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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by dsgfhasgjklas on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:31PM (#15460122)
> And the worst part is, I have no idea how I as a person could say "I don't want to do work with Equifax because I don't trust them."

Freeze your account and complain to the service that uses it.

Of course, you're not wrong—you have essentially zero leverage.

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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by astura on Thursday October 12, 2017 @04:27PM (#15461043)
Freezing your account doesn't prevent you from data breaches, your account still exists in their database, they just say "its frozen" when someone requests it.
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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by dsgfhasgjklas on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:10PM (#15461709)
That's true, but that's also true of anywhere that uses social security numbers for identity verification (which is an atrocious pattern considering how poorly ssns are anonymized).
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