Submitted 9 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
If something like this actually works as designed, I’d like to see companies start to offer it free to employees, in much the same way a lot of them pay for financial planning services as part of the bennies.
With the amount of data brokers can have on people, and the sheer number of brokers, I could see something like this being a valuable component of a good enterprise security team. Help prevent social engineering breaches.
Or, you know, the govs make this illegal like they should.
Well sure, but we all know that’s not going to happen any time soon. So until then, approach from all available fronts.
Have you forgotten that the govs include Intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies? They would never allow free information be taken from them.
US only :(
Exactly. Now I created another account, have another password that can be exploited for a service I can’t use becausr it’s geolocked.
Sure wish they mentioned it BEFORE signup.
Pretty sure the EU doesn’t need a service like this because they actually have privacy laws.
Near the bottom of the blog:
At launch, the Monitor Plus free scan and paid subscription service will be offered to people based in the United States.
So worse than the other companies offering to unsubscribe you from data brokers, since they do US and EU
this is just an ad
But it’s okay because this is from Mozilla :)
I wish they couls just focus on Firefox and Thunderbird, instead of all the bullshit
I’d prefer they find another way to be profitable instead of leaning on ads and bribery from Google.
I wish they could just focus on Firefox and Thunderbird, instead of all the bullshit
If they have enough bandwidth, why not both?
They’re a billion dollar org. They can do more than one thing at a time.
DeleteMe has been offering this service for years.
DeleteMe only does data brokers. This does breaches and brokers. It’s like DeleteMe and HaveIBeenPwnd rolled into one.
Doesn’t that cost $$ tho?
As with most things that end with “plus”
anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Sounds cool but I’m not sure I want to spend 100 bucks per year to spite the data brokers…idk I do like spite though.
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They do have a free tier, and while it doesn’t auto request your data removal they can at least notify you which data brokers have your info so you can make the requests manually yourself. monitor.mozilla.org
neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is about breaches, not databrokers
Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah, it’s quite a bit. But on the other hand, it’s to support mozilla as a whole.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Can’t stand the thought of encouraging either the industry or the “anti”-industry. Must be some companies both selling & selling removal services.
JustUseMint@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Well besides that it goes to a good cause, most other similar services, how do you prove they actually did the work? I mean you’d have to manually inquire to each and every broker wouldn’t you? You’re essentially taking their word for it (I’m personally a huge fan of OptMeOut, especially for $20 a year)
Mozzilla is at least proven reputable.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 9 months ago
If I wasn’t a college student, I’d definitely do it because I trust Mozilla for now.
Mac@mander.xyz 9 months ago
I don’t trust any companies.
Nougat@kbin.social 9 months ago
Incogni is cheaper.
MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 9 months ago
With all the discounts they offer it is, but technically Incogni is 12.98/month. And with as many YouTube sponsor spots as they buy, I’d imagine they’re just trying to get as many people signed up as they can, and will stop offering as many discounts once they’ve burned through their investor cash.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I paid $25 to Optery and that took care of like 99% of it for me.