{"id":62807,"date":"2018-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/10\/02\/cindy-hsiang-firefox-monitor\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T22:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:27:58","slug":"cindy-hsiang-firefox-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/cindy-hsiang-firefox-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid Fire: Cindy Hsiang talks data breaches and security habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

B<\/i>orn and raised in Taipei, Cindy Hsiang joined Firefox nearly four years ago to work on a number of technology products including Firefox OS and connected devices from the Taipei office. She moved to San Francisco in May 2018, joining the Firefox core browser team as a product manager on several exciting developments such as blocking autoplay video ads, developing web payment standards and, most recently, Firefox Monitor<\/a>, our free service that notifies people when they\u2019ve been part of a data breach.<\/p>\n

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What impact do you hope Firefox Monitor has?
\n<\/b>First of all, I want to bring awareness about data breaches to users so that they understand that data breaches happen a lot. Our partner, Troy Hunt<\/a>, is very well known in techy circles, but data breaches are less well known by the mass market. With Firefox bringing this service to the mass market, we crafted our message with thoughtful consideration based on our research.<\/p>\n

Second, after they learn about data breaches, I don\u2019t want people to feel they can\u2019t do anything and give up. There is something they can do. People can scan Firefox Monitor to see if they were impacted, they can change their password, and they can subscribe to future breach alerts. We definitely want them to feel that they are empowered.<\/p>\n