cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> I've been on a bit of a mission (<a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutisticHyperfocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticHyperfocus</span></a> for the win!) to clear out my password database. I'm de-googlifying, so I've recently got set up on another mail provider. I got stuck in last night at about 8.30, blinked, and "suddenly" it was 1 AM...</p><p>I started at the top of the list, and for each entry I evaluated whether or not I needed it anymore, and if not whether I needed to close down the account, or just delete it. Some of them dated from about 1987, sorry, I mean 2017, but it might as well be 1987!</p><p>I had a load from past personal projects and test servers I set up on localhost:8080 or similar - gone.</p><p>I had a load from past activism/volunteering stuff I've done and am no longer involved with - some still worked, which I shut down/deactivated where it was possible, and then deleted the entry. Some required Gone.</p><p>I shut down a load of freelancer accounts I no longer use, then deleted the entries. Some didn't have a way to deactivate, so I had to log a ticket request help through their online system. Some I had to confirm via email. MOST gone. Some stragglers remain.</p><p>The saddest part was deleting - for most, without attempting to login - all of the makerspace related ones that I haven't used since I quit about 18 months ago, in the midst of an <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutisticBurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticBurnout</span></a>. Strangely, it feels rather liberating, although slightly painful. </p><p>Finally, there were all the ones that I wanted to keep - and thus needed to go through the arduous process of changing to the new address. For some this is really easy, for others, it requires some kind of verification dance, sometimes involving codes sent via SMS. For a few, there is effectively NO WAY to do it beyond posting a request on their forum or "contact us" form. Most done, but more than I'm happy with need follow-ups.</p><p>I got down to the sites beginning with "s" at about 1AM, and called it a day. Password manager still says I have 245 passwords, but I didn't note how many there were to start. Probably twice that or more, I'd guess.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Fuckgoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuckgoogle</span></a></p>