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so did half of america sign up for equifax or is this basically a public utility masquerading as and paying out like a private business
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I'm glad of it
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Sep 8, 2017 14:57
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Former DILF posted:so did half of america sign up for equifax or is this basically a public utility masquerading as and paying out like a private business It's one of three main credit bureaus and you're a part of it whether you like it or not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_bureau
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Sep 8, 2017 14:58
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Former DILF posted:so did half of america sign up for equifax or is this basically a public utility masquerading as and paying out like a private business poo poo there's literally no way to know by doing things like reading or understanding things
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Sep 8, 2017 14:58
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I guess the best way to avoid identity theft is to have lovely credit, so when they are sifting through the piles of stolen identities yours gets thrown in the "useless" bin? cool 
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Sep 8, 2017 15:01
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how do i know if im an equifax customer
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Sep 8, 2017 15:03
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They can have it. I didn't like that identity anyway.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:03
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If we get to pick new identities as a result of this, i wanna be called "big" Kurt Fuckerman
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Sep 8, 2017 15:06
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You'll be Pete "Triple Decker" Sandkowski and like it
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Sep 8, 2017 15:09
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Dunno where people are screaming insider trading for, some guy at Equifax said that the three execs who sold their shares 2 days after it happened didn't know anything about it? 
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Sep 8, 2017 15:15
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NotWearingPants posted:I guess the best way to avoid identity theft is to have lovely credit, so when they are sifting through the piles of stolen identities yours gets thrown in the "useless" bin?
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Sep 8, 2017 15:15
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"so i see here you have a mortgage with CykaBlyat LLC?" *your body is slowly forced into a squatting position* y..yes...
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Sep 8, 2017 15:29
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Novo posted:I just tried to place a security freeze and they want $10 unless you can provide a police report? Are you loving serious? Is there going to be a class action over this poo poo? I am going to call first thing tomorrow morning and explain politely why they should give me a free security freeze. You can sign up for a 90-day "initial fraud alert" for free. You can keep doing this every 90 days. They try to make the phone tree obnoxious and misleading. An "alert" is not a "freeze" but should stop someone from opening fraudulent credit in your name, hopefully maybe.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:29
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Zorodius posted:You can sign up for a 90-day "initial fraud alert" for free. You can keep doing this every 90 days. They try to make the phone tree obnoxious and misleading. An "alert" is not a "freeze" but should stop someone from opening fraudulent credit in your name, hopefully maybe. Credit Karma lets you see your Equifax and TransUnion reports on-demand for free, so I'll just keep an eye on that
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Sep 8, 2017 15:33
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Hmm. I don't know if it's related, but they changed their underwriter for the identity theft insurance (in Canada, at least) to American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida "or its affiliates" on June 25th.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:35
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runupon cracker posted:Hmm. I don't know if it's related, but they changed their underwriter for the identity theft insurance (in Canada, at least) to American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida "or its affiliates" on June 25th. If that underwriter can find proof that Equifax knew about the breach before switching to them, they have grounds to terminate the policy, yes? In which case Equifax dies a painful death
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Sep 8, 2017 15:41
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Everyone should go freeze your credit reports now. By doing that, nobody can pull your credit reports to open new accounts or get a loan or something unless you manually unlock it first.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:41
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EugeneJ posted:If that underwriter can find proof that Equifax knew about the breach before switching to them, they have grounds to terminate the policy, yes? There's probably an arbitration clause in there somewhere so the underwriter has to work with the arbitrator hired by Equifax.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:46
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I checked and my personal info was compromised. Nice. I didn't know I had any data worth stealing.
