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This uses HIBP for the underlying dataset. I'm not sure what's added though. Convenient UX? They claim to only send anonymized data out, but HIBP already suppor
by lvh 8y ago
This uses HIBP for the underlying dataset. I'm not sure what's added though. Convenient UX? They claim to only send anonymized data out, but HIBP already supports the underlying hash range queries -- that doesn't appear to be new here.
- nachtigall 8y agoThe blog article on HIBP goes a bit into more technical detail: "We're Baking Have I Been Pwned into Firefox and 1Password" https://www.troyhunt.com/were-baking-have-i-been-pwned-into-firefox-and-1password/ https://www.troyhunt.com/were-baking-have-i-been-pwned-into-...
- JadoJodo 8y agoI suspect it'll warn you if any of the accounts you've saved in Firefox (username/password) have been compromised. 1Password already does this¹ but this is likely the Firefox implementation of it. ¹ - https://blog.agilebits.com/2018/02/22/finding-pwned-passwords-with-1password/ https://blog.agilebits.com/2018/02/22/finding-pwned-password...
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoIn this case, convenience is huge.
- systoll 8y agoThe main thing added here is a brand and some advertising, but that's not insignificant. Haveibeenpwned is a good service but it looks a whole lot like http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/ http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/ on first glance. If the Mozilla brand gets it to more people, that's a win.
- snowwolf 8y agoThis also has anonymized email lookup (using the same model as passwords) that is new.