> In March 2024, Mozilla said it was winding down its collaboration with Onerep — an identity protection service offered with the Firefox web browser that promises to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites — after KrebsOnSecurity revealed Onerep’s founder had created dozens of people-search services and was continuing to operate at least one of them. Sixteen months later, however, Mozilla is still promoting Onerep. This week, Mozilla announced its partnership with Onerep will officially end next month.
Why would anyone give Mozilla any money after this, even for a product that wasn't privacy-oriented (like a VPN)? Also:
> But a review of Onerep’s domain registration records and that of its founder reveal a different side to this company. Onerep.com says its founder and CEO is Dimitri Shelest from Minsk, Belarus, as does Shelest’s profile on LinkedIn. Historic registration records indexed by DomainTools.com say Mr. Shelest was a registrant of onerep.com who used the email address dmitrcox2@gmail.com.
Why would anyone give Mozilla any money after this, even for a product that wasn't privacy-oriented (like a VPN)? Also:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ceo-of-data-privacy-comp...
> But a review of Onerep’s domain registration records and that of its founder reveal a different side to this company. Onerep.com says its founder and CEO is Dimitri Shelest from Minsk, Belarus, as does Shelest’s profile on LinkedIn. Historic registration records indexed by DomainTools.com say Mr. Shelest was a registrant of onerep.com who used the email address dmitrcox2@gmail.com.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-shelest
> McLean, Virginia, United States
An immigrant who makes money aggregating and selling Americans' personal information. Is there some way he can be deported?