COVERT Protocol Action #5: Audit Your Social Media Accounts

Audit your social-media exposure, review all your public or private social-media accounts and online profiles; check what personal information (photos, posts, bio data, connections) is visible; then remove, reduce, or restrict exposure of anything risky or unnecessary.

Steps to audit your social media exposure:

1. Make a full list of every social-media profile or public/social online account you’ve ever created (active or dormant). Include mainstream platforms and smaller/less-used ones.

2. Visit each account and carefully examine what can be seen publicly: profile pictures, bio information (name, location, birthdate, contact info), past posts, comments, photos, tags, friend lists.

3. Adjust privacy and visibility settings on each account so that only trusted contacts (friends/followers) can see sensitive content. Delete, lock down or hide: personal details, contact info, location data, old posts.

4. Remove or deactivate any accounts you no longer use, or that you don’t want publicly visible. Dormant accounts may still leak personal data.

5. Scan for “people-search” or public-record sites listing you (or old usernames/email) check what information about you is exposed outside social media.

6. Periodically repeat the audit (every 3–6 months) privacy settings and platform defaults can change; content from connections (tags, shares) or old posts may re-expose you.

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