Mozilla finally cuts ties with shady OneRep service, ends Monitor Plus for good
Mozilla finally cuts ties with shady OneRep service, ends Monitor Plus for good
Monitor Plus, Mozilla’s premium data broker scan and removal service, officially shut down on December 17.
Mozilla had partnered with OneRep, a data removal company with ties to data collection services, and had been told about the firm's behavior in early 2024.
Up until this point, Mozilla was dragging its feet:
- 2024-03-14 - Kreb's story undercovers OneRep founder background - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ceo-of-data-privacy-company-onerep-com-founded-dozens-of-people-search-firms/
- 2024-03-22 - 8 days later - Mozilla statement to drop OneRep - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/mozilla-drops-onerep-after-ceo-admits-to-running-people-search-networks/
- 2024-10-22 - 7 months later - Mozilla FAQ update about still searching for provider to replace OneRep - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/securing-new-partner-monitor-plus
- 2025-02-10 - today - almost 11 months later
Ten more months, and Mozilla is no longer looking for a partner, choosing to shutter the program.