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If I'm not mistaken, people who said they don't have any are beeing held for questioning and interrogations, or maybe even denied access. I vaguely remember reading an article about this a while back, so it may not help you as much as you think.
They can (how long can they hold you based on suspicion alone?) and will cause you a lot of trouble if they don't like what you give them.
This is what I've been thinking about. What do they do with people that intentionally avoid social media? Is it simply presumed they're hiding something? To that end, would it make sense to run a 'fake' social media account where they just post and share the most politically neutral/milquetoast memes and commentary just so there's something in their history? I have always disliked the idea that one simply has to interact with social media or else be labeled an outcast/weirdo/suspicious person.
It feels like it comes from the same school of thought that the Internet and/or computers need to be used for everything...i don't like the way society continues moving away from "real" methods of paying bills and handling important personal affairs by replacing the old ways with "better" online alternatives. There are definitely benefits to both approaches, i just don't like when a "paper option" gets eliminated entirely in favor of electronic.
Just having a senior moment over here, please forgive my rambling 👴
Ding ding ding, now we're finally getting somewhere here.
I'm beginning to believe the point to all this is to, if you'll excuse the cliche, "literally become 1984". They want to normalize the idea of having your every thought and action recorded and monitored across state-surveilled social media platforms.
So if for some reason you take a weekend holiday up in New England and decide to keep that to yourself? Now it's suspicious. What were you doing in Vermont? Meeting up with other communists? Planning a revolution, perhaps? Detained.
Well now i wish i didn't ask, lol! That's terrifying! 🫠
Fully agree, though.
I've considered making a decoy account on some of these. Just keep it light and talk about sportsball, or discussion about hobbies. Nothing heated with rivalries either, just go team!!! And be very sportsmanlike when the other team wins.
I could see them detaining you simply for having linux on your laptop. If they can't navigate around it then you're obviously up to no good. I don't use a display manager and could see them cuffing me simply because you need to login to my machine via TTY and know which WM i'm using.