This, to some extent was already happening. The last time my partner came into the US on a visa waiver (from the EU) before our fiancee visa was approved, her entire PUBLIC facebook wall was printed out and waiting for her in an interrogation room at O'Hare. (This was a few years ago now) -- it was a little eerie b/c her facebook is not under her "real name" - that is not the name on the flight manifest. So it took some digging.
At the time they were mostly concerned with posts where it may have insinuated she was accepting photography or graphic design clients while in the US on a tourist visa which is a big no no, but I could see that switching to political allegiances, etc quite quickly.
She is now an LPR on her way to naturalization and I am a USC. We are going to Turkey in a few weeks and seriously considering leaving phones at home, getting burner phones for our month abroad, and wiping laptops and restoring them from the cloud on either side.
Seems like there could be a market for device upload/wiping/restoration as a service.
The most troubling thing to me is that all of this is device-agnostic. They know you have a Facebook account and they can find it even if it's not in your name. So now when you return to the US they may very well demand that you provide them your Facebook login credentials. If you're not a USC and face getting put right back on a plane to Turkey, will you refuse?
We are discussing in advance. I will refuse any device requests or password requests and ask for a lawyer if detained. She is seeking clarification from an immigration lawyer about what is required from her as a green card holder. She will likely comply with handing over (wiped) devices but would also refuse handing over passwords.
At the time they were mostly concerned with posts where it may have insinuated she was accepting photography or graphic design clients while in the US on a tourist visa which is a big no no, but I could see that switching to political allegiances, etc quite quickly.
She is now an LPR on her way to naturalization and I am a USC. We are going to Turkey in a few weeks and seriously considering leaving phones at home, getting burner phones for our month abroad, and wiping laptops and restoring them from the cloud on either side.
Seems like there could be a market for device upload/wiping/restoration as a service.