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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by alasdair_ on Friday April 06, 2018 @07:18PM (#16778340)
> A new example: you can't log in to Starbucks' wifi (via Google) without verifying a real email address through Experian's API. (Open the browser console and watch the requests -- see if you can use a fake email address.)

I used a fake address yesterday without issue.

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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by JoshMnem on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:00PM (#16778822)
A fake address meaning one that you don't own, or a fake address meaning one that doesn't exist at all? You might have entered someone else's real email account that exists in Experian's databases, which could be another serious problem waiting to happen.
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