Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by luckydata on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:05PM
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you are completely correct, I'm surprised it even needs to be explained.
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by kpil on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:38PM
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I live outside US. I had no idea.
Here you get full credit worthiness based on your income, savings and loans.
The income and (by tax proxy) savings are public, so no loans and some income and moderate savings will give you full credit.
Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:14PM
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A history of regular payments on a card with a $100 limit doesn't require you to go into debt in any way except for an accident of nomenclature. Pay your $5 every month; you'll have normal credit and no carried debt.
Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by luckydata on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:09PM
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You can't build a functionally useful credit score that way. The amount of credit is accounted for in the model, not just the percentage used.
Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by thaumasiotes on Sunday September 10, 2017 @02:36AM
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Amount of credit is accounted for in the model, yes. But it's not the only thing accounted for.
Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by Larrikin on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:38PM
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If it is that easy, isn't it worthless?
Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach
by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:39PM
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No. That is how you build a credit score. If your goal is to build a credit score, it is not worthless, and it is also not a risk to your personal finances or a means by which it is even possible to get into nontrivial debt.
A large part of the credit score concept is to flag people for whom paying a trivial bill on time is difficult.