Fellow travellers, a passport, visa or a clean criminal record will not be enough. From now on, in fact, anyone who wants to travel to the United States will also have to have their blood tested profiles social.
THEUS Customs and Border Protection (the agency that controls the American borders) has committed itself to developing a new control system. All those who wish to enter the United States will be asked for information on their online activities. A mechanism to evaluate from one's own expressions a rate of "social reputation" to then be evaluated as suitable or not for the trip.
For the moment, this is a completely optional check (those who wish can refuse to fill out the "social" form). A check that concerns those who want to travel via theESTA Authorization (an electronic verification system that allows you to travel without a visa).
What kind of control, we ask ourselves, does the United States carry out on our social profiles and on our general Internet activities?
The aim should be anti-terrorist. A way to avoid possible threats, as explained by a government spokesperson who spoke of a simple "precautionary measure".
In any case, all the data collected will be used to "improve the investigation process and provide more data and tools for analysts or investigators to work with", but the first controversies have already arisen.
Privacy doubts are naturally many and widespread. The future seems increasingly characterized by a strong collection of increasingly widespread data on citizens.
