Mozilla expands its privacy focus with Monitor Plus data-broker removal service

Mozilla expands its privacy focus with Monitor Plus data-broker removal service

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/mozilla-expands-its-privacy-focus-with-monitor-plus-data-broker-removal-service/

“You may be shocked to find,” the people-search websites pitch, that you or the other person you’re searching for “has a criminal record.” Other sites offer “millions of records that expose” a person for who they “really are.”

These kinds of “people search” sites are myriad. They copy from one another, and removing your information from them, while technically possible in fine-print fashion, could take days or weeks. Mozilla, the Firefox maker expanding into a suite of privacy-minded tools, has an alternative to clicking and hoping.

Mozilla expands its privacy focus with Monitor Plus data-broker removal service

Tue Feb 6, 2:55pm UTC
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/mozilla-expands-its-privacy-focus-with-monitor-plus-data-broker-removal-service/ > “You may be shocked to find,” the people-search websites pitch, that you or the other person you’re searching for “has a criminal record.” Other sites offer “millions of records that expose” a person for who they “really are.” > These kinds of “people search” sites are myriad. They copy from one another, and removing your information from them, while technically possible in fine-print fashion, could take days or weeks. Mozilla, the Firefox maker expanding into a suite of privacy-minded tools, has an alternative to clicking and hoping.