One afternoon, as I browsed through my email, I received a sextortion email (email phishing) from a sender I had never heard before.
And because at that time I received a free week of premium using the password app, Dashlane, I learned how two of my emails were circulating around the dark web (perhaps sold). One was used for logging into Evernote by people I don’t know.
The thing is, Dashlane identified that my emails were leaked through the apps I used years ago: Zeroner and Shopback.
If this happened to you before and you wonder why your email is circulating around the dark web, then it could have been leaked through one of the websites you have engaged with or apps you’ve been using (actively or not).
From 6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet:
Amazon, Facebook, and Google all have reams of data about you—including your likes and dislikes, health information and social connections—but they’re not the only ones. Countless murky data brokers that you’ve never heard of collect huge quantities of information about you and sell it on. This data is then used by other companies you’ve likely never heard of to nudge you into buying more stuff.
jessa 