Re US Homeland Security Will Start Collecting Social Media Info on All Immigrants October 18th

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Joel M Snyder <Joel.Snyder () opus1 com>
> Date: September 27, 2017 at 11:56:57 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () listbox com>, patrick () ianai net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re US Homeland Security Will Start Collecting Social Media Info on All Immigrants October 18th
>
> The proposed change is not related to the visa issuance process; this is targeted towards immigrants.
>
> The Gizmodo article is ridiculously over-the-top in its interpretation of the change that is being proposed and the 
> potential issues.
>
> Anyone who doesn't think that it is fair game for the USG to ask for your social media handles and email addresses 
> and a ton of other very, very personal information before allowing immigration is living in a fantasy-land of 
> ignorance.  Social media handles (not passwords mind you, just handles) are one of the least intrusive things that 
> happen to someone when they ask to immigrate to the United States.
>
> I realize that everyone is on a hair trigger about immigration, tourism, and refugees right now, but taking a notice 
> that there's now a place in the database schema for social media handles in your immigration file and blowing it up 
> into this nonsense is not helping the discussion any.
>
> Regarding Gilmore's comment: he should have read the notice, not the article.
>
> jms
>
>
> > On 9/27/17 5:03 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > > *From:* "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net <mailto:patrick () ianai net>>
> > > *Date:* September 27, 2017 at 11:02:10 AM EDT
> > > *To:* Dave Farber <dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>>
> > > *Cc:* "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net <mailto:patrick () ianai net>>
> > > *Subject:* *Re: [IP] US Homeland Security Will Start Collecting Social Media Info on All Immigrants October 18th*
> > >
> > > That won’t hurt tourism or people wanting to spend money in this country at all.
> > >
> > > </sarcasm>
> > >
> > > The part that scares me the most is:
> > >    “... even naturalized citizens ... “
> > >
> > > My wife is a naturalized citizen. I thought once she had a passport, she was the same as the rest of us (other than 
> > > not being able to be president)?
> > >
> > > How would the courts look at DHS treating one citizen differently than another?
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > TTFN,
> > > patrick
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sep 27, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com <mailto:farber () gmail com>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > https://gizmodo.com/us-homeland-security-will-start-collecting-social-media-1818777094
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