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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Deleting Old Email (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's say you have an old email you want to delete at a privacy-invasive provider. Cool, you know the password. But they refuse to delete your account due to lack of authentication (I fail). I used a fake name in the email but there is still personal info associated with the account. How can I delete it without giving more personal info? Or just forget it? Is it worth pay a website to delete my email?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

My advice when doing something risky or privacy invasive is always, use a VM. Make A VM, do all of the steps to delete the Email, and then delete the VM. That way it is completely seperated from your regular machine. Its not perfect but it really the best you can do.