Details leaked of "GOST" program used to profile the social media posts of US visa applicants

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• saturnus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This, warrantless searches, patriot act shenanigans, endless other revelations and sadly no one cares

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  • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I feel helpless to do much against it. Even the best effort seems to prolong the inevitable. I know I’m not helping, but I try not to exacerbate.

    Appreciate you speaking up!

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    • RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Please contact your representatives local and national representatives I know it seems like screaming into the void, but it’s the best thing I think everyone can do rather quickly especially with the help of the eff and aclu.

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    • saturnus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah I mean I basically just try to convince people I know IRL and vote against anyone I can who supports/voted for this stuff. Definitely sucks but do what you can.

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    • NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If the federales are after you, there isn't much you can do to stop them from eventually figuring out who the fuck you are and getting access to your shit. However, stuff like this you can combat but people don't usually like the answer. Do what's right for you and your situation. That being said...

      Delete all your IRL social media accounts, all of them. Make up a username that isn't associated with anything IRL, make sure you set up all your accounts with a random 20 digit password or passphrase that is difficult to crack, upgrade your security settings on your browser to automatically disable the loading of javascript and other media elements that are used to track you, don't use google switch to duckduckgo, don't use winddows switch to linux and finally, make sure all of your personal data is backed up in cold storage on a USB or drive that has a manual switch to turn on and off when you need to access it. I also encrypt all my drives with a 32 bit encryption.

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  • nucleative@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In this particular case it’s because visa applicants aren’t US citizens, so they’re subject to immigration law which is massively intrusive.

    My gf applied for an American tourist visa and had to show bank statements, explain where she’s going and why, get a letter from her employer showing her job is stable, and report every name, job, degree, and home she’d lived in for the last number of years. It was intense.

    But we Americans probably want this level of scrutiny because once foreigners are on US soil it’s tough to find the ones who disappear and dont leave when the time’s up.

    Social media may very well reveal false visa application details.

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Who would have thought that the government had such ideas when they started to ask for visa applicants’ social media accounts?

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Usa goes like:

  “If you want to visit me at my house, don’t forget to bring your diary, let me read it first, and WOE TO YOU if I do not like the tone in which it is written!”

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  • Parabola@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not to say I agree with it, but public posts you choose to make to social media are just that, public. Out of all the things they likely put people through, that one seems like a no brainer.

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      that one seems like a no brainer.

      What do you mean?

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