Soldato
USA wants your social media history.
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Caporegime
What happens is that you don't go to your American holiday.
If your/my/our/country wants to go all 1984 on us then pretty much everyone except the gun toting USA will comply because we are a bunch of subservient dogs and arm chair activists.
No disrespect to us be we are inconsiquential to the powers that bes decisions.
Just hope you die before it comes.
Enjoy your holidays in America while u still can.
Caporegime
In other words, it doesn't apply to anyone on this forum, so the truth is that the USA does not want my social media history.
Visa waiver/ESTA countries:
You're OK because the UK is exempt. It seems that very few people in this thread have read the article, and/or don't know what an ESTA country is.
They don't need UK social media accounts anyway, because the UK is an ESTA country and therefore exempt from this rule. I'm guessing you didn't read the article?
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Caporegime
It's ESTA not ETSA.
Oops.
Autocorrect keeps changing it, because ETSA = Electricity Trust of South Australia, which is where I live.
Caporegime
I read the article but I don't know what your quote of me has to do with them most likely having free access to British data at will anyway, required or not.
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that’s a good question.... I’m really not sure where the line actually stops. All of them you mentioned is already out there and gathered anyway.
Yep, in some form. It’s their right to fair useage which is being eroded, at least in my opinion.
Do you view them as the thin end of the wedge at all?
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I agree with you. I actually don’t think there’s freedom/free speech as such. It’s limited it some way or another due to data/privacy laws.
The only way to not be part of that revolution is to not be on the Internet at all and shop local.
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Why is it I always seem to find those that shout the most about invasion of privacy are those that bare their inner soul, political views, sexual proclivity and what they ate for dinner to all who might care to hear and read about them? 
That was a rhetorical question you just attempted to answer. Guestbooks and discussion forums were the origin of social media.
Soldato
I don't even have a social media account to hide, so Rockin' Rollercoaster here I come.
No social media account, sounds very unusual, everyone has social media, except maybe those in areas where internet coverage is spotty, like maybe the infrastructure has been damaged, by a brutal civil war, which would stop people from accessing Facebook, WHILST THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR ISIS!
No Disney for you chap, you're off to Cuba for an indefinite holiday, don't get too excited though, the only thing all inclusive here is the water boarding.
Caporegime
For the sake of discussion. No.
It's no difference to keeping a diary or journal.
All be it extremely detailed and flawlessly recorded. People choose to be essentialy tracked by these companies.
How many medieval spies and courts have been brought down by records and plots written on parchment?
Maybe educate the users, maybe sacrifice convenience for peace of mind from 1984 style fantasy future government
Thin edge of the wedge, beginning of the end, feel free to stop it. Like I said in a previous post
You can't stop it, accept it and live with it. Buying v for Vendetta masks won't solve it.
Thought this was serious until I read on!
Not sure if this bit is but...
I don’t use social media at all, no twitter, snapchat, Instagram, nothing.
Had a couple of those platforms but it’s been years and years since I’ve used them.
That line of thinking isn’t for me I’m afraid, but I’m certainly not planning to topple the government with an elaborate bomb plot
Let’s hope you’re wrong.
Caporegime
Then you should have already known that this new rule does not apply to you.
It doesn't, but it has everything to do with the fact that you were whining about a rule that won't affect you at all. As the article made perfectly clear.
so we can never moan about laws and other things which are abhorrent if they don't affect us?
better close 95% of campaigns down then.
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The government probably is the creator of “Anonomous” just to sell more masks. Ha ha ha!! Could you imagine that!
Caporegime
Lol well great so close thread.... No point discussing anything. Thin edge of the wedge and all.
If I came from a "****" hole country id be happy to hand over my FB.
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Soldato
Nah it was all tongue in cheek, I use social media because it's a big part of my wife's life, both socially and for her business. I did drop off for about a year in my youth though and I know a couple of IT type friends who binned the concept after they found it to be very toxic. Sometimes I wonder if the benefits truly do outweigh the risks of using social media.