Remediation script for anonymized account-email store entries
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Running the script with a `--test` flag will print the keys of affected rows, but not delete any data.
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jimchamp
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Jul 23, 2025
| oldb = db.get_db() | ||
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| query = """ | ||
| SELECT SUBSTRING(key FROM 9) as username from thing |
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SUBSTRING(key FROM 9) removes the leading "/people/" string from the key.
jimchamp
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Jul 23, 2025
| SELECT SUBSTRING(key FROM 9) as username from thing | ||
| WHERE type IN (SELECT id FROM thing WHERE key = '/type/delete' LIMIT 1) | ||
| AND key LIKE '/people/%' | ||
| AND LENGTH(key) - LENGTH(REPLACE(key, '/', '')) = 2 |
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| AND LENGTH(key) - LENGTH(REPLACE(key, '/', '')) = 2 | |
| AND LENGTH(key) - LENGTH(REPLACE(key, '/', '')) = 2 |
This checks that the key only contains two / characters. We do this to avoid fetching lists, preferences, and other pages.
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Adds a script that finds and removes any
account-emailstore entries that were not deleted during our account anonymization process. The script does the following:/people/{username}/type/deleteentries from the store, extractingusername.username, we check if the associated account has been deactivated by queryingstoreaccount-emailstore keyaccount-emailstore entry if a store key was foundTechnical
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