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This is basically a frontend for haveibeenpwned. Creating it costed Mozilla money. Why did they do this instead of linking directly to the original page?
by bcaiv 7y ago
This is basically a frontend for haveibeenpwned. Creating it costed Mozilla money. Why did they do this instead of linking directly to the original page?
- proaralyst 7y agoBecause the Mozilla brand is more trusted than a random website with ‘Pwned’ in its name. Also, it's being built into Firefox so having a website for it too seems like a good idea.
- Fogest 7y agoWell the have I been pwned website is also pretty trusted and is integrated into 1password. I don't know why Firefox wouldn't just integrate it into the browser like 1password did with their password manager. Would make more sense than just being a different front end to an existing site.
- lotu 7y agoPwned is not a standard english word. The vast majority of non-tech non-gamer non-under 40s are unfamiliar with this word but are familiar with firefox.
- Fogest 7y agoYou think people of that age are familiar with what a "Fire fox" is? With all the people I've helped most don't even know a browser outside of the default on their system.
- djsumdog 7y agoYea that's what I noticed. Do they use any additional sources at least?
- jmichaelhudson 7y agoI don't know, but they are going to have to find something to do with all of those email addresses in a database connected to the source vectors. btw: the nsa tracks people by email address, as in, according to snowden, that is an often used search term to pull up all the surveilled data on an individual. /s