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aphextron on Feb 22, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Social Media Needs a Travel Mode

Or we just give up social media.

What, exactly, has been gained from the days of just posting on anonymous message boards and using email?

Nothing but giving unimaginable power to creepy guys like Zuckerberg and the ability for governments and employers to track your entire life. I'll pass.

tzs on Feb 22, 2017 [–]

So instead of asking to see your social media account at the border they would be asking to see your email account. How is that better?

aphextron on Feb 22, 2017 | [–]

>How is that better?

My private email account can't be proven to exist, or submit to NSA requests either.

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