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A comment on Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach. Parent comment

Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by Larrikin on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:38PM (#15208500)
If it is that easy, isn't it worthless?
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:39PM (#15208504)
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.

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