Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack
by astura on Thursday October 12, 2017 @04:27PM
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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
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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).