Spoken like someone who hasn't been turned away from a job due to something trivial showing up on a background check from over 10 years ago (this has happened to me, ordinance violation from a college town where my tenants destroyed the front yard when I was just starting to learn what being a landlord meant in my early 20s), as well as being denied credit due to a black mark 6 years ago (also has happened, even though the financial situation that caused the black mark has been resolved long ago; have to wait the full 7.5 years, and even then, you must apply to have the old negative credit line record removed).

Its easy to say "these are non-issues" when they're not happening to you.

Now I'm that guy who has scrubbed his Twitter feed, locked down his Facebook privacy settings, does everything possible not to leak personal information online, removes every item I can from my credit reports (good, bad, addresses, employers, whatever; as long as its old enough to be removed, I have it removed), and has paid to have citations as trivial as traffic tickets expunged from my record from years back.

I will do everything I can to leave no trace, as you never know what will be used against you in the future.