Heads up for anyone planning US trips: there's talk of requiring foreign visitors to hand over five years of social media history just to get through customs. Five years. Every post, every comment, every like.



This isn't some random rumor—it's a policy floated by officials who want deeper background checks. For the crypto crowd, this hits different. Your wallet addresses in bios? DeFi discussions? NFT flexing? All potentially under scrutiny.

The privacy implications are wild. We're building decentralized systems to escape surveillance, yet physical borders might demand full digital strip searches. Makes you wonder if pseudonymous online lives and real-world travel can even coexist anymore.

Whether this actually rolls out or stays theoretical, it's a reminder: data sovereignty isn't just a Web3 buzzword. It's becoming a real-world friction point.
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pvt_key_collectorvip
· 12-10 16:02
Five years of social media history? That's hilarious. Wallet addresses have to be disclosed, so what am I even supposed to post? --- Now it's completely exposed. Decentralized? Bullshit. Just hand over your passport and all your crypto activity records are revealed. --- Wait, is this really not a joke? Five years, bro. I deleted it long ago. --- Border checks now require digital strip searches, and Web3 privacy solutions have truly become a joke. --- Speaking of which, how can pseudonymous living possibly continue? When reality hits the blockchain, data sovereignty is useless. --- If the US dares to do this, I’ll never go again. Anyway, crypto life online is enough. --- If this policy is truly implemented, people hiding their wallet addresses in bios will freak out.
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SlowLearnerWangvip
· 12-10 15:57
Whoa, five years of social media records? I just heard about this now, I thought it was a joke.
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HashBardvip
· 12-10 15:55
ngl the irony is absolutely *chef's kiss*—we're out here building trustless systems to dodge surveillance while governments just... ask nicely for five years of receipts. the narrative arc writes itself, doesn't it?
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DaisyUnicornvip
· 12-10 15:40
Five years of social media history? Isn't this just turning our entire on-chain life upside down... But then again, my wallet address has been in my profile for a long time, so it's not a big deal. The Flower Language Governance School tells me that instead of hiding, it's better to think about how to make privacy rights grow stubbornly like daisies.
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