Purging long-forgotten online accounts: Worth the trouble?


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018

FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, a reporter holds a phone showing the Facebook app in San Francisco. It might not seem like a big deal to have long-forgotten accounts on social media linger. But with hacking in the news constantly, including a breach affecting 50 million Facebook accounts, you might not want all that data sitting around. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

NEW YORK: The Internet is riddled with long-forgotten accounts on social media, dating apps and various shopping sites used once or twice. Sure, you should delete all those unused logins and passwords. And eat your vegetables. And go to the gym. 

But is it even possible to delete your zombie online footprints – or worth your time to do so? 

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