Cory Doctorow · @pluralistic
47331 followers · 44902 posts · Server mamot.fr

Anti- YouTube videos censored by the thousands eff.org/deeplinks/2008/09/mass

Worst-paid Brits risk losing benefits for “not working enough” theguardian.com/politics/2013/

It’s been a year since doxed America and nothing’s changed axios.com/2018/09/06/after-equ

The most popular “privacy” tool in Apple’s Mac App Store was stealing users’ browsing history and sending it to China objective-see.org/blog/blog_0x

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#15yrsago #scientology #10yrsago #5yrsago #equifax

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Eric Chadbourne · @ServerWrestler
29 followers · 431 posts · Server discuss.systems

Senator Ron Wyden told in a statement that “These companies have demonstrated that they can't control who has access to their data products. The government needs to stop these companies from packaging and selling our personal information, and the senior executives that put profit over national security and Americans' safety should be punished accordingly.”

404media.co/the-secret-weapon-

#experian #equifax #transunion #404media

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
46712 followers · 44317 posts · Server mamot.fr

Two pillars of the American surveillance industry are bureaux and . Both are *unbelievably* sleazy, reckless and dangerous, and neither faces any real accountability, let alone regulation.

Remember , the company that doxed *every adult in America* and was given a mere wrist-slap, and now continues to assemble nonconsensual dossiers on every one of us, without any material oversight improvements?

memex.craphound.com/2019/07/20

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#CreditReporting #databrokers #equifax

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
44879 followers · 43036 posts · Server mamot.fr

Appeals court kills the dirty trick of using Indian tribes as a front for and claiming sovereign immunity arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

What it’s like when Nazis infiltrate your conference twitter.com/JairusKhan/status/

Watchdog: UK spies engaged in illegal surveillance from 2001-2012 bbc.com/news/technology-449365

says it’s spent $200m on security since the breach, so everything’s OK now wired.com/story/equifax-securi

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#5yrsago #patenttrolls #equifax

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Jonathan Kamens · @jik
603 followers · 2891 posts · Server federate.social

The major credit reporting agencies are all still dumpster fires

I tried to dispute incorrect information. The process didn't fully work at any of the agencies. I was eventually able to dispute all of the incorrect information at one, but I was unable to dispute so

blog.kamens.us/2023/07/12/the-

#consumeractivism #governmentactivism #consumerfinancialprotectionbureau #CreditReporting #equifax #experian #transunion

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Johannes Ernst · @J12t
917 followers · 3957 posts · Server social.coop

"Our records indicate that in 2022, Equifax received a Right to Know request from you under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Due to a technology issue, which has been resolved, the Right to Know request was not processed successfully."

How convenient? At least supposedly it has been fixed.

#ccpa #privacy #equifax

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
451 followers · 33883 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
199 followers · 6032 posts · Server masto.ai

#equifax #financial

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Vas · @JuanWild
210 followers · 3453 posts · Server newsie.social

How Equifax PROFITS Selling Your Financial Data(video).. youtu.be/heaPyxIcByo

#equifax

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Andrew Leahey · @andrew
2596 followers · 4989 posts · Server esq.social

Absolutely agree with House Energy Chair Rodgers that does not embrace American values. Where are the data breaches, a la or ?

Equifax is out there busting its hump to leak private information on 147 million Americans, fully 44% of the population, and all TikTok has is some speculative connections to the CCP? Disgraceful.

Step up your game or sell it to someone who knows how to party.

news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insi

#tiktok #tmobile #equifax

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PrivacyDigest · @PrivacyDigest
262 followers · 911 posts · Server mas.to

Consumers rip into credit bureaus as complaints climb again

Grievances against , and dominated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints in 2022.

washingtonpost.com/business/20

#privacy #cfpb #experian #equifax #transunion

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#StopGargronCity · @noyovo
265 followers · 10909 posts · Server rage.love
Eric Chadbourne · @ServerWrestler
13 followers · 102 posts · Server discuss.systems

@briankrebs

I just finished freezing my credit reports with the big three.

Thanks so much for your excellent explanation!

#experian #transunion #equifax

Last updated 2 years ago

Jesse Harris · @elforesto
258 followers · 1086 posts · Server infosec.exchange

Today I learned that Equifax runs a service that collects all of your salary data from as far back as they can get it. I got my own report (free for individuals) and found that it contained individual paychecks as far back as 2011 and as recently as the end of last year. I'm skeeved out that a company with such a poor record of data accuracy and privacy can do such a thing, but to top it off they limit passwords to 16 characters.

I'd encourage you to log into their system and see what they have on you, and enact a freeze if you can. Stupidly they only allow the most inconvenient methods possible including phone, fax, and mail. They also take data by email which seems like the absolute worst way to handle sensitive personal information.

theworknumber.com/

#privacy #equifax

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Claire · @NotOfAssisi
29 followers · 159 posts · Server mas.town

got my report from and it includes whether I ever made a worker’s comp claim at a particular employer and whether I was affiliated with a union 🙃

#worknumber #equifax

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Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
1095 followers · 7362 posts · Server mstdn.social

Just deposited my sweet breach settlement check.

$5.21

#equifax

Last updated 2 years ago

Kevin Dalley · @kevindalley
71 followers · 506 posts · Server sfba.social

@ahrkrak
I received $7.05 from Perhaps I claimed more hours spent resolving the breach.

#equifax

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Andrew Leahey · @andrew
2384 followers · 4591 posts · Server esq.social

A great @minimumcompetence today, as it always is when @gina is at the helm.

Topics are state limits being themselves limited in , regulatory plans to avert the next toxic disaster, and Column Tuesday taking aim at and .

@law

esqcast.com/@minimumcompetence

#arbitration #california #train #section230 #experian #equifax #lawfedi #podcast #ohiotrain #ohio

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MikeWas · @mikewas
61 followers · 116 posts · Server esq.social

@andrew @law The numbers I saw for annual income for 2022 was $696 million, which if true means the settlement is about half a year’s income in your analogy. That seems like it’s more in line with expectations.

#equifax

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Andrew Leahey · @andrew
2382 followers · 4579 posts · Server esq.social

@law has a market cap of ~$26b, derived almost entirely from mining our data. The ~$300m settlement is about 1% of their cap. To put that in perspective, imagine you made $150k per year off of your neighbor's information and only needed to pay $1,500 for the privilege of doing so. Would you change your model?

#equifax

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