Securing Old Accounts
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Preparing to Delete or Suspend Old Accounts
Kerry advises collecting exported data to backups and previews the next episode on deleting or suspending accounts.
Now that we’ve tracked down all our old online accounts, it’s time to make them more secure and review the data they contain. We should download a copy of that data for safe keeping before we ultimately delete or suspend the accounts. We’ll discuss this next step in our journey of reducing our online data footprint – our Data Diet.
In the news: Windows 10 support has officially ended; seniors targeted with malware from Facebook groups; Tile trackers can also track you; massive Salesforce data leaked after refusing to pay ransom; dangerous Discord breach; Apple, Google to reluctantly comply with new Texas age law; California enacts age-verification law; EU Chat Control defeated; California makes GPC universally available;
largest CCPA fine to date levied against TSC.
Article Links
- Windows 10 support “ends” today, but it’s just the first of many deaths https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths/
- Seniors targeted in global Facebook scam spreading new Android malware https://therecord.media/seniors-targeted-facebook-android-malware-scam
- Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say https://www.wired.com/story/tile-tracking-tags-can-be-exploited-by-tech-savvy-stalkers-researchers-say/
- ShinyHunters Leak Data from Qantas, Vietnam Airlines and Others https://hackread.com/shinyhunters-leak-data-qantas-vietnam-airlines-others/
- The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare https://www.404media.co/the-discord-hack-is-every-users-worst-nightmare/
- Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/apple-and-google-reluctantly-comply-with-texas-age-verification-law/
- California enacts its own internet age-gating law https://www.theverge.com/news/798871/california-governor-newsom-age-gating-ab-1043
- Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/
- California Governor signs first-in-the-nation privacy bill into law https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/california-governor-signs-first-in-the-nation-privacy-bill-into-law
- CPPA fines Tractor Supply Company $1.4 million for privacy violations https://therecord.media/ccpa-tractor-supply-privacy-fine
- Tip of the week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/secure-old-accounts/
Further Info
- How to freeze your credit: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/credit-freeze-now-is-the-time/
- Setting up Global Privacy Control: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/how-to-enable-global-privacy-control/
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Table of Contents
- 0:00:00: Intro
- 0:00:28: News preview
- 0:02:31: Win10 support ended
- 0:08:19: Seniors targeted with malware from Facebook groups
- 0:12:00: Tile trackers can also track you
- 0:19:51: Massive Salesforce data leak
- 0:26:50: Dangerous Discord breach
- 0:32:35: Apple, Google to comply with new Texas age law
- 0:39:47: CA enacts age-verification law
- 0:44:56: EU Chat Control defeated!
- 0:49:33: CA makes GPC universally available
- 0:55:02: Largest CCPA fine to date
- 0:57:02: Tip of the Week
- 1:01:41: Wrapping up
- 1:02:29: Looking ahead
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