How to prevent 'zombie accounts' from haunting your digital identity

Posted: February 08, 2013

[caption id="attachment_11192" align="alignright" width="580"]Image from PC World[/caption]If you have accounts online that you aren't using, they could be a security risk for you.

Zombies are a pervasive cultural theme these days. We have no shortage of zombie-apocalypse movies and literature, and the United States military and the Center for Disease Control even offer tongue-in-cheek zombie-response plans. But there are other zombies that don’t get the attention they deserve—the zombie accounts you have lingering around the Internet.

Stop and consider how many different websites, social networks, and other online services you’ve joined over the years. For that matter, think of all of the software, mobile apps, browser plug-ins, and other things you’ve installed on your PC or mobile devices.

How many of them do you use on a regular basis? And how many of them still link to your Facebook or Twitter profiles? More important, how many of them do you actively manage and update to ensure that they’re properly protected?

Here are the dangers to watch for, plus a few tips for dealing with the user accounts that just won't die.

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