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Re:All travelers to the UK will need pre-authorization by 2025 by hinata08 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @12:52PM (#35122560)
yes, but some countries have a pretty streamlined process.

Canada, for exemple. They asks you for your name, passport number, credit card number, if you have anything specific to mention. Then you instantly received an email with your ETA

On the other hand, countries like the USA make it weird. They infamously ask you if you were involved in the 3rd Reich, and they want your social media accounts. The latter is probably to know if you're an American&Trump loving tourist, or if you keep saying that Canada is better. Idk what else they can get out of this.

oh, and they ask you if you have a mental health disorder; They probably don't want autistic tourists either.

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Re:All travelers to the UK will need pre-authorization by 2025 by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:18PM (#35122949)
> Idk what else they can get out of this

Mining for extremist attitudes or behaviors

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Re:All travelers to the UK will need pre-authorization by 2025 by hinata08 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:32PM (#35123202)
it just makes me want to open a twitter account to post all the dad jokes and questionable p0rn I can, or anime reviews and fan theories, just to proudly provide the link on the ESTA form. (aka just a concentrate of Twitter)

have fun, dear government agents. You were the ones who wanted it.

I hope trollish attitude or behaviour isn't disqualifying, but I couldn't care less if I'm allowed in the USA or not.

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