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Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by chrisandchris »

chriscampbell wrote: post #20

I am a big fan of Kanary - https://www.kanary.com/ I’ve tried one rep, delete me and a few others. This service goes much wider to delete all public mentions and hidden ones in broker databases that are being sold. It has made a considerable difference for my data privacy IMO.

It's fascinating that I have to pay to get my data removed from datasets into which they got without my consent (well, my consent "is not worth much" IMHO) and somebody else gets paid to put my data into this dataset.

So I need to pay to get something I never wanted in the first place.

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by pquki4 »

Siberium wrote: post #15

"Mozilla partners with a company called Onerep to perform these scans and subsequent takedown requests" Reputation companies have perverse incentives and often need to pay off offending privacy-invading sites - see https://thewalrus.ca/clean-online-reputation/ . You'd be essentially funding this continued privacy invasion of individuals - even if this service is successful for yourself. That's a lucrative product for…

Too bad I don't live in Europe, what can I do? (shrug)

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by pquki4 »

pipo234 wrote: post #8
glauber wrote: post #6

Google offers something very similar for subscribers of Google One.

GOOGLE?! So... left hand cleaning up the mess created by the right hand? Isn't that called a Ponzi scheme, or something?

Well, that's the same thing they did with the "Topics" thing in Chrome -- “we can track you and figure out what you like and send that information to other websites, but they can't do that directly. You are safe in our hands. Don't you see that's better?“

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by nottorp »

Siberium wrote: post #15

"Mozilla partners with a company called Onerep to perform these scans and subsequent takedown requests" Reputation companies have perverse incentives and often need to pay off offending privacy-invading sites - see https://thewalrus.ca/clean-online-reputation/ . You'd be essentially funding this continued privacy invasion of individuals - even if this service is successful for yourself. That's a lucrative product for…

Yep. If it were a service done by Mozilla I could trust it. But this way, what is it besides a referral program for some company I've never heard of?

Plus the 'It's just a Starbucks latte' pricing...

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by pquki4 »

luplex wrote: post #18
glauber wrote: post #6

Google offers something very similar for subscribers of Google One.

Google just checks for your details in known data leaks. They don't talk to data brokers on your behalf.

A few of my personal details were found on "dark web" according to Google. Well, they can't really talk to those people and say don't leak my password.

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by batch12 »

chrisandchris wrote: post #21
chriscampbell wrote: post #20

I am a big fan of Kanary - https://www.kanary.com/ I’ve tried one rep, delete me and a few others. This service goes much wider to delete all public mentions and hidden ones in broker databases that are being sold. It has made a considerable difference for my data privacy IMO.

It's fascinating that I have to pay to get my data removed from datasets into which they got without my consent (well, my consent "is not worth much" IMHO) and somebody else gets paid to put my data into this dataset. So I need to pay to get something I never wanted in the first place.

Makes me wish there was a service dedicated to providing the information of the people who run these services for free. The more details that can be used by marketing folks to profile and contact them, the better.

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by Kye »

jdmoreira wrote: post #13

I'm going to go against the trend here and put on my evil hat. How do I buy this data? Who are these brokers? And how do I buy it?

Making these connections is likely part of the value someone somewhere in this ecosystem provides. I doubt they do it for free or accept just anyone.
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