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  1. #Flock Decides Not to Use #Hacked Data in #PeopleSearch Tool

    The #surveillance company Flock told employees at an all-hands meeting Friday that its new #people #search product, Nova, will not include hacked data from the dark web. The announcement comes a little over a week after 404 Media broke the news about internal tension at the company about plans to use #breached data, including from a 2021 #ParkMobile data break.
    #privacy #darkweb #breach

    404media.co/flock-decides-not-

  2. Krebs on Security: Nearly a Year Later, Mozilla is Still Promoting OneRep. “In mid-March 2024, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the founder of the personal data removal service Onerep also founded dozens of people-search companies. Shortly after that investigation was published, Mozilla said it would stop bundling Onerep with the Firefox browser and wind down its partnership with the company. […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/15/krebs-on-security-nearly-a-year-later-mozilla-is-still-promoting-onerep/

  3. It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech

  4. It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech

  5. It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech

  6. It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech