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In this digital life, all of us have been reading and hearing about the data breach and hacking, etc.   Have you ever wondered if your email account was hacked?? if yes, you should read further. Mozilla corporation had introduced an online tool " Firefox Monitor " which helps to know if your online accounts were hacked or breached and you can get alerted if your information appears in a new hack. Features of Firefox Monitor: Know if your online account is a part of a breach: Use the below link and enter email address to know if your account is exposed to a data breach. https://monitor.firefox.com/ Monitor your email (s) for future data breaches: Using a Firefox account, you will be able to get updated about the future data breaches pertaining to your account. If you want to monitor more than your primary email account, logging to Firefox account and go to monitor preferences . Now, enter the new email address and opt for the  send verification...

In the past, we had seen few Chinese Smartphone makers have has collected users private data without any permission. This time its ONEPLUS turn. In General, every phone(Both iPhone and Android ) collects information of its USERS like  how often you unlock your phone, the apps you open and use, and the Wi-Fi networks you connect to. According to an Engineer (Christopher Moore) blog, the OnePlus software (Oxygen OS) collects users data on the OnePlus2 device. He also stated this,  OnePlus also collects the phone’s IMEI, phone number, and mobile network names, so the data sent is identifiable to you personally with little to no effort required, which is what makes this very problematic. According to Moore, a software code is responsible for the data collection is part of OnePlus Device Manager and OnePlus Device Manager Provider. Moore says in this case, the services had sent off 16MB of data in 10 hours. After the report went viral on the internet, OnePlus in a ...