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We are discontinuing the dark web report

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Re: We are discontinuing the dark web report

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Post by prepend »

I found the info not actionable because it wouldn’t say what actual values were posted.

I have a common name Gmail account. The password is rather complex and I would be surprised if it leaks as only I and Google know it. However, I would get reports that it’s on the dark web with blanked out password values. So I never knew if they actually compromised or just something else.

They would also report when some random site that used my Gmail address as user id was on the darknet that I don’t care about. I don’t care if my fidofido account is leaked. I never use it and if I did, then I would reset.

I think if the data were useful Google would have kept this up.

I bet they keep tracking though, just keep the reports internal.

Re: We are discontinuing the dark web report

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Post by xxmarkuski »

I set it up for an old Google account that has been breached. It did a relatively good job, but HIBP has more data in my experience, albeit it mainly looks at emails, whereas Google's report can do lookups by full name, address, and phone number. I think it was useful, but did not get enough love to be like a second HIBP.

Re: We are discontinuing the dark web report

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Post by alex1138 »

mungoman2 wrote: post #14
sunaookami wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this site still updated? Last entries are from 2024, no way Google didn't kill something this year.

I hear the team running the site was laid off.

The people responsible for sacking the people who have been sacked have since been sacked

Re: We are discontinuing the dark web report

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Post by thesuitonym »

prepend wrote: post #11

I found the info not actionable because it wouldn’t say what actual values were posted. I have a common name Gmail account. The password is rather complex and I would be surprised if it leaks as only I and Google know it. However, I would get reports that it’s on the dark web with blanked out password values. So I never knew if they actually compromised or just something else. They would also report when some random…

I never got the Google dark web reports, but my credit card used to send me reports constantly saying that my email address was 'found on the darkweb.' Okay, that's not useful information. If it showed me if there were associated passwords, that might be helpful, but just saying my address was found on the darkweb is meaningless. My email address is public information.

The worst part is, it was an email address I hadn't used in about 10 years, and they wouldn't let me take it out of the report.

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