COVERT Protocol Action #5: Audit Your Social Media Accounts

COVERT Protocol Action #5: Audit Your Social Media Accounts

From The OPSEC Podcast by Grey Dynamics

March 9, 2026 · 8 min · Season 1 · Episode 15

About this episode

This episode provides a step-by-step guide on how to audit your social media accounts to enhance privacy and reduce exposure of personal information.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Grey Dynamics

Topics covered

  • social media audit
  • privacy settings
  • online profiles
  • personal information
  • digital footprint

Keywords

  • social media
  • audit
  • privacy
  • online safety
  • personal data
  • digital security
  • exposure

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