rvrabec

https://www.thekanary.com/

There should be a free and fast way to consistently identify personal information online and remove it. The tech exists in the open source intelligence community - all we need to do is re-fit it for individual benefit.

Using sites like: HIBP, Sherlock, Shodan, Maltego etc

1. No verifiability of site or ‘dark web’ monitoring 2. Claims to secure accounts but fails to catch simple things like a foreign IP sign in 3. Expensive - bureaus offer free credit monitoring now 4. Not actionable - you’re information is breached but help is limited or generic 5. Requires invasive information like SSN / Credit but just integrates with Have I Been Pwned

What everyone might not hate... 1. Verifiability by sharing sites scanned, info found, and aggregate progress / improvement 2. Doesn’t claim to secure accounts it can’t 3. Free 4. Actionable so you can request information be taken down, report incidences to the government, participate in class action claims, know if a site re-posts information it shouldn’t 5. Works with minimal information like email

Check out the project: https://www.thekanary.com/

I have about ~50 online accounts/apps I use at least once a month, each has their own policies and settings I can update if I remember to.

I'm currently using a password manager which helps, but I feel like I'm letting things fall through the cracks like updating each site's privacy settings or removing unused accounts.

How do other people manage this?