Erasing your digital footprint

[mysticat]

Hi. In preparation for CTB I have been worrying about what I leave behind, especially digitally. I have already deleted old accounts that I don't use and I'm thinking about eventually deleting all of my social media and my Google account as well. However, if my attempt should fail, I don't want to be left with nothing, so I want to buy a USB stick, password protecting it and hiding it in my room, so I could download my more important data and transfer it to the USB before deleting. Most accounts aren't deleted immediately anyway, they usually have a period ranging from 14-30 days in which you could still recover your account. Any thoughts on this plan? I am interested in hearing tips for ensuring I leave behind as little as possible, as there is definitely things that I haven't thought about.

 

[areyousafe??]

Someone will still find your USB stick. I have already deleted most of my social media accounts, resetted my laptop and deleted its data, the last thing to do is to reset my phone just before I ctb. There's nothing I have online that I want to keep anyway.

 

[Higurashi415]

As for the USB stick... who do you want to protect it from? That's the question, I think. Family? Police?
If it's the former, anything will work. For the latter, I'd use LUKS or something of that sort.
It would otherwise be relatively easy to decrypt, but again, it really depends on who will get their hands on it.

 

[Confusedsoul12345]

I have a question on this.I read in USA privacy law prevents cops from accessing personal data such as browing history unless they need to know the cause of death( I think it shouldn't be an issue in case of obvious suicide).Is my understanding correct or do I need to take additional efforts to erase my digital footprints?

 

[mysticat]

As for the USB stick... who do you want to protect it from? That's the question, I think. Family? Police?
If it's the former, anything will work. For the latter, I'd use LUKS or something of that sort.
It would otherwise be relatively easy to decrypt, but again, it really depends on who will get their hands on it.

I don't think the police is interested in my data lmao. It's just that I am worried about permanently deleting everything, so I want a backup for myself. I know a password doesn't do much, but I don't think anybody close to me will use some decryption tactics.

I have a question on this.I read in USA privacy law prevents cops from accessing personal data such as browing history unless they need to know the cause of death( I think it shouldn't be an issue in case of obvious suicide).Is my understanding correct or do I need to take additional efforts to erase my digital footprints?

I'm (thankfully) not from the US, so I'm not sure about that, but if you're worried like I am about what will be left of you digitally, I'd suggest taking measures deleting it beforehand.

 

[Higurashi415]

I don't think the police is interested in my data lmao. It's just that I am worried about permanently deleting everything, so I want a backup for myself. I know a password doesn't do much, but I don't think anybody close to me will use some decryption tactics.

I'm (thankfully) not from the US, so I'm not sure about that, but if you're worried like I am about what will be left of you digitally, I'd suggest taking measures deleting it beforehand.

hey I wouldnt want anybody to have my data including police. anyways a regular password with whatever encryption will do just fine in that case