Like when I read 3 Billion National Public Data Records with SSNs, Addresses Dumped Online, am I supposed to access that data dump or something to see if I got pwned? Are there equivalents to haveibeenpwned.com for this type of stuff? Any guides on what to do when these happen? I feel like I’m doomscrolling or watching the news, and feeling depressed about the world as a result because I should be doing something but I can’t or it seems like I can’t.

Even though I know better than to put such personal info online, but that doesn’t eliminate the odds of them getting into breaches like these, and having started to be careful about digital privacy has opened my eyes to the sad state of privacy.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    a good password manager will alert you when a site you have a password saved for has a breach.

    also i’d say periodically go through your saved passwords and any that you aren’t using anymore, proactively ask the company to delete your data and close your account.

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      3 months ago

      Pretty sure locally hosted pw-managers don’t do this (without plugins?) but are still good managers :D If Cloud Managers do this, doesn’t that mean that the provider knows for which sites you have accounts?