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I just deleted my entire social media presence before visiting the US – and I'm a citizen (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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We don't want to believe what we deeply understand: nothing is really deleted, and someone, somewhere can (and probably will) use that record against us.

It's possible that someone and somewhere will be a Customs and Border Protection agent at a US airport, as by now we've all heard a story of how has prevented a few unlucky souls from entering the USA – after spending hours or days in a holding cell – because of some post or other activity that someone decided made them unfit to cross the border.

Now that's it's happening, what can we do?

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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago

Probably also depends on what country you're coming in from. I have virtually no social media presence myself but when I came back to the US I didn't even have to speak to CBP, they had an automated facial scanning system and just required you to be holding your passport. This is as a citizen, I'm sure the process for foreigners is less lax.