Hot Take Haveibeenpwned To Be Incorporated Into Firefox Browser

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We're Baking Have I Been Pwned into Firefox and 1Password

Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches. Often, it's after someone has searched Have I Been Pwned [https://haveibeenpwned.com/] (HIBP) and found themselves pwned somewhere or other. Frequently, it's some...

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Over the coming weeks, Mozilla will begin trialling integration between HIBP [Have I Been Pwned] and Firefox to make breach data searchable via a new tool called "Firefox Monitor".

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I'm used to accessing the website but OK. Note that 1Password is also incorporating this.--I think it's nice.

 

[wat0114]

If strong passwords are used across all logins, then this is unnecessary.

 

[upnorth]

If strong passwords are used across all logins, then this is unnecessary.

If people don't know or understand what strong passwords is, this is far from unnecessary as also the main service itself is a life saver for many victims.

 

[silversurfer]

Hope you don't mind... I recall for this forum thread related to "Firefox Monitor" article source from ghacks:

Firefox Monitor may remove personal information now from the Internet

Firefox Monitor, Mozilla's password breach checking service, may soon be used to remove personal information from the Internet. Interested users of Firefox Monitor may join a waitlist to start using the service. For this, it is necessary to sign-in to a Firefox Monitor account, or create a new...

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Firefox Monitor may remove personal information now from the Internet - gHacks Tech News

Firefox Monitor, Mozilla's password breach checking service, may soon be used to remove personal information from the Internet.

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[Arequire]

If strong passwords are used across all logins, then this is unnecessary.

It's useful for informing people a breach has taken place. I've had HIBP notify me of multiple breaches long before the companies have done so.

 

[ErzCrz]

From memory, this has been a thing for awhile. Well, it at least checked against the haveibeenpwnd site for breaches when you logged into monitor. Anyway, quite good that you'll be able to search directly

 

[Ink]

Many password management services use HIBP for their users.

 

[wat0114]

If people don't know or understand what strong passwords is, this is far from unnecessary as also the main service itself is a life saver for many victims.

I would just rather use an online tester such as Nordpass or Bitwarden instead of having it built into the browser. I should have mentioned this at first.