If you want to know if hackers have stolen your passwords and email addresses that allow you to log into websites, Firefox Monitor makes it easy to find out, even automatically.
First of all, a necessary premise, I used the word " hacker " only because in the common imagination it is hackers who do these things. But is not so. It may be a branch of hacking but real hackers have ethics oriented towards doing good.
I make this premise above all because I believe it is pure disinformation to associate hackers with computer pirates, who actually act only for profit.
However, the fact is that many people find themselves with compromised accounts , which they can no longer access, probably because they are managed by other people or for similar reasons.
This is because most people lack the basics of cyber security . They use the various web services, but, to access as easily and quickly as possible, they neglect the importance of passwords.
At the basis of personal computer security is the protection of the various accounts you have online, using complex passwords, better if different for each web service.
We have already talked about it , and all the specialists and companies that deal with cyber security have said it, but data and accounts continue to be stolen from people . Both because they use insecure passwords (you may not believe it, but the most used passwords in November 2020 were "123456", "123456789" and "image1"), but also because they always continue to use the same password, even if it has been used on various websites where they stole passwords and should have changed it.
Do you want to know if someone with bad intentions has your username and password, which you may use in various web services? Well. Firefox Monitor will be very useful for you.
What it is, how it works and how to use Firefox Monitor
Firefox Monitor is a free web service made by Mozilla that basically helps prevent the use of passwords that have been stolen .
To prevent the possibility of malicious people using web service passwords, Firefox Monitor checks if your login credentials exist in databases that have been compromised.
By entering an email address, it checks whether that address and the associated password were present in databases stolen from websites or web services.
Knowing if the email address and password of a web service have been hacked you will be able to change the password . Not only for that web service, but, if you use the same password, on all other internet sites as well.
A very useful feature of Firefox Monitor , given that not all people follow computer news that say which web services have been hacked, therefore they don't know if their passwords are from other people, is monitoring .
By subscribing to Firefox Monitor for free, you can find out if the email address you provide is present in any data database that has been hacked. You can also track multiple email addresses.
You will be notified by email if that email address is present on compromised websites. This way you can replace the password quickly .
You can use this function even without registering, just use Mozilla Firefox as your browser, where it is integrated. If you try to access a site that has been compromised you will be warned:
Final advice
To conclude the article I want to give you only two final tips:
- If you register on web services just to test them, use a specific email address, or a temporary email address;
- Register for free on Firefox Monitor, it costs nothing and is very convenient and useful for protecting your data.