Forumite@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 5 天前How to Find Old Accounts for Deletionavoidthehack.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkHow to Find Old Accounts for Deletionavoidthehack.comForumite@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 5 天前message-square5fedilink
minus-squareArchRecord@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·5 天前TLDR; Check your Password Manager/Stored Browser Credentials If on Apple devices, check your Keychain If on Android or using/used Chrome, check your Google Password Manager (enabled if you chose to save passwords to your Google account) Search old email inboxes Search for your email in data breaches Search for old usernames you re-used across sites I personally would also add searching your browser cookies, since some browsers will keep around old cookies for years if you don’t clear them.
minus-squaremerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 天前Perfect TLDR. I check all the credentials in Bitwarden every few months for the ones I need to get rid of
minus-squareArchRecord@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 天前I’ve been checking my password manager for over a year now, and I’m still finding more old accounts I have to delete! My 120 deleted or pending deletion accounts only make up about 1/2 of the ones I need to delete overall. 😶
minus-squaremerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 天前Damn you must have atleast a thousand accounts. Keep on keeping on
TLDR;
I personally would also add searching your browser cookies, since some browsers will keep around old cookies for years if you don’t clear them.
Perfect TLDR. I check all the credentials in Bitwarden every few months for the ones I need to get rid of
I’ve been checking my password manager for over a year now, and I’m still finding more old accounts I have to delete!
My 120 deleted or pending deletion accounts only make up about 1/2 of the ones I need to delete overall. 😶
Damn you must have atleast a thousand accounts. Keep on keeping on