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DAE get worn out by deleting old Google account history (Gmail, Drive, Photos, etc.)? (midwest.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I've been manually going through everything, including merging credentials going back two decades across 2-3 browsers finally to a single password manager, and... geez, there's literal months' worth of reviewing to do if you added up all the time if it was nonstop.

I'm just curious about how others' experiences have been, for those who shifted towards a more anti-megacorp stance later on.

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[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What do you realistically need to keep?

[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know... I guess I'm being too cautious... though it's also kind of a fun (or maybe sometimes painful lol) stroll down Memory Lane at times...

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a data hoarding problem, so I don't know how to help really, lol. I just sometimes feel okay deleting an installer from years ago and feel proud of myself

[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically, I just cleared out an unexpected temporary-files stash of those, haha!