Mozilla Monitor Plus will automatically remove your info from Data Broker sites.
  • Mozilla has launched a paid subscription service called Mozilla Monitor Plus, which monitors and removes personal information from over 190 sites where brokers sell data.
  • The service is priced at $8.99 per month and is an extension of the free dark web monitoring service Mozilla Monitor (previously Firefox Monitor).
  • Basic Monitor members receive a free scan and one-time removal sweep, while Plus members get continual monthly data broker scans and removal attempts.

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  • Peer@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    They could just look for names, then hash those names and compare them to your hashed name. So technically that don’t need to store your data, just hashes.

    • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I’m all for privacy but worrying about giving one of the most trustworthy companies around your name seems a bit much.

      You’d also have to give them your card details to pay for it.

      This would also require searching and indexing the entire system as opposed to searching it.