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Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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Optery offers a family plan: https://www.optery.com/family/

Does this support adding family members on a single account? I have some non technical family members who I'd like to manage it for them and giving them their own account is most likely going to be a major headache.

Yes - Optery for Family is very popular - here's how it works: https://help.optery.com/en/article/getting-started-with-opte...

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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> we can automatically and continuously request to remove your personal information with an annual paid subscription of $8.99 per month ($107.88 a year). This is a lot of money for most people. What would the benefit be of doing this all the time versus just subscribing once a year? How quickly do details reappear in databases?

I had this same question. What's the point of a removal request if the site can just add your info back in next month?

And if they can't, what's the point of a monthly subscription?

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Ironically, their page doesn’t seem to work on Safari. I get a 404 error after signing in, every time. Switching to Chrome on my desktop lets it work.

Thanks for sharing, we've seen some reports and logs of some people running into this issue with Safari, and we're investigating.

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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It’s an ok way to do it. And I’ve been subscribed (but not using it) for 2 years. But until Firefox Relay supports custom domains, I am of the opinion that it’s not ideal.

As someone who also runs their own custom email domains, I agree it would be nice if I could manage those through Relay. That said, I'd still be giving out Relay addresses way more often, since those email addresses can't be linked to each other, or to me. My personal domain is for things that are really important in the long term, but for things like concert tickets, I prefer having the added anonymity.

Sure. But I just have multiple domains for things like that. And you could always have the option to use a Firefox Relay domain as well.

Thats how it is with Simplelogin (which is a similar service).

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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It’s an ok way to do it. And I’ve been subscribed (but not using it) for 2 years. But until Firefox Relay supports custom domains, I am of the opinion that it’s not ideal.

With providers like Addy and SimpleLogin it is possible to use your own domain. > https://addy.io/ > https://simplelogin.io/

Ive been using Simplelogin for a few years, and its totally fine.

Id just like it if Firefox Relay had these features.

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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Which laws are Mozilla using to get the data brokers to remove personal info in the US. I know there is such a law in California but is there also a federal law?

Our representatives can't even comprehend that Google doesn't make the iPhone, so I personally wouldn't expect any federal legislation any time soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmuROTmazco

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post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who also runs their own custom email domains, I agree it would be nice if I could manage those through Relay. That said, I'd still be giving out Relay addresses way more often, since those email addresses can't be linked to each other, or to me. My personal domain is for things that are really important in the long term, but for things like concert tickets, I prefer having the added anonymity.

Sure. But I just have multiple domains for things like that. And you could always have the option to use a Firefox Relay domain as well. Thats how it is with Simplelogin (which is a similar service).

Oh yes, I am not at all saying I don't think Relay should have that option. It's more that I like sharing a domain with many others, so I can blend in with the crowd.

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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Mozilla Monitor Plus - $14/mo, or $108/yr. Too pricey for most. >Every month, we use the information you provided about yourself (name, location and birthdate) to search across ⁨190⁩ data broker sites that sell people’s private information. If we find your data on any of these sites, we initiate the request for removal. Data removal can take anywhere from a day to a month. This feature is available for ⁨Monitor Plus⁩…

We are working on a fully local version of this @ https://redact.dev - Beta should be out within a month or so. Huge (obvious) advantages for doing it locally

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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How does this compare to Kanary?

Kanary members have our full support for all types of exposures, not just data brokers. To build a broader service, we rely on automation and human assistance. Mozilla is using OneRep to power this service, so comparing Mozilla to Kanary at this stage is comparing OneRep to Kanary. Here are a few considerations: https://www.kanary.com/blog/best-removal-service-onerep-kana...

We have a free trial that auto-downgrades into our free tier. We encourage everyone to compare services before joining. https://www.kanary.com/#sign-up

Re: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

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From my initial testing, the result quality leaves a bit to be desired. There are a lot of false positives.

For example, my info is definitely not on mugshotlook.com... And about 2/3 of the results I've clicked on have already been removed by Kanary (full disclosure, on the team, but was a happy customer before) or weren't real to begin with.

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