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Originally Posted by MelBr
What you've described is an argument from ignorance fallacy. There's really no harm in reducing your web footprint. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
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Unless the actions to reduce your footprint and keep it reduced are indicators that increase the likelihood of your footprint being flagged as suspicious. Hypothetically. Which in turn could increase the probability of subsequent potentially false or unfalse positives in your case. Hypothetically.
I'm not a lawyer, but: Perhaps the false positive's supposed "mental anguish" at being in jail for a couple hours is outweighed by the coolness factor and brag rights at parties. And who cares if an employer learns that you were arrested and released due to mistaken identity. If the employer wants to use that as an excuse, sue them and win. Plus, you wouldn't want to work there anyway. And I'd also hope the false positive didn't sue the cops just for doing their job.