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> Privacy starts with a Mozilla Account I like how the solution to the privacy issue is _yet another account_. I don't know why, but I find it highly amusing. I do get it, you need to share your details with them so they know which details to delete, but I still can't help but laugh.
I’m a happy, long term Optery user (not affiliated) and they take care of 100% of this for you. https://www.optery.com The Mozilla offering looks somewhat comparable, but I do wonder if they’re going to beat a company which has the sole focus of solving this problem.
If nothing else, I’m glad there are more offerings showing up on this space because of the competition this will hopefully generate.
Consumer Reports also has a semi-related offering called “Permission Slip” that is focused on opting out of data sharing with individual companies, e.g. Netflix, Home Depot, etc.
> Privacy starts with a Mozilla Account I like how the solution to the privacy issue is _yet another account_. I don't know why, but I find it highly amusing. I do get it, you need to share your details with them so they know which details to delete, but I still can't help but laugh.
HIBP supports domain searches[^1] at least, but part of the problem is also how we keep trying to reinvent the e-mail system to not fall prey to this, much how Fastmail have Masked Emails, and Apple have Hide My Email.
In a sense, it sounds like the advice of the services is less subscribing to them than trying not to have a few e-mails that map to your personal identity.
> Privacy starts with a Mozilla Account I like how the solution to the privacy issue is _yet another account_. I don't know why, but I find it highly amusing. I do get it, you need to share your details with them so they know which details to delete, but I still can't help but laugh.
If they use the data you provide (such as your address) to search other data brokers, doesn't that potentially give the data broker MORE information than they already had on you? Do the companies in this space prevent this somehow?
Edit: Lest people think this is somehow impossible otherwise - all it should take would be to search for just your name + location, get the query results, then filter on the client side. Which is exactly what a human would do for the brokers that have a "remove this entry" option when you see (presumably) yourself in the search results. However, this not only requires the data brokers to support such an API, but also requires the deletion services to actually put in the effort to do it this way for every broker they can, which seems nontrivial. Hence my question of whether these services make such an attempt at all.
> Privacy starts with a Mozilla Account I like how the solution to the privacy issue is _yet another account_. I don't know why, but I find it highly amusing. I do get it, you need to share your details with them so they know which details to delete, but I still can't help but laugh.
I attempted to use this, entered my email, was prompted with a "create your account" page, laughed out loud and closed the tab. This is a comical misunderstanding of what the product even IS or DOES.
How do they get your data removed from the brokers' databases?
onerep.com "If you are located in the United States and have a Monitor Plus subscription, OneRep receives your first and last name, email address, phone number, physical address and date of birth in order to scan data broker sites to find your personal data and request its removal. OneRep keeps your personal data until you end your Monitor subscription in order to check whether your information shows up on additional…
The article mentions (obviously) Mozilla Monitor.
When I follow the provided link (leads to https://monitor.mozilla.org) in the default Firefox container and enter my email a new tab (now https://accounts.firefox.com) is created in a Google container (despite the fact that nothing suggests me leaving https://accounts.firefox.com)
Automatically remove your personal info from data brokers you say?