Mozilla Ends Partnership with Onerep Identity Protection Service After 16-Month Wind-Down
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Summary
Mozilla is finally ending its partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service that was integrated with Firefox. The decision comes 16 months after Mozilla initially announced it would wind down the collaboration following revelations that Onerep's founder had created and continued to operate people-search sites, creating a conflict of interest. Mozilla had continued promoting Onerep during this period but now confirms the partnership will officially end next month.
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· 3 pulledSixteen months later, however, Mozilla is still promoting Onerep.
Mozilla said it was winding down its collaboration with Onerep after KrebsOnSecurity revealed Onerep's founder had created dozens of people-search services and was continuing to operate at least one of them.
This week, Mozilla announced its partnership with Onerep will officially end next month.
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