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by chrisfosterelli 3649 days ago
That's a very good example, but on the other hand fingerprints aren't likely to accidentally "incriminate" you.

Coming into the USA, if I saw that on a form my first instinct would be that not providing it reduces the risk of accidentally getting flagged for something ridiculous. I'd hate to be pulled aside for extra screening because a tweet from 6 years ago included the word 'explosion' in it.