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Mozilla Monitor is shady
(lemmy.world)
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
At least they are very clear about what data is at risk here, namely "OneRep receives your
in order to scan data broker sites to find your personal data and request its removal." cf https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/subscription-services/
It's indeed not a good look anyway to be partnering (without doing much that sharing your brand, and thus trust invested in you) with somebody apparently solving the problem... they themselves help fuel.
Is this a shitpost? I'm confused as to how they'd verify if your accounts are compromised without knowing your basic info.
That's not the problem, the problem is whether we can actually trust Mozilla Monitor to not sell the same data you're trying to scrub.
Fair enough. I completely agree that the feature creep is concerning and aggravating. I think it comes down to them trying to grow adoption of the browser and services. Mozilla has like a 1% market share. I'll still use it over chrome or edge. At least we can disable all the bullshit in about:config or just not sign up for the extra services.
This reminds me of that one virus where you put your Credit Card info into the shady website to check that "your card is not in any hacker database" lmao