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Mozilla’s new service tries to wipe your data off the web(www.theverge.com)

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  • 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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Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
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They are talking about the password lookup: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords

But, it’s the same deal. You have to trust they are actually doing what they say. Mozilla uses haveibeenpwned for their basic Monitor service too.

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Nyfure@kbin.social
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To be fair, you can check the code they run or just use the API.
The hash is calculated locally, cut-off and then send, the server returns all hashes it found which start with your one and then you can check if yours in in the list locally.

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ambrosiaforest@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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ah yes. type your password in here we totally wont steal it

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claudiop@lemmy.world
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Y’know that you can see the requests your browser makes, right? Mind putting in here a screenshot of HIBP uploading your password or any complete hash of it?

Failing to provide that grants you the “talking shit out of ya ass” award.

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