• NoneYa@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Those fuckers got away so nicely for having such shitty security practices. They have the nerve to ask me to sign up for a paid subscription every time I log in to check my score with them.

      Motherfucker, I don’t even want to use your services for free. I’m required to as long as I have to play the credit game and it’s honestly really unfair you get to stay in business and barely got a slap on the wrist for all the shit you caused for millions of people.

    • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      Yep, I’m in the unlucky half. It’s good practice anyway, but now I keep my credit frozen at all three credit bureaus unless I’m submitting an application. Doesn’t stop all fraud, but stops most of the kind that can fuck up my credit.

      • DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        You may also want to freeze Lexis Nexis and Innovis as well - they buy and sell your data as well

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          7 months ago

          Fuck, I’ve never even heard of those. This whole system is garbage, how am I supposed to know how to protect myself from fraud when these companies just somehow automatically have authority to let thieves steal my identity? At the very least we should have a centralized government agency that you can issue a blanket freeze with. Better would be an actual proper ID system.

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      7 months ago

      That’s only from one breach. I’d wager that at least 75% of our SSNs are out there since this is constantly happening.

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      7 months ago

      I mean, it’s not like an SSN is secure at all. Add 1 to your SSN and that’s most likely a completely valid number for someone else