Not that I know the details, but wasn't it easier to join the Mafia? Just the names and addresses of your folks in the old country (as "collateral")

The analogy is kind of striking, when you think about it.

Ah, more laws and regulations that cannot be followed by most people.

I couldn’t tell you every single “social media” account I’ve made over the years as various startups failed after I tried them.

I definitely couldn’t get all my family’s information, even if constrained to just immediate family.

I bet Palantir and three letter agencies have that information though, so this will be another lever they can use to selectively enforce punishment on their enemy of the day.

I was sure this was going to say that they were going to force travelers to get Truth Social accounts.

Somehow I was surprised beyond my wildest guess what they would be asking people to do.

I want people to visit the U.S., but if they require that they submit all of this data, I expect that they all protest by not visiting or even coming here for work.

There are just so many terrible ideas that come from this administration that I think that they should try to harness the power all of those bad ideas in a infinite idiocy power plant to power the world for all generations to come.

Land of the free indeed.

I wonder what position the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (which Wikipedia describes as the largest lobbying group in the US) will take on this. I'd like to think they are rational and recognize that 99.99%+ of visitors are bringing tourism money to the United States.

Apart from the alarming privacy implications of these proposed rules, I wonder how FIFA might feel about this, ahead of the World Cup. Maybe they could award Trump a privacy prize if his administration backs down from this.

I would love to visit the US one day and i do understand that it has no obligation to just let me in, but this seems a bit excessive for a short visit especially seeing as my country has a deal with the US not to require visas. I wonder if i would have to disclose my hn account(s). My cover would be blown! I guess i'm lucky i've made pro Trump comments...