DNA and family history: What US authorities could demand you hand over at the border (www.independent.co.uk)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 14:46
https://lemmy.nz/post/31770318

It turns out that it’s not just about requesting social media history.

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henfredemars@infosec.pub on 13 Dec 15:22 next collapse

Why, checking the skin color with their phone wasn’t enough for them?

throws_lemy@lemmy.nz on 13 Dec 17:59 collapse

DNA testing is important to ensure you are not carrying any diseases into the US soil.

tla@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 20:58 collapse

Intelligence, for example.

Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Dec 15:34 next collapse

I guess I’ll just keep avoiding this shithole, thanks for the reminder

slaacaa@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 16:30 collapse

Yeah, why would anybody go there? Go be a tourist and spend your money in a country that actually welcomes you

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 13 Dec 15:45 next collapse

It won’t happen, but I wish the next administration would commit to destroying all of this data

FinalRemix@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 19:18 collapse

Yeah, that’s the other fucked thing about all this. None of this damage or surveillance will be rolled back by anyone else. It’s in place, guess we’ll continue to use it.

hansolo@lemmy.today on 13 Dec 15:58 next collapse

Meanwhile, for US citizens, if you submit to facial recognition, you can literally walk in you the country without showing anyone at all a passport.

Which means they already have every single bit of that data on every American.

kungen@feddit.nu on 13 Dec 16:19 collapse

And/or they don’t want as much resistance. “It’s fine to save all this info on non-Americans”. The road to fascism often creeps slowly.

hansolo@lemmy.today on 13 Dec 17:54 collapse

That’s the split.

It’s only visible to “them ferners what ain’t shouldn’t be here!” So the Libertarian nuts and conspiracy crackpots that scream about Obama still don’t see the surveillance state happening to them because they’re already distracted.

Sludge@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 16:04 next collapse

The site linked is toxic i.e., filled up the ass with ads that make it impossible to navigate.

thejml@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 16:27 collapse

To be fair, that perfectly describes the US as well.

Sludge@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 17:09 collapse

This is correct.

slaacaa@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 16:28 next collapse

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Blade9732@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 16:56 next collapse

Hey Europeans, spread the word. Not only do they want all that info, but if you manage to pass the Esta check and make it to the US, the boarder patrol can reject you for any reason they feel like. They don’t just send you back home either, you get detained by a government that has shown flagrant disregarding of human rights. Good luck in one of the gulags we have here that people are dying in on a daily basis. Oh, ya, they are also using torture techniques from Gitmo. You might be better off taking a holiday to North Korea. Maybe the destruction of the tourism industry will cause an introspection of the “both sides” people to wake up and fight against this destruction of America. Who am I kidding, I still see idiots supporting Trump, even after their lives are ruined by his insane policies.

IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz on 13 Dec 20:05 next collapse

Not even that long ago I dreamt of travelling to the US and see grand canyon and other natural wonders, drive on road 66 or atleast get a feeling of how the idealistic image of USA painted my movies/music/etc actually is, maybe visit burning man and so on. Now the plan is to stay the fuck out of there unless things change drastically.

Gladly there’s a crapload of other places to visit, Kyiv is on my bucket list once things calm down there.

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 20:51 next collapse

My plans have not changed. I will continue to avoid the Untied States

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 20:54 next collapse

Would be funny if NORAD’s Santa tracker says Santa was denied entry into the Untied States. Except I wouldn’t want to upset the children.

Zahille7@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 22:07 next collapse

Tbh I kinda do want to upset the children. Piss them off and make them ask questions to their shitty-ass parents. Make the families uncomfortable. Maybe we’ll teach some kids that their parents are to blame for the state of the world.

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 23:01 next collapse

Would be interesting to see the Trump administration’s reaction if a teacher got in trouble for telling kids that Santa’s not allowed to enter the country this year

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 00:21 collapse

Merry Christmas! Santa was arrested at the border and ICE has shot four of his eight reindeer. Christmas is canceled this year.

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca on 14 Dec 01:22 next collapse

Someone should make a song about it. Reminds me of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

Zahille7@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 01:55 collapse

I’d watch that Christmas movie.

There’s hints of it all the way back in Elf with the Central Park cops at the end.

Sizing2673@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 23:40 collapse

Yeah we need a generation after us to question and research and get politically involved

axexrx@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 23:40 next collapse

Wasn’t trump just saying xmas gifts for young children might be something people need sacrifice for the economy? They should totally blame ice for stopping santa

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 14 Dec 01:45 collapse

You know, you just created the best holiday hacker gift ever right? Anonymous, you guys still around?

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 23:23 collapse

It’s time to watch Gattaca again.

In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA.