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I searched for "Firefox Monitor" and found a post by J the R some time ago. A non-profit just emailed me a link to their newsletter, and Firefox warned me about the service they used to compose it.


It was quite off-putting, but not to go too far afield in this post, I was told "Nobody uses Firefox anymore."

So, if those other several folks that received the newsletter were not using Firefox, they'd be blissfully reading it. In my case I thought it was a potential PR problem. Is Firefox Monitor active by default?

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Hi there @rbarrow.

First of all Firefox is my default browser for the last 5 years..but I do use others. I noticed this Firefox Monitor page pop open after one of Firefox's updated versions awhile ago. I do not believe it is active by default. I personally have not heard of "Nobody uses Firefox anymore." But it may well be factual and that I could not tell you.

Firefox Monitor is a free service provided by Mozilla, which is the same company that created the Firefox browser.

"Firefox Monitor is our way of helping you fight to keep your data safe. ... Firefox Monitor checks your email address against known data breaches and can alert you if your email has been tied to a breach in the future. This free service can be used in any browser.Sep 25, 2018"


This non-profit site is: Breach data provided by Have I Been Pwned

Have a great week!😊

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Sherry,

Thanks for the reply and 'splaining. My comment about nobody using Firefox was more to illustrate attitudes than anything close to reality. Firefox and I have been together since 2008 when I started work at Virginia Tech, where everybody was using it.

All my weeks are good, thank you. I'm retired. So, you have a good week, too.

Rick

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rbarrow wrote:
Sherry,

Thanks for the reply and 'splaining. My comment about nobody using Firefox was more to illustrate attitudes than anything close to reality. Firefox and I have been together since 2008 when I started work at Virginia Tech, where everybody was using it.

All my weeks are good, thank you. I'm retired. So, you have a good week, too.

Rick

" My comment about nobody using Firefox was more to illustrate attitudes than anything close to reality."
ROFLMHO!! You're quite funny! 😂

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Sherry, I just commented on a post that JTR made nearly two weeks ago about Cafe Press. I'm sticking with Firefox, especially since Firefox Monitor warned me about the Cafe Press data breach before Cafe Press itself did.

Rick

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rbarrow wrote:
Sherry, I just commented on a post that JTR made nearly two weeks ago about Cafe Press. I'm sticking with Firefox, especially since Firefox Monitor warned me about the Cafe Press data breach before Cafe Press itself did.

Rick


Wow that's petty darn cool isn't it? 😎 I'm sticking with FF too.

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I had forgotten all about Firefox Monitor, just checked and I am already covered with it,

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I forgot that Firefox Monitor works on all browsers. 🤗

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Well just assumed it worked with FF

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Jasper_The_Rasper wrote:
Well just assumed it worked with FF


Yeah me to until I remembered what I researched the last time that @rbarrow brought this subject up a few weeks back? I'm slow at recalling. LOLs You know me @Jasper_The_Rasper !😜

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Ssherjj wrote:
I forgot that Firefox Monitor works on all browsers. 🤗

I did not know that.

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rbarrow wrote:

Ssherjj wrote:
I forgot that Firefox Monitor works on all browsers. 🤗
I did not know that.


Oh geeze I must of kept that to myself then. Bwaaaaaaaa 🤔

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