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Life & fun · April 5, 2026

Scrub: Know Your Digital Footprint

See everything the internet knows about you

What it does

Usescrub shows you everything publicly linked to your email address in one clean report. Enter any email and username and instantly see: - Data breaches you've been part of - Social profiles tied to that email/username - Linked accounts across the web - Old accounts you forgot existed

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