Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125

Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by TheSoftwareGuy on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:13AM (#20994602)

Do we really know for sure that the other bureau's are really any better, and not just lucky at this point?

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by dalbasal on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:26AM (#20994773)

It doesn't necessarily matter. If one of these companies is badly wounded by credibility problems... it can catalyze a wider change.

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by nwah1 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @12:20AM (#21002351)

Alternatively, it could just consolidate the industry even more than it already is.

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by beepboopbeep on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:30AM (#20994811)

I swear this is the motto of hacker news. "Everything sucks and you're wasting your time trying to change it" - HN

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by mLuby on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @10:17AM (#20995352)

In human systems (which software now enables) like oppressive government and corporations, often things do suck and vast powers are arrayed against the individual activist.

In peace and science, social justice and medicine, things have never been better.

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by criley2 on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:34AM (#20994847)

Not just hacker news, it's pervasive in any community where people who value intelligence meet. It's because cynicism is a lazy shortcut to a 'smart opinion'.

How do we sound smart with zero effort? Well we don't want to be gullible (everything is good and fair!) so we do the opposite (everything is corrupt and bad!).

I really wish it were more than that.

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by wool_gather on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @11:14AM (#20996136)

I think you have hit on an actual insight here, but it's worth noting that it's of an extremely similarly cynical and broad-brush character to what you're talking about. :)

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by benj111 on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:52AM (#20995047)

So what you're saying is, everyone says something is black (or white to appear smart), so therefore to appear actually smart, I should say everything is a shade of grey?

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by AtHeartEngineer on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @10:29AM (#20995529)

Everything is a shade of grey Seriously though, most of the time it actually is, and it's almost always more complex than we realize.

Saying something like "Amazon is good" well, that's an opinion, definitely grey. Saying "This is exactly 1 inch", well, it probably isn't and the more you care about it's accuracy, the harder it is to measure. Most things are like that. Clear cut at first, and increasingly more difficult the more precise you go. The devil is in the details.

So, yes, if the only options are black and white, the answers are generally easy, you've got a 50% chance of being wrong. As soon as you blur the line, you're basically wrong all the time. The goal is to be less wrong, and to improve, make progress.

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Re:Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125 by Gajurgensen on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @01:24PM (#20997720)

I understand that the pervasive cynisicm can be exausting, but in the case of computer security, it really is warranted.

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