doing?

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  • [+] 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    It's not linked to my name though is it. So it's not really about me.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Isn't it linked to your name though? Like, you think your OPSEC is good enough for the Five Eyes not to know who is behind your Lemmy account? Kind of doubt it honestly...

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You think the international intelligence community is tracking me do you. Also do you think the border agents have access to that stuff?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I'm saying they are tracking everyone they can, which is just about... everyone. Even if you do the best you can with encryption everywhere, running your traffic through proxies, and whatnot, your communications are still likely to be saved until decryption algorithms/compute catches up. Nevermind metadata which is probably all that would be needed to identify the average Lemmy account.

    Do border agents have access to that? Probably not directly, but I would presume any visa application to be routed through intelligence services. And while those may not have reported a missing social media account before, you know with that not being a requirement at all, they sure might under this administration.

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    • [–] 26 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Given that Trump's USA is no longer an ally to us in Europe, I'll never set foot in that country again.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    It's not "Trump's USA", he's just one tiny, orange facet of the same beast, which is world-wide (with USA being the source).

    NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, et al find Trump very useful as he is motivated by greed alone.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    You're pretty naive if you think the US is the source, lol.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    How so? USA is money central, the capital of the biggest economy since at least WW2.

    I'm not saying the original source, I didn't mean to imply that. I think that would be the banks if I had to pick just one.

    Who do you think is the source today or how far do you go back?

    Ha! I guess.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Based on what we learned in the very short window when Twitter let people see location information about specific accounts, I think we can trace a lot of Trump's "grassroots" support back to Russia.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Russia has a much smaller economy, not even equivalent to California.

    I think you give them too much credit, Trump even played a rich businessman on TV; he's an "ideal" Republican candidate (name recognition and for sale to highest bidder)

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    • [–] 26 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Is lemmy social media?

    If not, i have no social media in the last 5 years except 1 post on facebook trying to rehome a dog.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    I don't consider reddit/lemmy as social media. The lack of 'necessity' of having your personal info plastered about and inserted into every exchange makes them something different. They're just a different form of forum, in my opinion, with nested comments instead of a long chain.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Forums are a type of social media. It's a media platform where you can be social.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah I never really got the whole "forums aren't social media" thing. Only difference I've ever seen is lacking a need for followers which I guess for a lot of people is enough.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    I am a bit torn. I think social media has kinda moved from things like forums and chatrooms, to twitter/Instagram and so on.

    Forums are a part of social media, but when asking about someones social media accounts or activity, you don't really go to what forums they are on, it's always ticktok or Facebook.

    You could also say that comment sections under articles are social media as well, but that's not the typical association with the term.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    The term 'social media' became popularized when 'online bulletin boards' started to really incentivize building a strong personal profile (with lots of social connections, likes et.c.). Even if a traditional forum is technically social media, it's not what we associate with the term and the psychology of using it is quite different.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    You could also say that comment sections under articles are social media as well

    I think that comes down to what the primary purpose of the site is. News media is mostly about disseminating information with their comment sections being a sad, withering afterthought where nothing of value ever happens.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I never considered reddit/lemmy social media myself. The anonymity of it just feels different. Just because im online doesnt mean its social media (to me.)

    I can play video games online, and post in their group chats, but thats not social media either. I tend to draw the line around anonymity and topics. If were not talking about individuals, and their experiences, and interests, in the target to promote that person, i dont think its social media

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    [–] 22 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It will really depend on if the customs person knows what Jerboa is.

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    • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I've been vocally anti-american for nearly 10 years, but the real question is "why would I want to be friends with someone called 'Tindertranslator'?"

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    • [–] 14 points 11 months ago

    I wish Charlie Kirk was alive to see this. Only so he could be shot through the throat. Again.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Out of curiosity, why would you get bigger press coverage? Zero judge, just curious.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I think you have a very optimistic view of the US if you think the people that don’t care if one group of non-white citizens are deported is suddenly going to be shocked and appalled when a different group of non-white citizens is on the chopping block.

    I sincerely hope that it never comes to that, but thinking that your deportation is going to be the straw to break the camels back is a little arrogant.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Considering the categories of people that have already been deported in the last year, I think you're not taking the threat seriously enough.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

    I mean I've been avoiding going outside, that's my way to reduce risk.

    It's because of this very political issue that I feel so anxious and even more depressed, which is why it's hard to make plans.

    What am I supposed to do?

    Its like nuclear war, shit can go down at anything. It's outside of my control.

    Canada won't take me. EU won't take me

    I hate PRC.

    Moving isn't so simple, I don't have the advantage of being young when I learned English, I'd stuggle a lot. Moving take a lot of effort, something I'd struggle to do with depression.

    I think you are overestimating the amount of things someone can actually do.

    You realized during the Wong Kim Ark era, my people faced worse? They still have the guts to continue living. I mean... am I supposed to run every time there's a problem? It's not like there is anywhere to run to.

    (cant think clearly right now, sorry if I'm rambling)

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Since you deleted your comment, I can't really address exactly what you said and I'll have to sort of do it by memory of what tone you had, but don't be caught without a plan. Even if the plan is just running when you see ice approach, it's better than just being a deer in the headlights because you've blithely told yourself you won't be targeted.

    I wish we would see the equivalent of the la riots where shopowners banded together with guns on top of their shops, but perhaps even consider what you can do if you see someone you're vaguely familiar with being taken by ice. The golden ideal would be a community driven communication of ice tracking, from the moment they leave their little compounds until they get to the rental car place and then their targeted areas, but things will have to get a lot worse before there's enough people to band together for that. You could start (I have four of us in my area) with just your friends and you tracing where they're going from news reports or social media in your area.

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    • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    It'd get me shot in certain parts of the USA.

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago*

    Trump's USA. The USA is USA, fight back

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    My genetics already has me barred.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Honestly true. Especially with how angry these snowflakes get about the smallest things.

    Did you truly life, if you didn't make at lease one passing reference to that "I have read some obituaries with great pleasure" quote about Trump? Don't think so.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Mine would get me barred, which is why I deleted voyager and metatext from my phone as I prepare to travel abroad. If they want to look at the facebook account I have not updated the past decade, then whatever.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    But I dont have any :(

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Right!? Like I can guarantee you it isn’t worse than trumps himself… I would like to see the guidelines they are going to judge you on. Lmao, the president probably wouldn’t be able to enter.

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    • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    I'm on her side

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    How about like 12, or whenever he announced his campaign?

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I can show them my social media stuff and give my DNA if Trump gives me the Espstein files without censorship.

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    If I travelled to the US, my latest post would get me and three generations of my family sent to Aligator Alcatraz

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    What has time to do with anything? You can spend one hour a month on social media and still make your disdain for Trump and MAGA clear.

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I feel like if people like this person were in power, they would also start checking people's social media for wrongthink. I found over the years that the people who care about social media the most tend to be the most fragile and sensitive people you'll ever come across. Trump's check this box, but so do so many other people.

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