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Sep 8, 2017 15:53
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Im Ready for DEATH posted:how do i know if im an equifax customer If you pay them to view other people's credit reports.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:09
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Im Ready for DEATH posted:how do i know if im an equifax customer if you exist in america you are an equifax customer unless maybe youre like the unabomber or thoreau or something idk. also you can check https://trustedidpremier.com/eligibility/eligibility.html
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Sep 8, 2017 16:10
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Durzel posted:Dunno where people are screaming insider trading for, some guy at Equifax said that the three execs who sold their shares 2 days after it happened didn't know anything about it? The Information Solutions Officer sold his shares.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:23
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Xaris posted:if you exist in america you are an equifax customer Yeah I'm not about to give Equifax more of my money OR information, or waive my right to sue them in the future.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:24
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Waffle House posted:The Information Solutions Officer sold his shares. Sounds like he had both information and a solution, what's the issue?
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Sep 8, 2017 16:26
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its funny that literally every concern anybody ever had about the internet has manifested as reality i bet you'll actually be able to set someones computer on fire remotely like i said i could when i was 12 in ~3 years
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Sep 8, 2017 16:27
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Waffle House posted:Yeah I'm not about to give Equifax more of my money OR information, or waive my right to sue them in the future. They already have everything. Your social, all your home addresses, all your work addresses, every liability, and there's a list of companies who subscribe to all this information. Hell they even have a probability of if you're a terrorist.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:28
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Waffle House posted:Yeah I'm not about to give Equifax more of my money OR information, or waive my right to sue them in the future. *spoiler: it was Xaris fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Sep 8, 2017 16:29
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Xaris posted:if you exist in america you are an equifax customer Thanks, it says I was affected. So you guys are not enrolling in their watchdog program so that we can sue them? I think you should be able to enroll and also sue.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:31
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Hey, maybe this will be a good reason to roll out an actual national identity system that's meant for these kinds of things instead of social security numbers which aren't meant for these kinds of things. Nah. Probably not, because our government and the financial system are both incompetent.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:31
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It says I wasn't affected so I just assume they're lieing
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Sep 8, 2017 16:33
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Xaris posted:if you exist in america you are an equifax customer Neat, I was affected. Lol that I have to wait a couple days though. "Your information was taken by hackers, we will do something about this in a couple business days*" *it will take a couple business days for a couple business days to take effect, possibly maybe
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Sep 8, 2017 16:34
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Khorne posted:Hey, maybe this will be a good reason to roll out an actual national identity system that's meant for these kinds of things instead of social security numbers which aren't meant for these kinds of things. On the other hand the social security administration was recently hacked as well. Pretty much everyone/everything has been hacked/is being hacked by now.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:34
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Khorne posted:Hey, maybe this will be a good reason to roll out an actual national identity system that's meant for these kinds of things instead of social security numbers which aren't meant for these kinds of things. National ID is the mark of the beast.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:34
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people are saying if you even put in your info to check whether you were compromised, it goes "Thanks for signing up!" for their pinky-promise-not-to-sue contract?
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Sep 8, 2017 16:43
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Xaris posted:if you exist in america you are an equifax customer  I am not a number I am a free man! <uproarious laughter>
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Sep 8, 2017 16:44
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Stuntman posted:...they MADE A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEIR DATABASE WAS COMPROMISED yes and? how does that mean I can get a default judgment in small claims court? sorry i'm not a lawyer
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Sep 8, 2017 16:45
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myDad posted:Also yeah isn't this insider trading? Does it even matter if all they get is a slap on the wrist? what america needs is our own rodrigo duterte to take on the money lenders and all businesses even tangentially related to them
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Sep 8, 2017 16:46
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OMG JC a Bomb! posted:And it got stolen weeks ago. i heard about it when they went public yesterday morning but had no idea it was this bad. isnt that a third of the US population and like half the workforce? tried that dang link Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident. Click the button below to continue your enrollment in TrustedID Premier. Lawrence Gilchrist fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Sep 8, 2017 16:48
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Novo posted:My impression is that it's kind of hosed up that these guys have set up a system where I'm paying them not to gently caress me over in one way or another
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It's going to be really funny when all of Equifax's top executives are in jail. Lol. 
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