Since time began, people have been trying to get the most out of someone else's misery.
I remember people saying that J. Edgar Hoover (head of the FBI and a cross-dresser supposedly), had a file on each of us. I didn't doubt it. While we live in a free country, it has rules and spies. Mrs. Pyle down the street from my grandmother used to feed me cookies and milk to learn all the secrets of my grandmother's household. My grandmother did the same thing. Spies were everywhere.
A little over a year ago, I bought an annual plan for Mozilla Monitor to remove my information, as much as was possible. The thing is, once it's out there, it isn't easily removed and there is always another to take advantage of your situation.
Mozilla Monitor found my information in loads of places and sent requests to remove the information. For each one completed, another two or three would arise. It's like pulling weeds.
A few weeks ago, they renewed my subscription. About a week later, they sent an e-mail to tell me that they were discontinuing the service. I asked when I would get my refund, and they said that it would wait until the service was discontinued, about 3.5 weeks later.
I got an e-mail from them after that to enter my PayPal information. I don't have PayPal. They sent that by mistake, apparently, and they sent me another form to enter my banking information. They HAD my banking information when they took my money.
It looks like a scam to clear out my bank account. I never expected Mozilla to be so sloppy. I'm not usually so protective but these days, it feels as though trust is also a commodity in short supply.
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