U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles

Re:U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles by chrismcb on Friday June 02, 2017 @03:16PM (#14472604)

Sure anyone can search for jc_811. I don't get a lot of useful data. It I can search for Joe Conner, but that isn't going to get me to jc_811s posts. Just because something is public information didn't mean YOU have to provide it

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Re:U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles by jc_811 on Friday June 02, 2017 @03:38PM (#14472729)

This is the most relevant answer (to me) in this thread, I see what you mean - I wasn't thinking that way and I'm glad you changed my mind.

When I originally posted I was working under the thought process of "My name is Mike Smith, my handle is @mike_smith (or something similar/easily searchable), so no big deal"

Considering the totally other side of "public" social media handles (ie, "my name's Mike Smith, but my handle is @xyz123, it's public as I want to get information to the public, but don't want my identity tied to it") - I definitely now see why this could potentially be a huge issue.

Thanks for the constructive explanation!

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