Techlore Surveillance Report Are Dark Web Monitoring Services Worth It?
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Feb 3, 2024 The podcast discusses the value and limitations of dark web monitoring services, the importance of aliasing personal information, and the differences in camera apps for Android devices.
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Monitoring Has Inherent Visibility Limits
- Dark web monitoring has limited visibility because many sites aren't indexed and new services are hard to discover.
- Alerts may inform you but often can't force removal, so usefulness is constrained.
Notifications Rarely Equal Deletion
- Many monitoring services simply notify you that data exists rather than removing it.
- Massive breach dumps create copies that are practically impossible to eradicate.
Have I Been Pwned Is The De Facto Source
- Many services rely on Have I Been Pwned as a primary data source.
- Troy Hunt's compilation acts as the de facto industry standard for breach visibility.